CASA Festival Brochure 2011

17th - 23rd OCTOBER

Ovalhouse

Box Office: 020 7582 7680 Tickets: www.ovalhouse.com

www.casafestival.org.uk

The new voice of Fado

Sun 20 Nov, Barbican Hall

Hermeto Pascoal

Musical visionary Pascoal returns to London in celebration of his 75th birthday

ANA MOURA + lucas santtana (Brazil-uk debut)

020 7638 8891 www.comono.co.uk

Orchestra Baobab + Baloji

‘…one of the great originals of Brazilian music.’ Guardian

The AfroCuban sound from Senegal & Congo

Part of the London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3

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The City of London Corporation is the founder and principal funder of the Barbican Centre

30 January 2012 Barbican www.comono.co.uk 020 7638 8891

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Monday 31 October Barbican

welcome to bienvenidos A bemvindo A Another year and CASA Latin American Theatre Festival just keeps on getting bigger and better.

This October, you can catch six theatre shows by some of the most exciting companies in Latin America today. From Chile, we present Viaje Inmovil’s Chef (p5); from Costa Rica, Teatro La Polea’s El Inmigrante, El Nica (p6); from Venezuela, we welcome Teatro San Martin with Passport (p7); from Argentina, Teatro Secreto bring us El Guante y La Piedra (p8); and from Brazil, we offer you Teatro em Tramite and Persona Co. de Teatro’s A Galinha Degolada (p9).

The more you see, the less you pay – so why not see them all?

From the UK, we’re proud to present Juana in a Million (p13) which was selected for development at last year’s Nuestra CASA Scratch Festival which returns this year (p17). Why not come and help us decide which exciting new UK-based Latin American theatre makers deserve a full show in 2012?

And at the weekend, check out the brilliantly funny Código Pirata from Argentina (p11) and the magical The Boy who Caught the Tide from Brazil (p15), directed by our Guest Artist, Gaël Le Cornec. Both are great family shows and to celebrate we’ve got some brilliant ticket deals so all the family can come.

With live music, poetry, visual arts, post-show discussions, workshops (p23) and delicious Latin American food served every day in our cafe, our festival calendar (p2) has it all.

See you there! Hasta Pronto! Até Logo!

Daniel Goldman – Artistic Director

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CHEF Set in a not so distant future where poverty is king, Chef is the story of one celebrity chef’s desire to stay at the top of his game at any cost. With a splash of very black humour, a pinch of grotesque puppetry and a generous helping of satire, Chef is a delicious new take on Jonathan Swift’s famous essay “A Modest Proposal”.

Viaje Inmóvil was formed by Jaime Lorca in 2005 and is regarded as one of Chile’s foremost physical theatre companies. Their three creations to date have won multiple awards and they tour regularly all over the world. They are also a resident company at Chile’s Museo de Bellas Artes.

17th 18th 19th October at 8pm Presented by: Viaje Inmóvil, Chile Cast: Daniela Montt & Jaime Lorca Director: Jaime Lorca Dramaturgy: Guillermo Calderón Set Design: Carlos Rivera-Rodrigo Ruiz Post-show Discussion: 18th October

Situada en un futuro no muy lejano donde la pobreza es rey, Chef cuenta la historia de un famoso chef que desea permanecer en la cima de su profesión sin importar el costo. Con un toque de humor negro, una sazón de títeres grotescos y una porción generosa de sátira, Chef es una deliciosa adaptación del famoso ensayo de Jonathan Swift “Una Propuesta Modesta”.

Viaje Inmóvil fue formada por Jaime Lorca en 2005 y es considerada una de las más importantes compañías de teatro físico en Chile. Sus tres piezas hasta la fecha han ganado múltiples galardones y se encuentran frecuentemente en gira mundial. También son compañía en residencia del Museo de Bellas Artes en Chile.

I was lucky enough to catch Viaje Inmovil’s stunning “Gulliver” in Santiago last year. Their dark humour and brilliant technical skill should mean a brilliant start to the festival.

