Monica Cox

Having studied languages at university, Monica is particularly interested in multilingual storytelling and how communication shapes relationships.

During the residency, Monica will be developing Lost in Translation, a multilingual theatre project exploring love across cultures and languages. The piece follows two interconnected couples: Russian Ivan and Colombian Isabella, who begin a relationship online and Chinese translator Li and Lebanese interpreter Riwa, whose long-term relationship in Portugal begins to fracture. The production examines how language shapes connection, particularly through untranslatable words/concepts. Spoken in English, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Mandarin and Portuguese (to name a few), the project will use digital technologies for creative captioned surtitles and projections to explore what is communicated beyond words and what remains impossible to translate.

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