Physical theatre performance of Stardust by Miguel Umba. Featuring a shirtless performer curled on the floor in front of a  glowing blue animated backdrop of a woman surrounded by leaves projected on vertical fabric strips. Presented at CASA Festival

Photo by Alex Brenner

STARDUST

ROLE: CREATIVE DIRECTOR & PERFORMER

Provoked into action by the painful stigma left by the narco history of his country, Colombian artist Miguel Torres Umba, unravels his own and the western world’s responsibility for a trade that kills thousands in his homeland. Bringing together contrasting stories from a range of Colombian voices, Stardust tells the story of the chain of lives and deaths that turns a coca leaf, sacred to indigenous communities in Latin America, into a line of coke on a mirror in the western world.

STARDUST is originated by Miguel, written by Daniel Dingsdale and created in collaboration with artists Diana Garcia, Luke Harcourt, Alex Marshall, Alexander Ferris, Sofi Lee Henson, Angelica Quintero, Andrea Fiquitiva, Caz Coronel and Louise Rhoades-Brown as a vehicle to start an urgent conversation. 

Photos by Ali Wright


REVIEWS & RESPONSES

 

 

★★★★ – The Guardian 

"Using a mix of animation, movement and monologue, the storytelling is beyond impressive."


★★★★★  – Broadway Baby

"Stardust is a show of extremes, both deeply emotive and piercingly cynical."

 

"Theatre can change the world. This is one of those shows." – My Theatre Mates

 

★★★★★ – Ed Fringe Review

"A remarkable display of theatre that will not fail to entertain you"


★★★★★ - Fringe Guru

"A stunning one-man performance, and a multi-disciplinary hybrid”


★★★★★  – Pocket Size Theatre

"60 minutes of pure exhilaration."


★★★★ – The List

"A tour de force of disciplines"


★★★★★  - Bouquets and Brickbats 

"Sharp enough and affecting enough to change hearts and minds.”

 

★★★★★ – London Theatre 1 

"Gloriously fascinating”


★★★★★ - The Mumble 

"Mesmerising”

★★★★ - Theatre Weekly

“an utterly eye-opening experience." 


★★★★ – Fringe Review UK

"....this show is so excellent and important "


★★★★ – Voice Magazine

"An incredibly important piece of theatre...executed brilliantly" 


★★★★ - Remotegoat

“Colombia deserves a new story. May be this is the one.”


★★★★ – Everything Theatre

"Crushing and funny."

 

“Brilliant and beautifully performed” – Total Theatre 

  • CAST

    Miguel Hernando Torres Umba

    CREATIVE TEAM

    Director - Alexander Ferris

    Writer - Daniel Dingsdale

    Design - Andrea Fiquitiva

    Lighting Design - Alex Marshall

    Sound Design and Composition- Caz Coronel

    Video Design - Louise Rhoades-Brown

    Animation - Diana Garcia

    Set Builder - Luke Harcourt at Tired Industries

    Stage Manager - Ruth O'Brien

    Production Manager - Sean Ford

    Producer - Matthew Schmolle 

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