Casting announced for Pablo Manzi’s new play A FIGHT AGAINST… (UNA LUCHA CONTRA…) at Royal Court Theatre

Casting has been announced for the world premiere of A Fight Against… (Una Lucha Contra…) by Pablo Manzi, which runs in the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs from 9 December 2021 – 22 January 2022.

The cast includes Eduardo Arcelus, Joseph Balderrama, Pepa Duarte, Pía Laborde-Noguez, Jimena Larraguivel and Sebastian Orozco.

The piece is translated by William Gregory and directed by Royal Court Associate Director (International) Sam Pritchard, with set design by Rosie Elnile, lighting by Elliot Griggs, sound by Ben Grant, and movement by Fernanda Muoz-Newsome.

“He said, ‘The day will come when they don’t cut our heads off in front of people.’ And I asked him, ‘Why?’ And he said, ‘Because we’ll 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 won’t stop dancing in Peru.

Pablo Manzi’s darkly comic odyssey across the Americas explores whether violence brings us closer together and what it takes to make a community.

Developed on a residency at the Royal Court, A Fight Against… marks the English language debut of one of Chile’s most significant new voices.

For more information and to book tickets, please click here.