Andrea Monrocle

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| name = Andrea Monrocle

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| birth_name = Andrea Monrocle García

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|9|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bilbao (Basque Country)
Spain

| nationality = Spanish

| alma_mater = Ánima Eskola School of Drama (BA)
University of the Basque Country (BA)

| occupation = Actress, visual artist and painter

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| awards = Buero Vallejo Award (2015)
FETABI Award (2017)

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Andrea Monrocle García (born in Bilbao on 11 September 1997) is a Basque actress, visual artist and painter.

Life and career

Andrea Monrocle was born in Bilbao (Basque Country) on 11 September 1997. She attended Ibaizabal BHI high school in Bilbao, where she did secondary education (lower and upper).{{Cite web |last=BHI |first=IES Ibaizabal |date=2010-11-23 |title=Resultado Elecciones - Órgano de Máxima Representación del Centro IES Ibaizabal BHI |url=https://ibaizabalbhi.blogspot.com/2010/11/omr-oog-hautoeskundeen-emaitzak.html |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=IES Ibaizabal BHI}} She then studied a bachelor's degree in fine art at the University of the Basque Country, with a specialty in painting and visual arts.{{Cite web |title=PARTIDAS AMISTOSAS |url=https://issuu.com/naiaralazaro/docs/portfolio_para_issue/s/25263181 |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Issuu |language=en}} Within his university studies, she also participated in a university exchange with the University of Granada, where she participated in the Cádiz Music Festival.{{Cite web |title=SELECCIONADOS/AS CURSO FESTIVAL DE LA MÚSICA DE CÁDIZ |url=https://bellasartes.ugr.es/facultad/noticias/seleccionadosas-curso-festival-de-la-musica-de-cadiz |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=SELECCIONADOS/AS CURSO FESTIVAL DE LA MÚSICA DE CÁDIZ {{!}} Facultad de Bellas Artes |language=es}}

Monrocle also studied and trained in theatre and drama in Ánima Eskola School of Drama with David Valdelvira, Marina Shimanskaya and Algis Arlauskas, training as a method actress, under the Stanislavsky-Vakhtangov-M.Chekhov-Meyerhold methodology (Russian method), following the methodologies of the Russian classical school. There she coincided with the actors Carmen Climent, Nerea Elizalde, Julen Guerrero, Lorea Lyons and Ane Inés Landeta, together with whom she was trained. She also trained in music with Roberto Bienzobas and in dance with Rakel Rodríguez.{{Citation |last1=Arlauskas |first1=Sasha |title=Ánima Eskola Bilbao: reportaje documental |date=2015-03-27 |type=Documentary, Short |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21266174/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |others=Amaia Alonso, Algis Arlauskas, Jon Azkueta |publisher=Anima eskola |last2=Eijk |first2=Lobke van}}

In 2013, she performed The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, a theatrical production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by Spanish stage director David Valdelvira, together with Nerea Elizalde and Lorea Lyons, among other cast members.

