Sub Titles Over

First of October 2017. Three am. A knock on the door. Everyone is holding their breath inside their sleeping bag, crammed in this boiling hot polling station.

Just hours away from the referendum for Catalan independence, deemed illegal by the Spanish government, two young anti-fascist activists hold hands in the dark, waiting for the Spanish police to arrive at any minute...

‘ - ¡Vamos a quemar esto con todos vosotros dentro!’

Did you hear that? Just a friendly cop nudging them to wake up...

This show is being performed in Catalan, with English subtitles.

A one-woman-show exploring subtitles' power and their hidden potential for control and manipulation within monolingual communities.