[4] The Buero Vallejo Awards were created in 2003 by the "Juan Manuel Sáinz de Vicuña" Coca-Cola Foundation and the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Spain.
The Buero Vallejo awards are granted at the regional level, in which the regional juries choose the winning productions from each region,[9][10] and at the national level, in which a national jury designates the four best productions, which represent their works, within the Youth Theatre Week in Madrid, in main and well-known theatres in the Spanish capital such as the Teatro La Latina, Teatro Valle-Inclán...[11]The Buero Vallejo Awards are considered a "pool of young talents".
Among them: Nacho Sánchez, Chechu Salgado, Aida Flix, Natalia Huarte, Cristina García, Fabio Arrante, Jaime Riba, Ander Barinaga-Rementeria, Santi Cuquejo, Koldo Olabarri, Ainhoa Artetxe, Carmen Climent, Nerea Elizalde, Julen Guerrero, Lorea Lyons, Ane Inés Landeta, Ana Peinado...[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] At the regional level of the Buero Vallejo Awards, the categories of best show or theatrical production and best actor and best actress are awarded.
In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the regional and national awards galas were broadcast online,[26] in a very special gala that included the participation of actor Antonio Banderas, who defined the participants as the "future of Spanish theatre".
[27] Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Manuel Galiana, Antonio Resines, María Adánez, Carlos Hipólito, Juan Echanove, Cayetana Guillén-Cuervo and Emilio Gutiérrez-Caba also participated.