Mario Gas Cabré is a Spanish actor and director.[1] and winner of a Goya Award.
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, on February 5, 1947, while his actor parents were on tour he has Uruguayan citizenship. He is one of the most important figures of the performing arts of Spain and began his acting career in University and took it up seriously after he failed to complete the law course he was enrolled in.
Family
He comes from a large acting family. His father, Manuel Gas, was a singer and actor. His mother, Anna Cabré, (sister of actor Mario Cabré), was a dancer. His daughter Miranda Gas is also a well known Spanish actress.
He is married to theatrical actress Vicky Peña, and they have two children, Orestes and Miranda Gas.
In 2004, he was appointed director of the Spanish Theatre of Madrid. In September 2006, he was involved in a controversy over a performance.[2] At the time, Gas had the backing of number of people in the world of culture.[3] He left his post as director of the Spanish Theatre in 2012.[4]
Theater Work
2012: Follies, producción del Teatro Español.
2011: Un tranvía llamado Deseo, producción del Teatro Español.
2011: Un frágil equilibrio, de Edward Albee.
2008: Las troyanas, co-producción de Festival de Mérida y Teatro Español. Versión del texto original de Eurípides, escrita por Ramón Irigoyen.
2008: Sweeney Todd (reposición), Teatro Español.
2007: Ascensión y caída de la ciudad de Mahagonny, de Bertolt Brecht.
2007: Homebody/Kabul, de Tony Kushner.
2005: A Electra le sienta bien el luto, de Eugene O'Neill.
2003: Zona zero, de Neil LaBute.
2002: El sueño de un hombre ridículo, de Fiodor Dostoievski.
2002: Las criadas, de Jean Genet.
2001: La Mare Coratge i els seus fills, de Bertolt Brecht. TNC
2001: Lulú, de Frank Wedekind. TNC
2001: The Full Monty, de Terrence McNally y David Yazbek. Teatre Novedades.
2000: Top Dogs, de Urs Widmer.
2000: A little night music, de Hugh Wheeler y Stephen Sondheim. Teatre Grec.
2000: Olors, de Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, TNC
1999: La habitación azul, de David Hare. 1999
1998: Guys & Dolls, de Loesser/Swerling/Burrows, Teatre Nacional de Catalunya.
1998: Master Class, de Terrence McNally. Teatro Marquina de Madrid.
1998: La reina de la bellesa de Leenane, de Martin McDonagh. La Perla Lila i Bitó Produccions. Teatre Villarroel.
1995: Sweeney Todd, de Hugh Wheeler y Stephen Sondheim. CDGC/Teatre Poliorama.
1995: La gata sobre el tejado de zinc, de Tennessee Williams. Teatro Principal de Valencia.
1995: Martes de Carnaval, de Ramón María del Valle-Inclán. Centro Dramático Nacional.
1994: Otelo de William Shakespeare. Festival Grec '94
1993: Golfus de Roma, de Stephen Sondheim. Festival de Teatro Clásico de Mérida.
1992: El tiempo y los Conway, de J.B. Priestley. Teatre Condal
1986: La Ronda, de Arthur Schnitzler. CDGC/Teatre Romea
1984: L'ópera de tres rals, de Bertolt Brecht y Kurt Weill. Centre Dramàtic de la Generalitat de Catalunya/Teatro Romea de Barcelona.