"La Valentía"

Author: Alfredo Sanzol · Premiere: 12 January 2024

La Valentía tells the story of two sisters, Trini and Guada, who have inherited the house where they spent their childhood summers. It's a house they love, but it has one small problem: a motorway runs five metres from the front door. For Guada, the house matters more than the noise; for Trini, the silence matters more than the house.

Since Guada has decided to stay and live in the house, a desperate Trini hires the Espectro Brothers, a pair who run a business giving people terrible frights by posing as ghosts, to scare her out. Meanwhile, Guada, who needs money, has listed one of the rooms on Airbnb — and the first guests arrive: Martín and Martina, two very strange siblings who turn out to be real ghosts, the ancestors of Guada and Trini themselves, who built the house and have come back from beyond to defend it. Everyone converges on the house the same weekend, and that's as much as can be told.

In Sanzol's own words: "I like stories with humour, adventure and action that put the essential paradoxes of being human on the table. I'm a comic author with philosophical aspirations, much as there are many philosophers with comic aspirations."

Performance history and awards

12 Jan 2024 Premiere · Teatro Circo Apolo, El Algar
13 Jan 2024 Teatro Circo Apolo, El Algar
2 Apr 2024 XXII "José Baeza Clemares" National Theatre Competition, La Unión — Best Supporting Actor: José Fernández
16 May 2024 Ramón Alonso Luzzy (Cartagena)
16 Jun 2024 Asociación de Vecinos de Los Dolores
6 Nov 2024 Centro Cultural de El Albujón
23 Nov 2024 Centro Cívico de Galifa
1 Feb 2025 Casa de Cultura de Fuente Álamo
14 Feb 2025 27th La Palma Comedy Competition — Leading Actress: Teresa Martínez Morales · Supporting Actress: Carmela Martínez Urrea