Creation, Performance and Original Music

What would you take in your bag if you had to leave?

"How to not be yourself" consists of two performers staging a visa meeting. On one side there’s a South American immigrant woman who is trying to get a visa and, on the other side, an officer who is in charge of evaluating her documents and behavior. Through this encounter, the performance address issues such as decoloniality, cultural stereotyping and power relations between genders.

Creation and Performance: Júlia Portes and Frederico Santiago

The project was selected for the Radar Sofia Residency and was supported by the National Culture Fund of Bulgaria and the Programme for the Recovery and Development of Private Cultural Organisations 2022-2023.