WOMEN WITH WIDE EYES
Theatre Deli Sheffield, Migration Matters Festival
Mujeres Con Ojos Grandes (Women with Wide Eyes) is a series of twelve monologues about the experiences of Colombian women, in which they reflect on mother daughter relationships, land displacement, migration and the conflict.
Fusing new writing, movement and folk music, this piece aims to document the lived experiences of Colombian women and their experiences of building new lives in the UK.
Mujeres Con Ojos Grandes is a collaboration between 65% Theatre and Diaspora Woman.
Written and performed by: Maria Victoria Cristancho, Damaris Hernandez, Sharon Ramirez, Marina Ecehverria, Marta Hinestroza, Martha Elsesser, Mirta Osorio, Aubrey D’Vaz, Mirella Cercado, Lorena Diaz Sanchez and Nelly Mosquera
Co-directors: Alex Kampfner and Gabriel Diaz
Dramaturgy: Alex Kampfner
Movement: Christina Fulcher
Sound: Duncan Gallagher
Further Dramaturgy: Eloise Poulton
FURTHER THAN A DREAM
El Buen Pastor Prison selected as part of III National Penitentiary Theatre Festival supported by Acción Interna
Director : Alex Kampfner
Performed and written by the women in El Buen Pastor
Further Than A Dream explores many of the problems which plague Colombia today, such as the millions who have been displaced, the deadly violence faced by communities trying to implement land reform, the impunity of the paramilitary groups, the continuing menace of drug trafficking and the enduring trauma of young men and women kidnapped and forced to fight for the left wing guerilla army and the FARC.
The play launched the Festival Carcelario - an annual prison theatre festival involving eight prisons from across the country.
ROMEO AND JULIET
El Buen Pastor Prison selected as part of III National Penitentiary Theatre Festival supported by Acción Interna
Director : Alex Kampfner
Performed and written by the women in El Buen Pastor
Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
In the streets of Verona, where death threats resound proudly, a brutal feud rages on, fueled by blood-lust and rage. Amidst this conflict between two families, will a young couple find themselves destined to be the next sacrifice?