EL INMIGRANTE, EL NICA THE IMMIGRANT, THE NICA Based on a true story, El Inmigrante, El Nica is the story of José Mejia Espinoza, a Nicaraguan forced by poverty to emigrate to Costa Rica. Completely alone, he recounts his days to his only possession from home, a crucifix. As Jose shares his pain and hopes with his silent wooden partner, the plight of millions of immigrants around the world becomes harrowingly clear.

El Inmigrante, el Nica is a new political drama by writer-performer César Meléndez, artistic director of Teatro La Polea, one of Costa Rica’s most groundbreaking companies. El Inmigrante, El Nica has been performed all over Latin America as well as the USA, France and Spain.

Basada en hechos reales, El Inmigrante, El Nica es la historia de José Mejia Espinoza, un nicaragüense que se encuentra forzado a emigrar a Costa Rica.

Completamente solo, le cuenta su historia a su única pertenencia, un crucifijo.

Mientras José comparte su dolor y su esperanza con su compañero mudo de madera, la lucha de millones de inmigrantes se vuelve clara.

17th 18th 19th October at 7.45pm Presented by: Teatro La Polea, Costa Rica Cast: César Meléndez Director/Writer: César Meléndez Post-show Discussion: 19th October

El Inmigrante, el Nica es una nueva drama política del autor-intérprete César Meléndez, director artístico de Teatro La Polea, una de las compañías más innovadoras de Costa Rica. El Inmigrante, El Nica ha sido presentada por toda América Latina, al igual que en EUA, Francia y España.

Immigration is a recurring theme in the plays we receive every year but César’s play stands out as the most visceral and intelligent I’ve seen.

PASSPORT A woman arrives at an undefined Latin American border and is detained by two guards. Very quickly, all normality is stripped away leading to an unrelenting Kafka-esque descent into terror. Passport explores the idea that those state actions we would condemn are those we ourselves commit unthinkingly every day as we succumb to what Ott describes as “the dark forces that bite at, blind and finally destroy the individual .

Gustavo Ott is the founding artistic director of Teatro San Martin de Caracas, Venezuela’s most important and influential new writing theatre and a vital cultural hub for its local community. As a writer, Gustavo has won numerous awards and his plays have been translated into 14 different languages to be performed all over the world by companies such as the Comedie Francaise and the Public Theatre, NYC.

22st October at 5pm 21st 22nd October at 8pm Presented by: Teatro San Martin de Caracas, Venezuela Cast: Verónica Arellano, David Villegas, Luis Domingo González Writer: Gustavo Ott Director: Luis Domingo González Set Design: Luis Cova Post-show Discussion: 22 October, after 5pm show

Una mujer llega a la frontera de un país latinoamericano indefinido y es detenida por dos guardias. La normalidad es arrebatada resultando en un implacable viaje kafkiano hacia el terror. Passport cuestiona la idea de que nuestras acciones más terribles son precisamente las más comunes y cotidianas en nuestras vidas, mientras sucumbimos a “unas fuerzas ocultas que amordazan, ciegan y finalmente destruyen al individuo...”

Gustavo Ott es fundador y director artístico de Teatro San Martín de Caracas, el teatro de dramaturgia contemporánea más importante y prestigioso en Venezuela que además es un importante centro cultural para la comunidad local.

Gustavo ha sido galardonado como autor y sus obras han sido traducidas a 14 diferentes idiomas y han sido presentadas en todo el mundo por compañías como la Comedienne Francaise y el Public Theater, NYC. I started speaking to Gustavo when we were programming CASA 2008. Three years later, I’m delighted that he’s here in person with one of his most popular shows.

EL GUANTE Y LA PIEDRA THE GLOVE AND THE STONE “What do I know whether or not we choose but the fact is there are things in life you just don’t see coming... Never happened to you? Never woken up one morning, looked around and thought, when was it that I chose all of this?”

Nelson Villa tells us a story about times gone by – his childhood; the day he started boxing; the day he started dancing; the day he met Andres and everything changed.

