Theater: Hey Gringo! A Chile Christmas || San Miguel Playhouse

THEATER

Hey Gringo! A Chile Christmas

Thur-Sat, Jan. 31-Feb.2, 7pm
Sun, Feb. 3, 3pm

San Miguel Playhouse
Av. Independencia #82

Tickets available online at sanmiguelplayhouse.com
at the Boleto City Ticket kiosk at the Mercado Sano
and one hour before performance at the door

$250 MXN advance or $300 MXN at the door

Open seating

HEY GRINGO!  A CHILE CHRISTMAS

Described as “part actor, part clown, part raconteur” (Bruce Dessau – The Evening Standard) Pete Searles – who last year performed his hit shows Hey Gringo! Through Peru, and Sex with Pete Searles in San Miguel – returns on January 31^st with Hey Gringo! A Chile Christmas, the third show in his internationally acclaimed Hey Gringo! Trilogy.

Prepare to be transported in this often humorous, at times chilling yet always highly entertaining roller-coaster ride of close scrapes and surprise encounters during one of the darkest periods in Chile’s history.  From the scorching wastes of the Atacama Desert, we travel south; through shantytowns and smog laden cities, to a world of forests, lakes and volcanoes.  Accompanied by over-sexed train drivers, a beautiful young revolutionary, lots of out of work actors, Marxist priests, fascist police, Chilean eco-warriors and Pinochet’s neighbours; this is a journey that turns into a quest for truth and meaning in a land torn apart by thirteen years of military dictatorship.

Searles’s extensive performance credits include a variety of major contemporary and classical roles in theatre, television and radio. When asked about his upcoming show and how exactly he found himself in what most of us would consider to be nearly unimaginable circumstances – he replied…

“Whenever I travelled, I would have this philosophy – I would travel alone, have no set itinerary, and just say yes to everything.  What I discovered, particularly on my Latin America trip, is that when you do that – that’s when the magic doors open. That’s when you get invited into worlds you would never otherwise experience; magical, scary, crazy, wonderful worlds. The show is not so much about me but the places and people I meet along the way. I am merely a witness that allows myself to be drawn into situations that go – I guess – way beyond the natural confines of the ordinary traveller. This in essence is what my shows are about.”

Peter premiered his HEY GRINGO! Trilogy at the Edinburgh Festival. He has since it toured all over the world (USA, Bermuda, The Middle East, Far East, South Africa and all-round Europe). Sell out shows in the UK have included the Cottesloe – National Theatre, Soho Theatre, Royal Exchange Manchester and numerous prestigious literary, arts, comedy and drama festivals. His adaptation of A Chile Christmas was broadcast (to rave reviews) as the Afternoon Play on BBC Radio 4.

Hey Gringo! A Chile Christmas will be performed at the San Miguel Playhouse, Av. Independencia #82 on Jan. 31-Feb. 2, at 7:00 pm and on Feb. 3 at 3:00pm.  Tickets are  $250MXN (advance) and $300MXN at the door.  They can be purchased online at sanmiguelplayhouse.com, at the Boleto City ticket kiosk on the 2^nd floor of the Mercado Sano, 123 Ancha de San Antonio, Mon-Sat and at the door one hour before show time for the day of the show.  The show is open seating and the

Playhouse provides a taxi concierge and free secured parking.