Fringe event: Theatre play “Adiós Macondo”

 

Wednesday, 3 July, 19.30 - 20.30, followed by an after talk & drinks.
Location: CC Amstel 
(at walking distance from the conference venue – Culinanplein 1)
 

Following the conference theme In/Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean, we would like to bring your attention to this community theatre play about violence, memory and displacement, created by Nicaraguan refugee theatre makers in collaboration with two of our CEDLA colleagues. Please make your reservation to attend here.

Adiós Macondo is a visual political theatre play created by Nicaraguan refugee theatre group Lleca Teatro, spoken in Spanish and English. Located in the fictional Macondo, the actors share their experiences with violence and displacement amid a sensorial landscape of memories, looking back at the violent political systems they left behind, but can't seem escape. From behind their masks, they question what remains. Who has the right to remember? Whose truth matters? What can be told and what should remain unsaid? As they build altars, guilt, fear and denial slowly give way to expression and inversion. Live music and poetry. After the play, the décor remains as an installation that you can walk around in up close - invited to add a memory of your own.

Adiós Macondo premiered at the International Community Arts Festival in Rotterdam on 1 April 2023. Watch a trailer or a mini-documentary on Vimeo following the embedded links.