In 2014 she performed the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, a theatrical production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by Spanish stage director David Valdelvira,{{Cite web |last=El Correo (newspaper) |date=2014-06-21 |orig-date=2014-06-21 |editor-last=El Correo |title=Today. Cultural Agenda. |url=https://dkh.deusto.es/en/community/press/resource/hoy/361f6fc1-d6c6-4958-a10e-ce0fa66e9099 |page=91}}{{Cite news |date=2014-06-21 |title=Today. Cultural Agenda. |pages=91 |work=El Correo |url=https://dkh.deusto.es/VisualizarDocumento.aspx?doc=361f6fc1-d6c6-4958-a10e-ce0fa66e9099&ext=.pdf&archivoAdjuntoSem=001DFKVY%23%23idgoogle%23%230B21w8ATkOYQ5bUhvR2NGQVBkSDg&ontologiaAdjuntoSem=6a216217-c2e1-4472-8b19-293b7a61986f&ID=ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff&proy=bfcf20e1-b1f6-4646-8fab-63defbe005f9}} and with Estela Celdrán as an assistant director, together with Carmen Climent, Nerea Elizalde, Julen Guerrero, Lorea Lyons and Ane Inés Landeta, among other cast members.{{Cite web |last=Correo |first=El |date=2014-06-21 |title="Sueño de una noche de verano" |url=https://agenda.elcorreo.com/evento/sueno-de-una-noche-de-verano-426991.html |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=agenda.elcorreo.com |language=es-ES}} The theatrical production was very well received by the public, and was staged several times between 2014 and 2015.{{Cite web |last=Ánima Eskola School of Drama |author-link=Ánima Eskola School of Drama |date=2015-01-14 |orig-date= |title=Ánima Theatre-Sala Ánima. 2014-2015 Season Programming. "A Midsummer Night's" directed by David Valdelvira. |url=http://www.animaeskola.com/index.php/noticias/185-noche-verano |access-date=2023-11-12 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171028143202/http://www.animaeskola.com/index.php/noticias/185-noche-verano|archive-date= 2017-10-28}} The stage production was awarded the Buero Vallejo Award (2015), in the XII edition of the awards.{{Cite web |title="Buero" Theater Award (2015). |url=http://estaticos.cocacola.es/bases/fundacion/Fallo-Jurado-Norte-Buero12.pdf |access-date=2022-04-12 |archive-date=2022-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219170619/http://estaticos.cocacola.es/bases/fundacion/Fallo-Jurado-Norte-Buero12.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |last=Coca-Cola Foundation. National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM). |year=2015 |title=XII Buero Vallejo Awards. 2015. Coca-Cola Foundation. National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM). |url=https://hugepdf.com/download/fallo-del-jurado_pdf}}{{Cite web |last=Ánima Eskola School of Drama |author-link=Ánima Eskola School of Drama |date=2015-06-18 |title=Ánima Eskola School of Drama. 2015 News. Buero Vallejo Awards 2015. |url=http://animaeskola.com/index.php/noticias/191-premio-sueno |access-date=2023-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810191351/http://animaeskola.com/index.php/noticias/191-premio-sueno |archive-date=2015-08-10 }}{{Cite web |last=Ánima Eskola School of Drama |author-link=Ánima Eskola School of Drama |date=2015-08-10 |title=Ánima Eskola School of Drama. 2015 News. |url=http://animaeskola.com/index.php/noticias |access-date=2023-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810205400/http://animaeskola.com/index.php/noticias |archive-date=2015-08-10 }}

In 2015 she performed the play Impossible Dialogues, a theatrical production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by Russian actress and stage director Marina Shimanskaya, based on the works The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard and Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov and on the poetry of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, together with Carmen Climent, Nerea Elizalde, Lorea Lyons, Ane Inés Landeta and Erika Rodríguez, among other cast members. In 2016 she performed the play Masquerade by Mikhail Lermontov, a production directed by stage director David Valdelvira and staged at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, which was presented during the week of the FETABI international festival (2016).{{Cite web |last=Kmon |date=1970-01-01 |title=OFF FETABI 2016 BAILE DE MÁSCARAS en Bilbao |url=https://www.kmon.info/es/teatro/off-fetabi-2016-baile-mascaras |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Kmon |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=OFF FETABI 2016. BAILE DE MASCARAS |url=https://www.teatrocampos.com/espectaculo/off-fetabi-2016-baile-de-mascaras/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Teatro Campos Elíseos Antzokia |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Artezblai |date=2016-06-15 |title=Finalistas del Festival de Escuelas de Teatro de Bilbao - FETABI 2016 |url=https://www.artezblai.com/finalistas-del-festival-de-escuelas-de-teatro-de-bilbao-fetabi-2016/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Artezblai |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Correo |first=El |date=2016-06-28 |title=V Festival FETABI |url=https://agenda.elcorreo.com/evento/v-festival-fetabi-527291.html |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=agenda.elcorreo.com |language=es-ES}}

In 2017 she performed the play Hamlet, a stage production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by stage director David Valdelvira, and with Estela Celdrán as an assistant director, which was presented in the week of the FETABI international festival, the university theatre festival that takes place annually in Bilbao (Spain).{{Cite web |last=Garmendia |first=Un reportaje de Araitz |date=2018-01-31 |title=La cara joven de 'Hamlet' |url=https://www.deia.eus/cultura/2018/01/31/cara-joven-hamlet-4888815.html |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Deia |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Correo |first=El |date=2017-06-15 |title=VI Festival FETABI |url=https://agenda.elcorreo.com/evento/vi-festival-fetabi-565670.html?ref=https://www.google.com/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=agenda.elcorreo.com |language=es-ES}} The stage production won the FETABI Award (2017), in the categories of "Best Stage Production", "Best Adapted Text" and the Special Audience Award.{{Cite web |last=Artezblai |date=2017-06-20 |title='Hamlet' de Ánima Eskola, mejor espectáculo del FETABI 2017 |url=https://www.artezblai.com/hamlet-de-anima-eskola-mejor-espectaculo-del-fetabi-2017/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Artezblai |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=[:es]Ganador Fetabi 2017 - Hamlet[:eu]Irabazleak FETABI 2017 delakoa honek - Hamlet[:] |url=https://www.teatrocampos.com/espectaculo/hamlet-fetabi-2017/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Teatro Campos Elíseos Antzokia |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=SGAE |first=Fundación |title='Hamlet' triunfa en FETABI 2017 |url=https://fundacionsgae.org/actualidad/hamlet-triunfa-en-fetabi-2017/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Fundación SGAE |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Correo |first=El |date=2018-02-01 |title="Hamlet" |url=https://agenda.elcorreo.com/evento/hamlet-589384.html |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=agenda.elcorreo.com |language=es-ES}}{{Cite web |title=Jóvenes actores llevan "Hamlet" a la sala principal del Teatro Campos |url=https://tele7.tv/videos/jovenes-actores-llevan-hamlet-a-la-sala-principal-del-teatro-campos/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Tele7 |language=es}}{{refbomb|date=September 2024}}

