Juan Margallo Dies at 84, a Pillar of Independent Theatre in Spain

Juan Margallo (Cáceres, 1940) passed away this Sunday in Madrid. A key figure in independent theatre alongside his partner, actress Petra Margallo, he was part of iconic groups in the sixties and seventies such as Tábano, El Búho, and El Gayo Vallecano. In the mid-eighties, he founded the Uroc company with Martínez, staging works by authors like Dario Fo, Roberto Athayde, Jorge Márquez, and Margallo himself. In 2022, both were awarded the National Theatre Award.