“He said, ''The day will come when they don''t cut our heads off in front of people.'' And I asked him, ''Why?'' And he said, ''Because we''ll cut them off ourselves.''”

A lecturer in Chile. A study group in the USA. A guard in the desert. A hangman in Mexico. A woman who won''t stop dancing in Peru.

Pablo Manzi''s darkly comic odyssey across the Americas explores whether violence brings us closer together and what it takes to make a community. A Fight Against… marks the English-language debut of one of Chile''s most significant new voices. It was developed on a residency at the Royal Court Theatre, London, where it premiered in December 2021 in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs.