THE
THEATER

RAW FORM — PRAGUE — EST. 2018

Oscar Nagar — stage director
Oscar Nagar — ARTISTIC DIRECTOR&FOUNDER

THE STAGE
CREATOR

"I am not interested in beauty. I am interested in necessity. A movement is only true when the performer could not have done otherwise."

Oscar Nagar
WITH THE COMPANY SINCE 2018
Stage Creator

Oscar Nagar

In 1997, he moved to the city of London, where he continued his acting training at the official school of Kensington and Chelsea College. In his second year he joined the physical theater company Ecstatic Sickness under the direction of Mike Miller, a former permanent member of the repertoire of the popular and prestigious English theater actor, director and playwright Steven Berkoff, where he works in three physical theater shows. Taken to the festival of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the years 2002–2003.

During the years 2005–2012 he lives in Madrid doing all kinds of work in theater, film and television, highlighting productions such as Julio César, at the Teatro Español under the direction of the British director Deborah Warner, Tío Vania, El Vigilante, Amar en tiempos revueltos, Hermanos y detectives, Museo Coconut, Primos, by Borja Manso, NoDo, by Elio Quiroga, among others. In 2013 moved to the Czech Republic and there he continued his journey as an actor in The Blood, Love & Rhetoric Theater Company, working in productions such as Disquiet, by Fernando Pessoa, A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, by Bertolt Brecht, The Swan Song, by Anton Chekhov, among others and collaborating in television productions such as Crossing Lines and Whiskey Cavalier.

In 2018, he created El Alegre Vagabundo with the play, Beauty, as a manifesto and denunciation of child abuse. He currently resides between Prague and Madrid.

“The Missing Link” is his latest original theatrical work which will be presented in June at the theater festival organized by the HAMU Faculty of Arts in Prague.

SINCE
1997
IN MOTION

1997

Oscar Nagar moved to London and continued his acting training at the official school of Kensington and Chelsea College.

1998-2003

In his second year he joined the physical theatre company Ecstatic Sickness, directed by Mike Miller, a former permanent member of Steven Berkoff's repertoire. He worked in three physical theatre productions taken to the Edinburgh Festival in 2002 and 2003.

2005-2012

He lived in Madrid, working across theatre, film and television, with credits including Julio Cesar at Teatro Español, directed by Deborah Warner, Tio Vania, El Vigilante, Amar en tiempos revueltos, Hermanos y detectives, Museo Coconut, Primos and NoDo.

2013

He moved to the Czech Republic and continued his acting work with The Blood, Love & Rhetoric Theater Company in productions including Disquiet, A Doll's House, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and The Swan Song.

2013-2017

Alongside his stage work in Prague, he collaborated in international television productions including Crossing Lines and Whiskey Cavalier.

2018

He created El Alegre Vagabundo with Beauty, a play conceived as both manifesto and denunciation of child abuse. He currently lives between Prague and Madrid.

Present

The Missing Link is his latest original theatrical work, scheduled to be presented in June at the theatre festival organized by the HAMU Faculty of Arts in Prague.

BY THE NUMBERS

1997 London training begins
25+ Years across stage and screen
3 Creative bases: London, Madrid, Prague
3 Productions at Edinburgh
2018 El Alegre Vagabundo founded
2 Original company works highlighted
3 Selected film festival recognitions

HOW WE WORK

El Alegre Vagabundo works through the logic of a company: physical creation, scenic research and a carefully curated selection of images, works and materials that reinforce its contemporary identity.

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS

RECOGNITION
& HONOUR

Selected awards - full list available on request

2024

Prague Actors & Filmmakers Film Festival

Best Actor

For Rimbaud's Left Hand, a film by Andrew Horne
2024

Madrid Shorts Film Festival

Best Actor

For Rimbaud's Left Hand, a film by Andrew Horne
2024

Madrid Shorts Film Festival

Best Cinematography

For Rimbaud's Left Hand, a film by Andrew Horne