As a painter and visual artist, Monrocle has held art exhibitions in rooms such as the Sala Bizkaia Aretoa (Bilbao),{{Cite web |title=Exposición: 'A Ras de Tierra. Prácticas artísticas para la transición ecosocial' |url=https://www.ehu.eus/es/-/exposicion-a-ras-de-tierra.-practicas-artisticas-para-la-transicion-ecosocial- |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=UPV/EHU |language=es-ES}} the Azkuna Zentroa - Alhóndiga (Bilbao) in 2019{{Cite web |title=IV LA ESCUCHA ERRANTE: Encuentro de Arte Sonoro Electrónico |url=https://www.noizagenda.com/agenda/59942/iv-la-escucha-errante-encuentro-de-arte-sonoro-electrnico |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=www.noizagenda.com |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2019-10-20 |title=schedule 2019 |url=https://laboratorioklem.com/zawplab/la-escucha-errante/schedule-2019/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |language=es}} or the Sala Oxford Aretoa (Zumaia) in 2022.{{Cite web |last=UTRERA |first=SARA |date=2022-05-07 |title='A ras de tierra. Prácticas artísticas para la transición ecosocial', en la sala Oxford hasta el día 15 |url=https://www.diariovasco.com/costa-urola/zumaia/tierra-practicas-artisticas-20220507214135-ntvo.html |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=El Diario Vasco |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Bihar arte bisitatu daiteke 'Lur arrasean' erakusketa Oxforden - Zumaia |url=https://zumaiaguka.eus/zumaia/1652343275637-bihar-arte-bisitatu-daiteke-lur-arrasean-erakusketa-oxforden |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Zumaiaguka.eus |language=eu}} She is a member of the ARTEKOM,{{Cite web |last=Lazaro |first=Naiara |title=Somos Cancha Libre Primera División ARTEKOM |date=27 May 2023 |url=https://issuu.com/naiaralazaro/docs/portfolio_para_issue}} a research group from the University of the Basque Country on the sustainable energy transition, which works on the design of communication strategies mediated by artistic creation.{{Cite web |title=Jornada de presentación del proyecto ARTEKOM |url=https://www.ehu.eus/es/-/artekom-proiektuaren-aurkezpen-jardunaldia |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=UPV/EHU |language=es-ES}}

In addition, Monrocle also studied pattern making and fashion at the Nicolás Larburu training centre in Barakaldo.{{Cite web |title=FP de Barakaldo: Maestría de la Costura |date=8 May 2023 |url=https://tele7.tv/fp-de-barakaldo-maestria-de-la-costura/}}

Filmography

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!Year

!Title

!Director

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!Ref.

2017

|Hamlet

|David Valdelvira

|Stage production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre / FETABI / FETABI Award

2017

|Confined humanities

|Sandra Tejero

2016

|Masquerade

|David Valdelvira

|Stage production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre / FETABI

2015

|Impossible Dialogues

|Marina Shimanskaya

|Based on the works The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard and Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov and on the poetry of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

2014

|A Midsummer Night's Dream

|David Valdelvira

|Stage production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre / Buero Vallejo Award (2015)

2013

|The Tempest

|David Valdelvira

|Stage production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre

= Film =

2015, Ánima Eskola Bilbao: documentary, dir. Lobke van Eijk (Student){{Citation |last1=Arlauskas |first1=Sasha |title=Ánima Eskola Bilbao: reportaje documental |date=2015-03-27 |type=Documentary, Short |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21266174/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |others=Amaia Alonso, Algis Arlauskas, Jon Azkueta |publisher=Anima eskola |last2=Eijk |first2=Lobke van}}