A stunning performance by writer-performer Quique Fernandez, El Guante y La Piedra is Teatro Secreto’s debut show and it has already been peformed in Argentina and Spain.

21st 22nd October at 7.45pm 23rd October at 4.45pm Presented by: Teatro Secreto, Argentina Cast: Quique Fernandez Writer: Quique Fernandez Director: Rosalía Martínez Miño Post-show Discussion: 21st October

“Yo que sé si uno elige o no elige, el caso es que hay cosas que no te las esperas en la vida ¿no te pasa? Despertarte una mañana, mirar alrededor y pensar; ¿En qué momento elegí todo esto?”

Nelson Villa nos habla desde el recuerdo de una época pasada - su niñez, su incursión en el boxeo y en la danza. Las divertidas anécdotas nos dejan conocer un abanico de personajes.

Una estupenda actuación del autor-intérprete Quique Fernández, El Guante y La Piedra es el debut de Teatro Secreto y ha sido presentada en Argentina y España.

I was moved by the intimacy of this beautifully told piece. It reminded me that a personal journey can make great theatre.

A GALINHA DECOLGADA THE HEADLESS CHICKEN

Based on the eponymous short story by Uruguay’s Horacio Quiroga, A Galinha Degolada tells the story of the unhappily married couple Mazzini-Ferraz and their four mentally disabled children.

When their fifth child is born, a perfectly healthy girl, the true reason for the parents’ loveless relationship emerges.

The first co-production by two of South Brazil’s most exciting theatre companies, A Galinha Degolada was selected by the Brazilian Ministry of Culture to tour Brazil bringing great theatre to remote audiences across the country.

21st October at 9.45 22nd 23rd October at 3pm Presented by: Teatro em Tramite y Persona Co. De Teatro Cast: André Francisco, Gláucia Grigolo, Loren Fischer e Samantha Cohen Director: Jefferson Bittencourt Adapted by: Jefferson Bittencourt & Gláucia Grigolo

Post-show Discussion: 23rd October

Baseada em um conto do autor uruguaio Horacio Quiroga, ‘A galinha degolada’ retrata a estória do casal Mazzini-Ferraz e seus quatro filhos, portadores de uma doença incurável. Quando a quinta criança nasce, sem deficiência alguma, o verdadeiro motivo do desamor dos pais vem `a tona .

Uma co-produção de duas das companhias de teatro mais inovadoras de Florianópolis, ‘A galinha degolada’ foi selecionada para a programação nacional do palco giratório pelo Ministério da Cultura do Brasil.

Don’t miss this brilliantly dark fairytale for all ages.

The visuals are stunning and you won’t hear a better original soundtrack anywhere!

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CÓDIGO PIRATA THE PIRATE CODE

Join us for the adventures of three pirates all hunting for one treasure! Will they find it ? Who will get there first? Can it be true that the treasure has magical properties?! Performed to a thrilling soundtrack by three brilliant young actors, this is the most exciting pirate adventure ever!

Vuelve en Julio are a young multi-talented company from La Plata. Código Pirata is their first original creation and has won three national awards and toured Argentina, India and Europe.

Películas Piratas / Pirate Movie Theatre Show Código Pirata for grown ups! A little bit naughtier and a lot saucier. Think Keira Knightely’s corset or Orlando Bloom’s codpiece. Now stop thinking about that and join us for an evening of mayhem on the high seas and a swashbuckling party at the end of the night!

22nd 23rd October at 11am 22nd October at 9.45pm 23rd October at 5pm Presented by: Vuelve en Julio, Argentina Cast: Natalia Maldini, Mauro Menegat and Iván Haidar Director/Writer: René Mantiñàn

Pirate Fancy Dress welcome for both shows!

Se vale venir a ambas funciones vestido de pirata!

Acompáñanos para las aventuras de tres piratas buscando el mismo tesoro! Lo encontrarán? Quién lo encontrará primero? Y será verdad que el tesoro tiene cualidades mágicas?! Presentado por tres brillantes actores jóvenes que solo pueden ser vistos de la cintura para arriba y acompañado de una sensacional banda sonora, esta es la aventura pirata más emocionante del año!

