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José Antonio Portillo wins Spain’s 2026 children’s theatre award
José Antonio Portillo has won Spain’s 2026 National Performing Arts for Children and Youth Prize for his work in theatre.
The Culture Ministry awarded him €30,000 with the prize.
The award recognises Museo del Tiempo, a project that combines street theatre, storytelling, music and audience participation.
Participants bury objects, whose locations are recorded on a map and with a QR code.
Portillo is a scenographer, director and teacher whose work brings together different art forms for audiences of all ages.
His career has also included projects such as Biblioteca de cuerdas y nudos and presentations at theatres and festivals in Spain and abroad.
José Antonio Portillo Vesga has won Spain’s 2026 National Award for Performing Arts for Children and Young People.
The Spanish Ministry of Culture gives the award, which includes €30,000.
Portillo was recognised for Museo del Tiempo, a project combining street theatre, storytelling, music and audience participation.
The project involves burying objects whose locations are marked on a map and with a QR code.
The jury also cited Portillo’s wider career as a theatre designer, teacher and creator of hybrid arts projects for audiences of all ages.
- Who
- José Antonio Portillo Vesga, a theatre designer and director.
- What
- He won Spain’s 2026 National Award for Performing Arts for Children and Young People for Museo del Tiempo.
- When
- Wednesday, 14 October 2026.
- Where
- Spain. The award is given by the Ministry of Culture.
- Why
- The award recognised Museo del Tiempo and Portillo’s career in theatre, teaching and hybrid arts projects.
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Portillo presented Artilugios para contar y crear historias at the Teatralia Festival.
Artilugios para contar y crear historias was presented at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith in London and the Piccolo Theatre in Milan.
Portillo took part in the European project Percursos, where projects including Museo del Tiempo and Biblioteca de cuerdas y nudos were created.
Portillo won the National Award for Performing Arts for Children and Young People.
- Award
- Spain’s 2026 National Award for Performing Arts for Children and Young People
- Recipient
- José Antonio Portillo Vesga
- Award amount
- €30,000
- Recognised project
- Museo del Tiempo
- Project elements
- Street theatre, storytelling, music and audience participation
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Esta obra forma parte de una trayectoria como escenógrafo, docente y creador en la que, a través de instalaciones inmersivas compartidas como Biblioteca de cuerdas y nudos y Biblioteca de ruidos y sonidos, ha combinado con sensibilidad única y artesanal lo abstracto y lo concreto mediante un lenguaje propio fascinante