Dr. 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 and their practice champions the production of international pieces in the most diverse settings across the globe since 2000.

Lecturer in Contemporary Acting and Associate Lecturer in Dramaturgy and Performance for Film and Television at University of the Arts London, their latest works include: Namibia, Não! by Aldri Anunciação at Soho Theatre; The Trial - tour with StoneCrabs Theatre; The Blind One and The Mad One by Cláudia Barral (IntiPress, 2021) produced by Foreign Affairs Theatre; Nelson Rodrigues: Selected Plays (Bloomsbury/Oberon, 2019). Currently working in association with the Royal Court Theatre on their first Call Out for Lusophone Playwrights.

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.

Specialism: Deep Listening, Dramaturgy, Journaling/Writing, Practitioner Lab, Psychodrama, Storytelling, Theatre, Voice/Vocal Work & Song

Other social link: https://www.instagram.com/almiro.andrade/

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