The actor and director from Lanzarote, Pedro Ayoze, is immersed in several projects in Lanzarote with which he admits to being "very excited", as he confessed to La Voz in his latest interview.
He is currently working on two notable projects: the documentary of 'Las Revoltosas', for which he is still "looking for funding to be able to shoot it", which was the first female murga of the Canary Islands, of which his mother "was a founder" and which has been "one of my first artistic references", he confesses. And the project of a 'Teleclub' (which opens its doors this Saturday, July 8) and is based on an artistic laboratory to create and exhibit proposals from any scenic discipline. "I have developed 'Teleclub' because of the importance of artistic creation and training, considering that there is not much of it in Lanzarote," he anticipates.
This project is necessary so that "artists from different disciplines who are in similar artistic processes can meet each other", he anticipates about the new bet. And it is that from his experience, "always in the laboratories that I have been in, professional connections have arisen with my colleagues", something that makes clear that he wants to achieve through the project to which he has put "a lot of love".
A multifaceted artist, who today feels "more of a creator" than "an actor", who had the "luck" to train at the school that for him is one of "the best drama schools", at the Estudio Corazza in Madrid. An experience that he "would repeat", and he does not hesitate, notably highlighting the "high quality" of his training and the "tools" he has learned with which he has been able to "play" during his dedication to art.
"Trust in artistic projects, as long as they have quality and a powerful message."
Therefore, regarding culture in Lanzarote, for an actor so passionate about his land, "training" is important, something that he believes "is lacking" and "betting on it", he reveals. Without neglecting the "commitment to private funding", he adds. Furthermore, he is clear about what he would change if it were in his hand: "if I had a private company I would invest in culture". In addition, he sends a suggestion to the private companies of the island: "Trust in artistic projects, as long as they have quality and a powerful message."
Furthermore, from his point of view, culture "saves lives and is more important than people might think", another reason why he would bet on a greater investment. He also remembers his youth on the island, in which he believes that "if at twenty years old I had had a space in which to present an idea, create it and be able to develop it, it would have helped me feel more strongly about dedicating myself to the performing arts."
"If at twenty years old I had had a space in which to present an idea, create it and be able to develop it, it would have helped me feel more strongly about dedicating myself to the performing arts."
Despite studying Early Childhood Education, he never stopped knowing what his great passion was. "I studied the degree and felt that it was a related profession", since "it has a high part of creativity and improvisation", he confesses. As an actor and director, he adapts perfectly to different projects, and he always gives his characters "a different approach", he reveals. "Some I work from the emotion and others from a more technical, imaginative way, even from the body or external references that inspire me," he adds.
A faithful advocate of the transmission of everyday themes, such as those in which he is now immersed in Lanzarote, and launching a question that has always been on his mind: why not tell the story of Juana Saveedra, in Saavedra confections?. With what he wants to convey that it is "important" to also "bet on own themes or experiences" when creating. Surely "we all have a life that we can tell", he points out.
Something that he achieved through his work 'César, Batalla y Fuego', managing to "empower himself with his cultural references from Lanzarote", he affirms.
Throughout his career, the character that has been "a challenge" for him was the one-man play that he wrote about Chelsea Manning, a former trans soldier imprisoned for having leaked thousands of classified documents about the Afghan conflicts. A work to which he has "special affection", since it was the "first time that I faced doing it alone before the public", he recalls.
"The work that I would undoubtedly repeat would be 'Children of Shakespeare'", he reveals. A work that premiered in 2015 and was distinguished by its particularity of "opening to the public the possibility of entering inside the rehearsals and the work process of the actors", he includes. "I would like to relive it for that feeling of being in a group with my colleagues", he emphasizes.
"I advise them not to hesitate to launch proposals, they may be surprised by what they can achieve."
As advice to the boys and girls of Lanzarote who want to dedicate themselves to the Performing Arts, he encourages them to "train and look for something they can start with, a workshop, a talk, etc.". Also to put aside "the hesitation to launch proposals, if they want to propose something to someone or access that person, they should do it", he emphasizes. "They may be surprised by what they can achieve." And "I cannot fail to remember" that "they should not feel ashamed of their references."
In addition, he has had his first role as an actor in the second season of 'Cardo', the series of Atresplayer produced by the 'Javis' released in February 2023, in which he plays the role of Dani, a young man who works as a receptionist in a hostel. "It has been an incredible experience," he says. "If I get another role in a series, I would not hesitate to do it," he anticipates.
Now he is between Madrid and Lanzarote, a place he has returned to spend his holidays. Among his plans, according to what he tells La Voz, will be to go "camping to Papagayo with my family", "celebrate my 37th birthday" and of course, "lots of partying and town festivals", he concludes.
