Manuela Infante

Manuela Infante Güell was born in Chile and is a theatre director, playwright, scriptwriter, and musician. In her work, she transposes themes from contemporary theory into the language of the stage, creating works that are situated between music, theatre, and literature. Her works have been staged at major festivals and theatres in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. She currently works for Theater Basel, Volkstheater Wien, Schauspiel Hannover, KVS (Brussels), and NNT (Groningen). In 2015, she was the first woman to be named director of the National Drama Festival in Chile. And in 2019, she was the first Chilean theatre-maker to be invited to the Venice Biennale. That same year, she won the Stückemarkt work commission at the Theatertreffen in Berlin.