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Our biggest and most exciting festival to date. How do you share the theatrical riches of a continent? With five visiting companies programmed this year from Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Argentina, we hope to offer the beginnings of an answer. From clown to musical comedy, from historical drama to political theatre, from dance to epic storytelling, we've never had such a range of theatrical genres at CASA before. The same is true of the stories being told. Imaginary cities collide with historical voyages, the conquest of the Americas with the violence of the Holocaust, the plight of journalists in Mexico with a Buenos Aires love story. It's very exciting to be sharing such diversity but, truth be told, not particularly surprising. Latin American theatre is as diverse as the continent and cultures from which it springs. You'd expect each show to be different and they are, beautifully so, each one so particular to their time and location and context. And yet, theatre is an art that rejoices in exploring the things we share as human beings, fundamentally. In doing so, borders dissolve, stories are shared and new histories written. And that's what this year's festival is about. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CASA, OUR YEAR ROUND ACTIVITIES AND HOW TO SUPPORT US, CLICK HERE TICKETS Casa 2012 Opening Fiesta 6.30pm Jemmy Button7.45pm Live Music09:30pm View Full Calender SHOWS FROM: SAT 15th 2:15 & 7:45pm PEDRO DE VALDIVIA, LA GESTA INCONCLUSA Possibly the most fun history lesson ever, this show for all ages won Chile's National Theatre Critic's Award for Best New Play in 2010. FRI 7th 7:00 pm JEMMY BUTTON Discover the incredible true story of Jemmy Button through the quirky songs and brilliant physical storytelling skills of one of Chile's most acclaimed family theatre companies. SAT 8th 2:15 & 7:45pm A CIDADE DAS DONZELAS Performed using traditional north-eastern Brazilian masks and music, this darkly comic fairy-tale has won over fifty national theatre awards. WED 12th 7:45pm HOLOCLOWNSTO Performed with great physical and musical skill, this is wordless theatre at its most moving. FRI 14th 7:45pm A DESCOBERTA DAS AMERICAS Written by the great Italian playwright Dario Fo, this radical interpretation by one of Brazil's leading actors, Julio Adriâo, is one-man physical storytelling that needs no translation. WED 12:th 7:00pm DIEGO Y ULISES Inspired by the world of cult filmmaker Gus Van Sant, this Argentine love story fuses theatre and dance to thrilling effect. SAT 15th 3:00 & 8:00pm PRIVATE THOUGHTS IN PUBLIC SPACES Dive into the world of La Llorona and discover this debut piece by last year's CASA Scratch Night winners. SAT 8th 2:15pm & 8:00pm LA PERIODISTA An ode to the Mexican journalists who have been abused, tortured or murdered for revealing uncomfortable truths, this one woman show is the political heart of this year's festival. SAT 15th 2:15 & 7:45pm PEDRO DE VALDIVIA, LA GESTA INCONCLUSA Possibly the most fun history lesson ever, this show for all ages won Chile's National Theatre Critic's Award for Best New Play in 2010. FRI 7th 7:00 pm JEMMY BUTTON Discover the incredible true story of Jemmy Button through the quirky songs and brilliant physical storytelling skills of one of Chile's most acclaimed family theatre companies. SAT 8th 2:15 & 7:45pm A CIDADE DAS DONZELAS Performed using traditional north-eastern Brazilian masks and music, this darkly comic fairy-tale has won over fifty national theatre awards. WED 12th 7:45pm HOLOCLOWNSTO Performed with great physical and musical skill, this is wordless theatre at its most moving.