Lola Arias

Lola Arias is an Argentinian writer and theatre and film director. She is a multifaceted artist whose work brings together people from different backgrounds (war veterans, refugees, sex workers, etc.) in theatre, film, literature, music and visual art projects. Arias’s productions blur the boundaries between reality and fiction. Arias studied literature at the University of Buenos Aires and dramaturgy at the Escuela de Artes Dramáticas, in Buenos Aires, and participated in playwrights’ residencies at the Royal Court Theatre and Casa de América. In 2014, she completed the Film Laboratory workshop at the Universidad Di Tella. Since 2007, she has worked in documentary theatre, creating over eighteen plays in collaboration with people who have lived through different events and historical experiences. Lola Arias has also published poetry, fiction and plays. She has received prestigious awards and her films have been shown in international film festivals such as Berlinale, San Sebastian and BFI, and her theatre work has been performed at festivals such as Festival d’Avignon, Lift Festival, Under the Radar, Theater Spektakel, and in venues including Théâtre de la Ville, Redcat, Walker Art Centre, Parque de la Memoria, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and MoMA Museum. In March 2024, she received the Ibsen Award 2024.