1970s Chile – the main torture and extermination centre of General Pinochet’s regime is the notorious Villa Grimaldi. 30 years later, three women argue about how to remodel the same blood-soaked building complex and how modern Chile should respond to this awful and unwanted legacy, in Guillermo Calderón’s poignant and moving play, Villa.

Discurso recreates the last hours in office of Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile from 2006 until 2010, with an imaginary farewell speech.

Chilean playwright and director Guillermo Calderón explores the heart of his nation, with language of intensity and passion, in a double bill of searing contemporary dramas exposing both a terrible heritage and the great humanity it inspired.

Discurso was developed at the International Residency of the Royal Court Theatre, London.