Vuelve en Julio son una compañía joven y multi-talentosa de La Plata. Código Pirata, su primera creación, ha ganado 3 premios nacionales y han ido de gira por Argentina, India y Europa.

Peliculas Piratas / Pirate Movie Theatre Show Codigo Pirata para adultos! Un poco más travieso y atrevido, como el corsé de Keira Knightely’s o el maquillaje de Johnny Depp. Únanase a nosotros para una noche de alboroto marítimo y luego para la fiesta.

This show is very very cool. Just thinking about it makes me happy!

JUANA IN A MILLION “Where is home? Is it the place we are leaving behind, or the place we are heading to?” One of hundreds, one of thousands, one in a million, Juana crosses the fence, the pond and the air in attempt to find an answer and forge an identity outside Mexico. Her encounters in a foreign land will shed new light on who she is, where she belongs and buried past of a Nation.

Juana in a Million was selected for development after last year’s CASA scratch festival. Writer/Performer Vicky Araico Casas is an emerging theatre-maker from Mexico. Now based in the UK, this is her debut solo show. Nir Paldi is an Israeli director and founding artistic director of the critically acclaimed Theatre Adinfinitum whose award-winning shows include Behind the Mirror, Odyssey, The Big Smoke and Translunar Paradise, a major hit at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.

20th October at 7.45pm 21st 22nd October at 9.30pm Presented by: CASA Cast: Vicky Araico Casas Director: Nir Paldi Devised by: Vicky Araico Casas and Nir Paldi, based on an original idea

by Vicky Araico Casas Post Show Discussion: 20th October

“Dónde esta casa? Es el lugar que hemos dejado atrás, o el lugar a donde nos dirigimos?” Una de cientos, de miles…una en un millón, Juana cruza la barda, el charco, el aire, en un intento por encontrar una respuesta, y un mejor destino fuera de México. El encuentro con lo extranjero, dará una inesperado sentido a su existencia, a su otredad, pero también la confrontara con el pasado enterrado de una Nación.

Juana in a Million fue seleccionada para su posterior desarrollo tras el festival scratch CASA del año pasado. La escritora/ actriz Vicky Araico Casas es una artista emergente de México que estudio un masters en Central School of Speech and Drama y ahora vive en el Reino Unido. Éste es su debut en el monólogo. Nir Paldi es un director israelí y director artístico fundador del aclamado Theatre Adinfinitum cuyas obras, ganadoras de premios, incluyen Behind the Mirror, Odyssey, The Big Smoke and Translunar Paradise, un triunfo en el festival Fringe de este año.

I’m delighted we’re supporting Vicky this year. This year, you can decide who we’ll be supporting next year. Check out page 17 for more information.

Tangram Theatre Company Presents Their Edinburgh, West End and International Hit Show

GAËL LE CORNEC 2011 GUEST ARTIST

a show about apples The British Theatre Guide It is hard to overstate the sense of fun that permeates this show.

Gaël Le Cornec is CASA’s inaugural Guest Artist. The role is an annual scheme to champion those artists we believe deserve recognition for the work at the forefront of the Latin American arts scene in the UK. Gaël is a writer, a poet, a director and an actress from Brazil who has won awards for her portrayal of Frida Kahlo and has just come back from a critically acclaimed run of Brazilian play, The Last Days of Gilda at the Edinburgh Fringe. As artistic director of intercultural theatre company Footprint Project and an Associate of Stonecrabs Theatre Co., she has forged anidentity as one of the UK’s most exciting international theatre-makers.

Here are some of the other events she has in store for you!

17th-23rd October: Poetry Lines An interactive exhibition of Latin American poetry. Pick up a poem from the clothes lines that run across the cafe. Just remember to put them back. At the weekend, give them to one of our actors in our poetry corners and they’ll read them for you!

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17th October: The CASA Exhibition Gaël talks to Yuri Pirondi about his experiences of making a documentary film about political theatre companies in Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia plus they’ll be looking at some of the resulting photos that adorn the walls of Oval House Cafe this year!

