A Fight Against...

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He said, The day will come when they dont cut our heads off in front of people. And I asked him, Why And he said, Because well cut them off ourselves. A lecturer in Chile. A study group in the USA. A guard in the desert. A hangman in Mexico. A woman who wont stop dancing in Peru. Pablo Manzis darkly comic odyssey across the Americas explores whether violence brings us closer together and what it takes to make a community. A Fight Against marks the English-language debut of one of Chiles most significant new voices. It was developed on a residency at the Royal Court Theatre, London, where it premiered in December 2021 in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs.

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Pablo Manzi [has] built an international reputation with his witty, sharply political approach * Timeout *

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Pablo Manzi's theatre credits include: Donde Viven los Brbaros (BONOBO/Festival Santiago a Mil, Chile/Festival Adelante, Germany/MIT BH, Brasil/Festival Cdiz, Spain/FIT, Mxico/Temporada Alta, Per); T Amars (BONOBO/ Festival Santiago a Mil, Chile/Noorderzon, Netherlands/Residency Baryshnikov Art Center, USA/KFDA, Belgium/Triennale de Milano,Italy); Amansadura (BONOBO/Teatro del Puente, Chile/Festival Cielos del Infinito, Chile). Awards include: Chilean Art Critique Organisation Award for Best Playwriting, Municipality of Santiago Award for Best Playwriting, Chilean Council for Arts & Culture Award for Best Playwriting (Donde viven los brbaros). William Gregory has been translating plays since 2003. He has translated over 100 plays, many of them new works, for theatres and organisations including Royal Court Theatre, the BBC, the Old Vic and the Edinburgh International Festival, and performed around the world.