Guillermo Gil Villanueva

Tropes Puppet Theatre

Puppeteer

Community of Madrid

DATE OF BIRTH: Madrid, February 10, 1971
-Graduate in Hispanic Philology from the Autonomous University of Madrid. (1989-1994)

THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE

1992: Amateur company
-Founding member and Director of the Tropos Amateur Theatre Company. (1992-98)
During this period the company created up to 6 short shows.

1996: He started collaborating with professional companies
-In 1996 he began to collaborate with professional puppet companies, continuing this work to the present day.

The Rock and the Hill. Adaptation of the play of the same name by David Macknee. La Tartana Theatre. (1996-97)

Cirilinda. Adaptation of the work of the same name by Pablo Vergne. Puppet company El Retablo and P. Cachivache Sl (1997-98)

Adventures of Don Quixote. Puppet company El Retablo and P. Cachivache SL (1997-2003) (Show that participated in 1999 in the Almagro Classical Theatre Festival and in 2000 in the International Festival of Medieval and Renaissance Theatre in Anagni (Italy))

The Presumptuous Little Mouse. The El Retablo puppet company. (1997-98)

1998: Professional company
-In 1998 he converted his former amateur theatre company into a professional puppet company: Tropos, teatro de títeres, with which he has staged the following shows.

Federico. A performance based on the poetry of Federico García Lorca. (1998)

The story of Captain Ahab. Own creation. (1998-99)

The adventures and misadventures of Kiko. Own creation. Show based on traditional puppetry. (1998-99)

The Three Little Pigs. Adaptation of the traditional tale. (1999)

The Brave Little Tailor. Adaptation of the traditional tale (2000)

The Knights of Pez. Adaptation of a traditional tale collected by Fernán Caballero. (2001) 

And dreams are dreams. Adaptation for children of Life is a dream, by Calderón de la Barca (2002)

Trifles. Own creation. (2004)

The Little Monster. Based on “Little Monster did it” by Helen Cooper (2007)

Little Red Riding Hood. Adaptation of the traditional tale (2009)

Grandpa Teo. Own creation. (2012)

Film and television work

- Freelance manipulator on the Canal Plus programme "Las noticias del guiñol" (1999-2002).
- String puppeteer for the film "The Death of Don Quixote" directed by Terry Gilliam and starring, among others, Johny Deep and Vanessa Paradise. (2000)
- Handler for the pilot program “Dislatex” produced by Cartel (2002)
- Topito's manipulator, a character created for Playhouse Disney (2003)
- Manipulator in the program “Let Rita Work” produced by Érase for Antena 3 (2003-2004)
- Manipulator of the character "El abuelo" for the program "El Conciertazo" on TVE2 (2005-2007) 
- Handler for the series "Realpets" produced by Pets Entertainment in collaboration with RealMadrid TV (2006) 
- Director of manipulators for the series “Los Patata” produced by Muñecos Animados (2008) 

Store specializing in puppet theater

Planeta Títere (www.planetatitere.com): online store specializing in puppet theater. It offers books, puppets, puppet theaters, puppet construction materials and all kinds of services related to puppet theater. (2011 -)

Tropos Bookstore: bookstore specializing in puppet theater (2004-2011)

Organization of Exhibitions and Festivals

 -II Puppet Show of the Community of Madrid (1999)
 -Titirimadroño 2000 and 2001, which includes:

Expounima: an exhibition that shows the different techniques that can be used with puppets

III and IV Puppet Show of the Community of Madrid

II and III Puppet Film Festival

- Titirimadroño 2002, which includes:

Fifth puppet show of the Community of Madrid

Gorgorito Award. 
- Director of the Gorgorito Prize, an award given by UNIMA Madrid for a person's career in the world of puppets. (2003-2011)
Awarded in 2003 to Pepita Quintero Ramos (Spain)
Awarded in 2004 to Alberto Ignacio Larios Nieves (Mexico)
Awarded in 2005 to Francisco Peralta (Spain)
Awarded in 2006 to Mireya Cueto (Mexico)
Awarded in 2007 to Fredy Artilles (Cuba)
Awarded in 2008 to Eduardo Di Mauro (Argentina)
Awarded in 2009 to Sarah Bianchi (Argentina)
Awarded in 2010 to Margareta Niculescu (France-Romania)
Awarded in 2011 to Kusi-Kusi (Peru)

Books and published articles

Dance, dance, damn it. Puppet manipulation for television. Fantoche. Puppet art. Year V. No. 4. UNIMA Federation Spain (2010) 

Maese Villarejo's puppets. History of this Madrid company founded in 1940. (2003)