Xabier Lopez Askasibar
Xabier López Askasibar (Estella–Lizarra, 1979) is a playwright, actor and teacher. He has worked for many years as an actor, clown, puppeteer, storyteller and also as a teacher of dramatic play. In 2009 he received the Juan Cervera Research Award from Assitej for Tocar el teatro con las manos (Touching the theatre with your hands). He has also received several awards as a playwright for both adult and young audiences, and has won four times the Competition for Theatrical Texts for Children organised by the Navarra School of Theatre. He is currently a professor of dramaturgy at Dantzerti (ESADD in the Basque Country).