Adaptation and Translation with Christina MacSweeney & Maria Jose Andrade

Christina MacSweeney has an MA in Literary Translation from the University of East Anglia and specialises in Latin American fiction. Her translations have previously appeared in a variety of online sites and literary magazines. She has also translated Valeria Luiselli’s volume of essays, Sidewalks.

María José is a London-based Chilean director and producer. She is the artistic director of the Chilean-British theatre collective The Last Company Theatre. Her work moves across theatre, performance, poetry and moving image; It is moved by an interest in cross-disciplinary and collaborative working processes, with a strong focus in critical cultural discourses. As a creative producer, María José has initiated and developed various international projects that connect and re-imagine the possible connections between Latin-American artists with European Institutions.