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Dr Almiro Andrade

Profession
Lecturer in Contemporary Acting
College
Wimbledon College of Arts
Person Type
Staff
Almiro  Andrade

Biography

Almiro Andrade is a Black Queer Latinx actor, director, playwright, dramaturg, educationist, and theatre translator.

Their approach sees all stages of theatre-making as acts of translation. Their practice champions the production of international pieces in the most diverse settings across the globe since 2000.

Their latest works include:

  • The research and development project for the first English translation of Namibia, Não! by Aldri Anunciação in partnership with King's College London and Soho Theatre
  • The Trial - from the iconic 800-page Jorge Amado's novel Tieta to an audience participatory event using music, storytelling and breaking-form theatre as dramaturg and assistant director to Franko Figueiredo from StoneCrabs Theatre
  • A gender-bending adaptation of The Blind One and The Mad One by Cláudia Barral (IntiPress, 2021) produced by Foreign Affairs Theatre
  • The translation of Brazilian canonical playwright Nelson Rodrigues: Selected Plays (Bloomsbury/Oberon, 2019)

They have been an Artistic Associate at a plethora of theatre companies and collectives including Out of The Wings Collective, StoneCrabs Theatre, Foreign Affairs Theatre, Migrants in Theatre, Brazil Diversity and Global Voices.

Links

BA Acting and Performance

BA Contemporary Theatre and Performance