The shadows of the Black Valley

The shadows of the Black Valley
by Ignasi García Barba

Two brothers, LUIS and ROSA, are going to temporarily stay in the cabin of their grandfather EMILIO, who lives isolated in the forest of the Valle Negro and maintains a distant relationship with the family due to something that happened in the past.
The reason why LUIS and ROSA are staying there is that MANU, their older brother, has suffered a serious car accident and is hospitalized. His parents spend their lives between work and the hospital, making it difficult for them to care for them.
While in the Black Valley, Luis and Rosa meet TERESA and her mother, CHUSA, and end up discovering that they are fugitives from justice for an act they carried out in self-defense.
Things begin to get complicated when strange creatures that live in the depths of the Black Valley “wake up” and begin to attack its inhabitants, possessing them through their shadow and driving them to madness.
LUIS and TERESA must defend themselves against them, while trying to protect their loved ones. To carry out their objective, they will receive unexpected help from MANU, who has escaped from the hospital after a surprising improvement and has arrived in the Black Valley.

Ignasi García Barba (Barcelona, ​​1964) is a playwright, novelist and screenwriter. Graduated in Art History from the University of Barcelona and in Dramatic Art from the Barcelona Theater Institute, he trained as a playwright with José Sanchis Sinisterra.

Among the twenty plays and novels that he has published, it is worth highlighting “High Risk Routes” (performed in Barcelona, ​​Madrid, Rome, Athens and Costa Rica), “The Experimental Chip” (Anaya), “The Garden of the Gnomes” (Mr. Momo) and “The Shadows of the Black Valley” (Bad Arts).

He has been a scriptwriter for the series “Compañeros” (Antena 3), “Un paso siempre” (Antena 3), “Los Serrano” (Telecinco), “Yo soy Bea” (Telecinco), “Table for five” (La Sexta) , «Bandolera» (Antena 3), «Gran reserva, el cuerpo» (TVE), «Amar es para siempre» (Antena 3), “In the wilds” (Televisa), “Medical Center” (TVE) and “Servir and Protect” (TVE)

Awards

Altea Literature Prize with the novel The Shadows of the Black Valley (2021)

Teatro Collection Award “Josep Ametller” for the play The Apprentice. (2021)

Finalist in the “Santoña… la mar” short story contest with Like a fish in the water (2020)
First Prize at the International Latino Book Awards (United States) 2019 in the Best Play or Collection of Plays category for El Jardín de los Gnomos.
Pepe Alba Theater Award – City of Sagunto for Andrea’s Work (2018)

Honorable Mention in the National and International Short Theater Competition Carlos Aguilera -Uruguay- for the play The Indigenous Treasure (2017).

Second prize for the SGAE Children’s and Youth Theater Award for the play El chip experimental (2005).

Antonio Buero Vallejo Award City of Guadalajara for the work High Risk Routes (2004).

Max Prize for the Performing Arts in the “New Performing Trends” category, with Sanchis Sinisterra and the Teatro del Común company, for the play Terror y Miseria en el Primer Franco (2004).

Access to the Premio de Teatro Ciutat d’Alcoi for the play Preludio en dos tiempos (1995).

Finalist for the Teatro Breve Award with the play Amanecer en Orán (1994).