A Fight Against…

Streaming free until 30 April 2023, via the Theatre Times International Online Theatre Festival. 

World Premiere at the Royal Court Theatre, 2021-22 

★★★★★ ‘I could have watched more’, What’s on Stage
★★★★ ‘a sharp splinter of a play’, Financial Times
★★★★ ‘invigorating’, Daily Telegraph
★★★★ ‘excellent’, London Evening Standard
★★★★ ‘flirts on the edge of darkness’, Reviews Hub

Published by Methuen Drama

“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 walk past on the other side of the street.

Developed on a residency at the Royal Court in 2017, A Fight Against…marks the English language debut of one of Chile’s most significant new voices. Royal Court Associate (International) Sam Pritchard directs.

Visit the Royal Court website for more details.

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