23rd October – SARAU! Gaël will lead us in our final celebration of the festival with a typical Brazilian Sarau.

Bring your poems, songs, paintings, thoughts, performances of any kind and we’ll celebrate your creativity in true Brazilian style!

THE BOY WHO CAUGHT THE TIDE AO PRIMEIRO QUE VIU A MARÉ When Jesuino asks Vindinha to be his wife, she asks him to prove he is worthy of her love. If he is to win her, he must be the best fisherman in the village. But at what cost? How far will Jesuino go to conquer Vindinha’s heart? The Boy who Caught the Tide is a beautiful short play about man’s relationship with nature and the crazy things we do for love.

This production, produced by CASA and directed by this year’s Guest Artist, Gaël Le Cornec, marks the UK premiere for the work of Brazilian playwright, Ruy Jobim Neto. To complement the performance, The Boy who Caught the Tide will be followed by a free live music performance of Brazilian sea shanties in the Cafe.

Quando Jesuino pede Vindinha em casamento, ela reinvidica provas de amor – ele tem que se tornar o melhor pescador da região. Mas tudo tem um preço.

Até onde Jesuino vai para conquistar o coração de Vindinha? Uma peça de teatro sobre a relação do homem com a natureza e as loucuras que a gente faz por amor.

22nd 23rd October at 1pm Presented by: CASA

Este espetáculo, produzido pelo CASA e dirigido pela artista convidada deste ano Gael Le Cornec, marca a estréia do trabalho do dramaturgo Ruy Jobim Neto no Reino Unido. Após a perfomance de Ao Primeiro que Viu a Maré, haverá uma apresentação complementar de ‘canções do mar’ no foyer do teatro.

Writer: Ruy Jobim Neto Director: Gaël Le Cornec

Gaël Le Cornec:

I see Theatre in Latin America as an entity that goes beyond stage and story.

This is, I hope, what you will experience in this year’s programme as we combine photography with music, poetry with dancing and place tradition side by side with the cutting edge. Theatre is everywhere, just look around you.

Thank you to all of you who have already donated to CASA.

Without your generosity, we might not be here enjoying great Latin American Theatre.

This year, we’ve set a ourselves a target of £5000 from individual donations. This is quite simply the amount of money we have to raise to break even this year. Of course, if we raise more, even better. At the time of this brochure going to print, we have raised just over £1900 of which £700 has been donated online. This is a brilliant start but we’ve still got a long way to go.

To help us reach this target, you can make a donation in a number of ways:

By giving us you spare change here!

We accept 20 pound notes as well as coins

Online at:

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Made out to: CASA Theatre Festival Ltd. hand in to Daniel Goldman (see p3) or send to 1 The Causeway, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5RS

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Please give generously. by doing so, you’re helping us achieve our four goals: • To showcase excellent Latin American theatre to UK audiences of all backgrounds and ages.

• To encourage the Latin American community in London to engage in theatre.

• To develop the work of Latin American theatre artists living in the UK. • To facilitate inter-cultural exchange between Latin American and UK-based theatre artists.

Thank you from the CASA Team and all the artists involved in this year’s festival.

Friends who have already given donations:

Anonymous, James Wilson, Donnacadh O’Briain, Gwilym Lloyd, Tomoko, Sylvia Rothschild, Adam Kern, Pistol & Jack, Gry Wester, Danny Mendoza, Isabel Quinzanos, Alex Cruz, Jimmy Maize, Charly, Marga Burgui-Artajo, Tamsin Fessey, Rebecca Katsaris, Liliana Tiedemann, Katherine Rose and Stephen & Nicole Goldman and The Anglo-Venezuelan Society. Go on. Join this list!

NUESTRA CASA SCRATCH FESTIVAL Tell us which bright new Latin American talent you want to see at CASA 2012!

We’re giving six Latin American theatre companies and artists who work and live in the UK the chance to share a new project with you. They have up to 15 minutes to inspire, delight and move you before it’s your turn to tell them what you think! Did you like it? What do you think they could do better? Do you want to see the full version next year?

