Former students of the Col·legi de Teatre de Barcelona denounce abusive practices of eight teachers

A group of 13 former students of the Barcelona Theater College has denounced before the direction of this theater school abusive and harassing practices by eight teachers between 2005 and 2020, especially from an actor and director who teaches classes at the center. According to the newspaper ‘Ara’, the complaint of the former students last Tuesday he moved to the direction of the theater center, which has indicated that it will investigate the facts and contrast them.

Although the complaint points to the behavior of up to eight teachers, it especially affects that of TS, who He would have had relationships with various students whom he harassed. One of the complainants affirms that another teacher even commented to her, in relation to TS: “They have told me that this year you are the chosen one.” The student adds that the teacher called her frequently, even at night, that he offered to accompany her home, and that he even kissed her at a party, to later ask her to start a relationship, despite the fact that he was married, which produced a situation of anguish that made him leave the world of theater.

Sexist comments

Another student denounces similar events by this teacher, who told other students that he was in love with her, sent her messages to meet and He proposed to have sex. Other teachers, according to the complainants, made sexist comments towards the female students or made constant jokes of sexual content in their classes.

Professor TS has admitted to the newspaper that at the end of year parties, when the students became his former students, He could have “flirted” with some, giving them a kiss, but he denies that he proposed to have sex or that he touched the breasts of one of them.

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Faced with the complaint, a meeting of the acting management team of the theater school has been called for Friday.

The Col·legi de Teatre de Barcelona is a teaching center located in the Poble Espanyol Campus that was born in 1983 open to new trends in the training of actors for theater, film and television, with a teaching team made up of professionals from the sector in active, including actors, directors, playwrights and producers.