The Metropolitan Theatre Awards (Spanish: ''Premios Metropolitanos de Teatro''), commonly known as ''Premios Los Metro'' or simply Los Metro, is an annual ceremony which honors theatre performers, live productions,
digital theatre
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and
stagecraft
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in Mexico City only. It is important to mention that the productions noted in these awards are only local productions in Mexico City and not Mexico as a country.
Since 2018 there have been four ceremonies held in
Mexico City with a television broadcast covered by
MVS TV. The awards are also broadcast digitally through
YouTube.
History
The awards were established in 2017 by the Academia Metropolitana de Teatro as an annual ceremony with support of the
Secretariat of Culture of Mexico and the Secretariat of Tourism of Mexico City, and were first held in 2018. Plans for a ceremony in 2020 were suspended in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic. The awards are set to resume in 2021.
Categories
As of 2021, 34 categories are awarded, with different categories for original plays created in Mexico and local adaptations of international productions. A lifetime achievement award is presented as a non-competitive category with the backing of Mexico's Secretariat of Culture.
Nominees are decided by an internal committee, while winners are voted by a jury of a rotating group of theatre professionals.
Winning nominees are awarded a
silver-plated trophy designed by Mexican-Peruvian sculptor
Aldo Chaparro
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, with one category offering a monetary prize for independent producers and theatre associations.
References
External links
*{{official, https://losmetro.mx/academia
Culture of Latin America
Mexican awards
Culture of Mexico
Awards established in the 2010s
Awards established in 2018