Carlos García Estévez is an international artist born in Spain. He is Artistic Director and founder of Manifesto Poetico, an actor, stage director, theatre researcher, pedagogue and specialist in Contemporary Commedia dell’Arte and mask performance. Manifesto Poetico comes from Carlos’ 25 years of research and productions done internationally. He has also performed and directed in over 20 different countries and over 50 different universities. Over his career he has developed his research into interdisciplinary productions and devised theatre that is contemporary. As he learned from Dario Fo, Carlos keeps the spirit of popular theatre in order to create new contemporary theatrical languages that speak to audiences today. Carlos creates work in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia.

Paige Allerton is an international performing artist and anthropologist born in Canada. She is Artistic Director and Dramaturge of Manifesto Poetico and Editor of the Laboratory’s research. She directs the company’s department of Anthropology and Content Creation, and the project The Poetics of Survival. She is co-founder and creator of SPATIAL DRAMATURGY. Together with Carlos García Estévez, she is in charge of the conception and direction of Manifesto Poetico’s Open Laboratories and pedagogic activity. She is a movement teacher and performs with masks internationally. She has toured with Manifesto Poetico in more than 14 countries for pedagogic, performance and research activities.