Life Stories with Anna Kemp

Having left Oxford University with a degree in English, Anna Kemp went to Madrid, initially to teach.  With a huge interest in TV and Film, and an urgent desire to learn Spanish, Anna decided to take a video production course, specialising in continuity - the art of ensuring that scenes follow each other without inaccuracies.  Very quickly, this resulted in work within the Spanish TV industry and a very steep learning process, followed by work in film.

By chance, whilst working on the film ‘Al Sur de Granada’ based on Gerald Brenan’s book of his time spend living in Las Alpujarras, Anna and her husband discovered to village of Laroles and it was here that the couple bought a home.  Teaching theatre to the children of the village provided the inspiration behind Anna’s next project: the creation of an open-air theatre and the inauguration of a theatre festival that would bring top quality drama to this rural corner of Spain.

Me Vuelves Lorca, the drama festival, has just completed its third year and through the support of the local ayuntamiento, villagers and volunteers, a beautiful theatre (based on the Cornish clifftop Minack Theatre) has been created using the existing stone threshing circles.

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