FesTeLOFF 2023

The ‘S’ Is Silent

Monday 9th October

  • Time: 8:30 pm. PLAY: The S is Silent (Audience winner 2022)

Author: Marina Cusí Sánchez

Director: Marina Cusí Sánchez

Cast: Marina Cusí Sánchez, Isobel Sheard, Daniel Seorici, James Little

Producer:  Produced by Mad, Who?

Suitable for 12+

Running Time: 50 min, plus Q&A  in English & Spanish

No interval, In Spanish, with English subtitles.

Venue: Bush Theatre, The Studio, 7 Uxbridge Rd, W12 8LJ, London

Synopsis:

Spain is currently being shaken to its core by an expanding feminist wave crashing against its deeply rooted patriarchal social structures. But to understand this movement we must look back to an uncomfortable past through the eyes and voices of those who have been historically left out of the narrative: women.

The ‘S’ Is Silent

Ripped at the Seams – (The Sewing Box)

Monday 9th October

  • Time: 6:00 pm. PLAY: Ripped at the Seams – (The Sewing Box – 2nd edition FesTeLOff winner)

Author: Luis Fernández Ruz

Director: Monica Cox

Cast: Maite Jauregui and Paula Rodríguez

Producer: Produced by Luis Fernández & Mónica Cox in association with FesTeLoN’

Designer: Bolu Dairo

Suitable for 12+ (mentions of suicide)

Running Time: 60 min, (Bilingual play: English with some parts in Spanish), plus Q&A in English & Spanish

No interval

Venue: Bush Theatre, The Studio, 7 Uxbridge Rd, W12 8LJ, London

Synopsis:

A failing theatre maker creates a play about her muse Rosa as a last attempt to persevere with the arts. With the help of her co-star, she journeys through someone else’s life in order to understand her own.

Ripped at the Seams – (The Sewing Box)

FesTeLõn´s Fringe Section

Tuesday 10th October

FesTeLoFF is a chance to celebrate amateur and emerging UK-based theatre companies whose material is adapted from or inspired by Spanish and Latin American playwrights.

  • Time: 3:00 pm to 6.00 pm. FesTeLOff: FesTeLõn´s Fringe Section (3rd edition)

FesTeLoFF is a chance to celebrate amateur and emerging UK-based theatre companies whose material is adapted from or inspired by Spanish and Latin American playwrights.

This year, we will embrace the digital format for the FesTeLoFF contest.

The five selected companies and the jury panel will meet in person on Tuesday 10th October for a networking event before announcing the winners.

This event will be free admission for those who are interested to assist.

Venue: Bush Theatre, Alen-Buckley Script Library, 7 Uxbridge Rd, W12 8LJ, London

FesTeLõn´s Fringe Section