20th October at 8pm Curated by: Mark Maughan

Whilst your chatting to the artists and our jury is furiously debating which shows deserve to be developed into full productions next year, we’ve got a suggestion! Why not have a drink on us courtesy of our Scratch sponsors Cusqueña!

And then you might as well stick around as the winners will be announced at the end of the night!

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GET INVOLVED

WORKSHOPS, MASTERCLASSES & LUNCHES With such a wealth of Latin American theatre talent participating at CASA 2011, we want to give you a chance to get involved. Throughout the week, we are a running a series of workshops and masterclasses given by the visiting artists as well as the chance to meet the companies informally over a delicious lunch in the Oval House Cafe every day.

Puppetry Masterclass Viaje Inmovil (Chile) Tuesday 2.15pm – 5.15pm Jaime Lorca is director of Viaje Inmovil and one of Latin America’s leading puppeteers. In this three hour masterclass, Jaime will share some of the techniques he has developed over a lifetime to make his puppets and indeed any object come alive. This is a unique opportunity to work with a master of the craft.

Workshop Fee: £15 Maximum No of Participants: 12

Playwriting Masterclass Gustavo Ott (Venezuela) Thursday 2.15am - 5.15pm An exclusive opportunity to learn what it takes to write political theatre with one of Latin America’s most profilic and successful writers. Over the course of the afternoon, Gustavo will share his writing techniques and lead an investigation into how to tackle contemporary political and social issues through dramatic writing.

Workshop Fee: £15 Maximum No of Participants: 12

Mask Workshop Teatro La Polea (Costa Rica) Friday 2.15pm – 5.15pm Cardboard will be given the ultimate make over in this mask workshop from Costa Rica’s Carlos Herrera Vargas. Over the course of an afternoon, as you magically transform a sheet of cardboard into a mask full of character, Carlos will take you through the rules of mask making with useful tips, insights into how our faces tell stories and his own tricks of the trade.

Workshop Fee £15 Maximum No of Participants: 20

Slapstick Soundtracks Vuelve en Julio (Argentina) Sunday 23rd at 12pm Immediately after their morning show, the creators of Codigo Pirata will be giving you a chance to have a go at telling your very own Pirate story using the same techniques you’ve just seen in their show. In just one hour, you’ll make your very own new piece of theatre and perform it in the main theatre at Oval House!

Workshop Fee: £Donation Maximum No of Participants: 21

The Actor’s Voice Teatro em Tramite (Brazil) Wednesday 10am – 5.15pm Over the course of a day (2 x 3 hour sessions), Andre Fransisco will share some of the techniques that Teatro em Tramite bring to their vocal work. With voice being at the heart of the actor’s craft, this workshop will seek to improve the range and power of the participants’ voices, through a mix of exercises, ressonance techniques and improvisation exercises leading to the creation of character by voice alone.

Workshop Fee £30 Maximum No of Participants: 12

Please note that this workshop is for children aged 6 to 11

Workshops: To enroll in any of these workshops, please send an email and cv to casafestival2011@gmail.com by Wednesday 12th October LATIN AMERICAN LUNCHES WITH THE ARTISTS (LWTAs) An opportunity to meet our visiting companies informally over lunch. Every day from Tuesday onwards, one of the visiting companies will be having a delicious Latin American lunch at Oval House Theatre. Why not join them for a chat over food.

It’s often the best way to get to know some one! Times vary – See the Calendar.

THANK YOUS CASA TEAM Daniel Goldman Carolina Ortega Roberto Cavazos Gael Le Cornec Mark Maughan Miguel Oyarzun Isla Aguilar Felix Andrew Frankie Andrews Claire McIntyre Rebecca Katsaris Sophie Ivatts Leandro de Maman

Artistic Director Festival Programmer Artistic Associate Guest Artist 2011 Scratch Festival Director Production Manager Company Manager Financial Director Graphic Designer Surtitling Director Festival Production Assistant Festival Production Assistant Website Designer

CASA VOLUNTEERS We are indebted to the volunteer help we have received this year from Ixchel Rubio, Minerva Huerta, Alice Melin, Shae Kay, Rebecca Garfinkel, Oli Proctor, Fernando Paredes, Alejandra Angulo and Jonatan Mijares Monasterios.

