Out of the Wings Festival 2021
Out of the Wings (OOTW) presented its fifth annual festival of theatre from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds. From 13 to 17 July hosted by the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham, a series of in-person staged readings brought to life new English translations of works by playwrights from six countries.
After a year spent on screens, #OOTW2021 featured plays visiting physical spaces and internal worlds, by writers from Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Spain, Brazil and Peru. In a prison, at a high school or in a shopping mall; out on the city streets or within the privacy of the mind, dramatists from across Ibero-America exploring identity, gender, fear of the unknown, the weight of history, and the limits of empathy, through science fiction, true-life recollection, the abstract, and the all too real.
Showcasing the work of leading playwrights as well as emerging voices, OOTW brings together writers, translators, other theatre-makers and audiences of all backgrounds to share international stories as yet unheard in the UK. Together, we will explore the best of Hispanic and Lusophone playwriting, in a celebration of international collaboration and theatre in translation.
Born out of a collaboration between its co-founders and the Royal Shakespeare Company’s acclaimed Spanish Golden Age season, OOTW has been bringing English translations of the theatre the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds to the UK and beyond since 2008.
Click to download the OOTW 2021 Festival Programme
TUESDAY 13th JULY
Complete Sex & Cosmica
Mónica Maffía (Argentina)
Translated by Sophie Stevens
Gabriela Román Fuentes (Mexico)
Translated by Georgina Escobar
THURSDAY 15th JULY
Shopping Centre Paradise
Laura Rubio Galletero (Spain)
Translated by Rachel Toogood
TUESDAY 13th JULY
Complete Sex & Cosmica
Mónica Maffía (Argentina)
Translated by Sophie Stevens
Gabriela Román Fuentes (Mexico)
Translated by Georgina Escobar
THURSDAY 15th JULY
Shopping Centre Paradise
Laura Rubio Galletero (Spain)
Translated by Rachel Toogood
