Pedro and The Captain

Miguel H Torres Umba, Performance Director of Secret Cinema, brings Mario Benedetti’s profound Pedro and the Captain back to London. The performance is staged in partnership with global NGO REDRESS - 'Ending Torture, Seeking Justice for Survivors.'

Within the intimate confines of an interrogation room, two human beings are pushed to their limits, as the eponymous Pedro fights to retain his humanity in the face of an oppressive regime. This psychological battlefield offers up a timely universal reflection on states of oppression and dehumanization wherever they are found – war zones, refugee camps, boardrooms or bedrooms.

The story of Pedro’s disappearance will extend beyond the stage, and we invite you to follow as its effects are felt on social media, throughout the Vault's many spaces, at demonstrations and on the streets around Waterloo.

Follow Pedro’s story on Facebook /PedroandtheCaptain and Twitter @PedroAndCaptain.

“With this little you’ve left us, we dead ones can talk”.