Héctor Manchego

I'm a Venezuelan photographer/videographer and theatre-maker based in London, UK and my pronouns are He/Him. My work interrogates themes of the Latin American diaspora, social and cultural identity and experiences from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Credits

- WRITER/PHOTOGRAPHER, No Borders: A six-month-long Political theatre program at The Royal Court Theatre, 2022.

- VIDEOGRAPHER/PRODUCER, Write Out Loud: A series of monologues from LGBTQIA+ artists based in South West, organised by Down Stage Write and supported by Arts Council England, 2022.

- PHOTOGRAPHER, Theatre Works at Theatre Peckham, 2 days event, 2022.

- PHOTOGRAPHER/VIDEOGRAPHER, R&D of The Dragoness at New Diorama Theatre, 1 week, 2022.

- VIDEOGRAPHER, Utter Mess at Omnibus Theatre, 1-weekend performances, 2022.

- VIDEOGRAPHER, R&D of Useless at The Lyric Hammersmith theatre, 2022.

- WRITER/DIRECTOR, The Knife in the backpack, part of the first Latin American season at The Actor's Centre (now Seven dials theatre) in London, 1-week run, 2020.

- WRITER, It's nothing personal, part of the second Latinx scratch night at Theatre Deli, 2019.

- WRITER, 45 Grados, part of Peces del Guaire, a pacific protest movement created in Caracas in 2017 during the national protests against Nicolas Maduro's government.

Training

- Writing program: writers of colour based in the South West UK. Beyond face, a theatre company based in Plymouth. Ongoing.

- In the theatre we are free. Political Theatre Workshop with Nico Vaccari, co-artistic director of British-Romanian political theatre collective BÉZNA Theatre. Organized by Global Voices Theatre. 2022.

- Dramaturgy of the conflict, playwrighting workshop with Carlos Be, Spanish award winner writer. 4 weeks program. 2021.

- Fitness dramatúrgico. Autofiction writing workshop with Marcia Césped Laplechade, Chilean writer winner of the 2019 National Playwrighting Contest. 4 months program. 2021.

- Writing for stage workshop with Karin Valecillos, an award-winner Venezuelan writer. 4 weeks. Online. 2021.

- Fictional writing for Media, a script writing workshop with award-winner filmmaker Gustavo Rondón. Organised by the British Council Venezuela. 4 weeks. 2021.

- The heroine’s journey. Writing program with Marcia Césped Laplechade and psychologist Corina De Freyre. 3 months. 2021.

- Explorations about the acting craft workshop with Deus Ex Machina, a Venezuelan theatre company. 12 weeks program. Online. 2020.

- Rajatabla Drama School. 2 years acting programme. Caracas, Venezuela. 2017.

- Photography and Audio-visuals Diploma. IUTIRLA. Caracas, Venezuela. 2015.

- Acting Diploma. Level 1 and 2. Professional workshops for actors. DELPHOS Theatre Group. Caracas, Venezuela. 2015.