A Fight Against… (Una Lucha Contra…) at the Royal Court Theatre

“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. Royal Court Associate (International) Sam Pritchard directs