As Alejandra, Lucia, Honey and Catalina risk everything to expose a multinational bank, they confront the audience with what it means to be both Londoner and Latinx.
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My Uncle Is Not Pablo Escobar will be performed
at Brixton House from 7th - 24th June.
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Co-Created by Valentina Andrade, Elizabeth Alvarado, Lucy Wray & Tommy Ross-Williams, rooted in the lives and experiences of Valentina Andrade & Elizabeth Alvarado.
British Sign Language with Spanish Sign Language performances to be announced.
Subtitles in Spanish, English and Portuguese in every performance.
Latinx Women from South London take centre stage and dare you to call them invisible.
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Vogue balls.
When four different worlds collide; identity, history and status become the driving forces to unveiling the biggest money laundering scandal in history.
Confetti.
From not having a box to tick to challenging toxic stereotypes; as Alejandra, Lucia, Honey and Catalina risk everything to expose a multinational bank, they confront the audience with what it means to be both Londoner and Latinx.
Chihuahua.
My Uncle is Not Pablo Escobar relishes in the seen and unseen of communities and systems so insidiously hidden.
Morleys or Arepas?
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Creative Team
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Valentina Andrade - Co-Writer, Community Organiser and Festival Producer
Elizabeth Alvarado - Co-Writer and Spanish Translation
Lucy Wray - Co-Writer, Co-Director and Spanish Translation
Tommy Ross-Williams - Co-Writer, Co-Director and Showrunner
Daisy Hale - Lead Producer
Camille Koosyial - Assistant Producer
Anna Alvarez - Trainee Producer and Movement Director
Lucy Sherratt - PA to Daisy Hale
Joana Nastari - Dramaturg and Script Development
Tomás Palmer - Set and Costume Design
Daniel Fabara-Ramos - Design Apprentice
Roberto Esquenazi Alkabes - Lighting Design
Daniel Basnett - Prod LX
Xavier Velastin - Sound Design
Evelien Van Camp - Costume Supervisor
Myron Birch - Choreographer
Lisa Hood - Production Manager
Emily Darley - Technical Stage Manager
Florian Lim - Stage Manager on Book
Fernanda Cunha Mandagará Torres - Assistant Stage Manager
Yanexi Enriquez - Performer - Alejandra
Cecilia Alfonso-Eaton - Performer - Lucia
Pia Laborde-Noguez - Performer - Catalina
Nathaly Sabino - Performer - Honey
Flavia Fraser-Cannon - Press
Rachel Sampley - Caption Programmer
Jen Smethurst - Wellbeing Practitioner
Emaela Jones - Lead Image Photographer
Lead Image Photographer
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Created to uplift our community and highlight all the wonderful things that make us who we are but also understanding the challenges that migrant women face. Within the show we have various slots to highlight many important campaigns that have been carried out by LatinX here in London.
We have had many wins and are still fighting for more. Check here and here.
The production has been supported by
LatinXcluded, The Advocacy Academy, S.H.E.D, Arts Council England, The Aziz Foundation, Theatre Deli, Shoreditch Town Hall, Old Vic Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre, The Royal Court, Paines Plough and Kings College London.
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With thanks to past collaborators in the development of the show and its process
Camila Segal, Alice Vilanculo, Ruth O’Dowd CDG, Lily Einhorn, Gael Le Cornec, Gabriela Garcia Rivero, Zharinck Lopez Aguirre, Krishmary Ramdhun Contreras, Milla Harding Recinos, Sarah Impey, Andrea Ortiz and Vanessa Galvis.
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My Uncle Is Not Pablo Escobar will be performed
at Brixton House from 7th - 24th June.