The XXVI edition of the Max Awards, awarded by the SGAE Foundation, has been one of the most distributed in history. Only two, of the 45 shows in contentionthe dance ‘Runa’ and the theatrical ‘Cockroach with landscape in the background’, have won two maximinos at the gala that was hosted this Monday by the Gran Teatro Falla in Cádiz.

some prizes distributed in productions throughout the national geography that, in many cases, they only opted for one of the categories, the one they have taken home.

‘Runa’, the show by Lali Ayguadé and Lisard Tranis in which dance, acrobatics and theater are mixed, for which the performer was nominated for best choreography and best dance performer, has taken the stage to collect both. The third he was nominated for, best male performer, could not have been, it went to Mario Bermúdez Gil for ‘El bosque’.

‘The forest’ has been lost along the way in an edition that started as favorite being nominated for four categories: best male and female performer, best musical composition and best dance show, but in the end, only one has been won.

“An uncomfortable comedy” is, as described by its author, ‘Cockroach with a landscape in the background’, a text about the desire to be a mother and the extinction of the human being, which opted for three categories and has won the Max for best revelation show for Mujer en obras and best revelation authorship for its director Javier Ballesteros.

He best theater show has been for ‘The will to believe’ by Buxman Producciones, Teatro Español-Madrid Destination Culture, Tourism and Business, while the best director went to Iñaki Rikarte for ‘Supernormales’.

Marta Nieto and Marina Salas co-stars in ‘La infamia’ have won the award for best female performer ex aequo, for the first time in the Max, with a story based on the story of his own kidnapping by the Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho (Mexico City, Mexico 1963). “It’s very nice to have an award for two,” said Marta Nieto, very emotional, while Salas reminded the entire technical team and the tremendous story of Lydia Cacho.

The actor Pere Arquillué, has been chosen as the best male performer for ‘L’adversari’. The playwright, director and actress, María Goiricelaya, nominated four times for two works, ‘Yerma’ and ‘Altsasu’, takes home the award for best adaptation for ‘Yerma’, a work for which she was also nominated for best direction of scene.

‘La reina del metal’ has won the award for best dance show while the musical or lyrical has been for ‘La gata perduda’ by Fundació Gran Teatre del Liceu and the best street show ‘Love, love, love’ by Animasur.

The best play authorship has highlighted the work of Jesús Muñoz and Pau Pons for ‘Eclipse total’ and the best musical composition for stage show to Pascal Gaigne for ‘Eta orain zer? And now that?’.

Other Max Awardees

A classic like ‘Snow White’ La Chana Teatro7 has been awarded for best show for children while the Max for best production Tanttaka Teatroa for ‘Sexberdinak – Sexpiertos’.

Alessio Meloni for ‘The Dragon’s Head’ has won the Max for best stage design and Pier Paolo Álvaro for ‘Ás oito da tarde, when morren as nais’ for best costume design. The best lighting design has been for Laura Clos for ‘Rojos’.

The awards also include three special categories: Max of Honor to Tricicle; Max of a social nature that recognizes the work of Payasospital and, for the first time, the public’s Max applause has been summoned, which has fallen on the family show ‘El petit príncep’ at La Perla 29, created by the composer Manu Guix and the director Àngel Llácer, based on the story by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

A total of 529 registered shows have attended the XXVI edition of the Max Awards for Performing Arts, of which 168 were candidates in the first phase and 45 were finalists in the second.