Without their help, CASA 2011 wouldn’t be the half the festival you’re at.

OVALHOUSE TEAM Rachel Briscoe Rebecca Atkinson-Lord Debbie Vannozzi Amelia De-Felice Gary Stewart Pablo Fernandez Baz Toby Clarke Alex Clarke Aaron Lamont Barbara Gordon

Co-Director of Theatre Co-Director of Theatre Marketing Director Press and Marketing Assistant General Manager Technical Manager Head of Youth Arts Box Office Manager Front of House Manager Café Manager / Chef

Ovalhouse is supported

by Arts Council England.

Other Thank Yous The members of ACALASP (The Association of Cultural Attaches from Latin America, Spain and Portugal), Silvina Murphy, Cristian León, Yaruma Rodriguez, Libia Villazana, everyone at all the Latin American embassies, Juan Delgado, Juan Toledo, Landa Acevado Scott, Fernanda Franca, LAB, Mariano Ortiz, Russell at Jungledrums, James Hadley at the Arts Council, Marilita at the Anglo-Argentine, Everyone at the Anglo-Venezuelan Society, all our generous funders and advice givers (too many to mention), all those at the Institute for the Study of the Americas, Cervantes Institute, Canning House, Latin American House, Isaac at Minka News, Gry Wester and of course all our friends and families. There are many more of you who have helped and there will be many more of you who will help while the time between the printing of this brochure and the festival itself elapses. You know who are you are. Thank you for what you will do to make CASA a success!

Monday 17th October

Thursday 20th October

Saturday 22nd October

7pm - Festival Gala Opening

10am - Teatro Em Tramite Voice Workshop (I)

11am Codigo Pirata

7.45pm - El Inmigrante El Nica 8pm - Chef

Tuesday 18th October 1pm - LWTA: Viaje Inmovil 2.15pm - Viaje Inmovil Puppetry Masterclass 7.45pm - El Inmigrante El Nica 8pm - Chef (+ POST SHOW)

Wednesday 19th October 1pm - LWTA: Teatro San Martin 2.15pm - Gustavo Ott Playwriting Masterclass 7.45pm El Inmigrante El Nica (+ POST SHOW) 8pm Chef

1pm - LWTA: Teatro em Tramite/Persona Co. de Teatro 2.15pm - Teatro Em Tramite Voice Workshop (II) 7.45pm Juana in a Million (+ Post Show) 8pm Scratch Festival

2pm - LWTA: Vuelve en Julio 3pm A Calinha Degolada 4pm - CASA Youth Company Auditions 5pm Passport (+ POST SHOW) 7.45pm El Guante y la Piedra 8pm Passport

Friday 21st October

9.30pm Juana in a Million

1pm - LWTA: Teatro La Polea

9.45pm Pirate Movie Theatre Show

2.15pm - Teatro La Polea Mask Making Workshop

Sunday 23rd October

7.45pm El Guante y la Piedra (+ POST SHOW)

11am Codigo Pirata

8pm Passport

12pm - Codigo Pirata Workshop for Kids

9.30pm Juana in a Million

2pm - LWTA: Teatro en Secreto

9.45pm A Galinha Degolada

1pm Ao Primeiro Que Viu A Maré 3pm A Galinha Degolada (+ POST SHOW)

LWTA = Lunch With The Artists

TICKET PRICES Adult: £14 Equity, BECTU, Under 26: £10 Concessions (Over 65, Student, Blue badge, disabled, unwaged): £7 CASA Scratch Night and Ao Primeiro que Viu a Maré: All tickets £5 Deals: Buy one ticket for any show in the main festival programme, get another one half price!

One child ticket free with every adult ticket (full or concession).

4.45pm El Guante y la Piedra 5pm Codigo Pirata 6pm Sarau Closing Party

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