What I do:

joint artistic director of Zecora Ura

A little more about me:

JORGE LOPES RAMOS is joint artistic director of Zecora Ura, an organization based both in Rio de Janeiro and East London since 2001. Jorge creates playful theatrical structures that allow for a participatory, immersive and interactive perspective of the theatrical event. He focuses his professional practice and research on the unspoken contract between the audience and the actor, which is underpinned by his work on the Dramaturgy of Participation. His latest production HOTEL MEDEA, which runs from midnight to dawn in real time, has been touring to critical acclaim and has won a number of international awards, and is a development of Jorge's investigation on the applications of critical play theory in immersive theatrical events.. Jorge was a member of the Cultural Leadership Programme’s initiative The Independents, run by Battersea Arts Centre in 2011, and is currently a Lecturer in Theatre Studies BA and Acting/Directing MA at the University of East London, where he is soon to complete his PhD on immersive theatre practice.

Recent Awards/Nominations include:

Prix Ars Eletronica for Hybrid Art 2011
The Herald Angel Award Winner 2011
Total Theatre Award Nominee for Innovation 2011
Time Out Critic's Choice 2011
The Times Critic's Choice 2012

Location:

East London / Rio de Janeiro

Projects I’m working on:

hotelmedea.co.uk

br-116.com

Twitter @username:

@hotelmedea