Radio Aluna Teatro

“Creativity is basically learning how to manage fear.” - Paula Zelaya Cervantes  This week’s guest is  Mexican playwright, director and translator Paula Zelaya Cervantes. Since graduating from the University of British Columba and returning to Mexico City, she’s created several multiple award-winning plays, which have been celebrated by some of Mexico’s biggest cultural institutions. In this conversation we talked about the difference between translation and adaptation, how an audience favourite at the Vancouver Fringe Festival became a Mexican theatre hit, and what it’s like to be an independent theatre artist in Mexico City right now.   Show Notes:  Paula studied Theatre and English Literature at the University of British Columbia Los Metros, a new annual theatre award ceremony for theatre excellence in Mexico City  Narraturgia, a style of theatre presentation that “responds to limitations”, with limited set and lots of oral description  The El amor de las luciérnagas uses this technique The Orbweaver or E