EXCLUSIVE: 38-year-old Venezuelan comedian Nacho Redondo has set U.S. tour dates, serving as a continuation of Traumas, a tour he was on throughout Mexico, Europe and Latin America from April to July of this yr.
This new leg, dubbed Nacho Redondo En Vivo – Trae tu main trauma (Nacho Redondo Reside – Carry Your Finest Trauma), will see Redondo performing completely in Spanish in 29 cities with a big Latin American inhabitants.
The Traumas tour format has him interacting with viewers members who share their life traumas for him to dissect and talk about. The concept is to foster a dialogue on trauma, struggling and empathy rooted in his personal expertise. Tickets for all cities are actually accessible on the hyperlink.
No stranger to trauma, Redondo has all the time used his private experiences as a therapeutic instrument to workshop his materials and evolve his comedic and private narrative. His comedy profession has been knowledgeable by a pivotal second in 2017, when a joke at a comedy pageant led to political censorship and persecution, resulting in his exile from Venezuela.
“I grew to become a comic as a result of each time life threw one thing traumatic my approach, the primary actual signal I used to be therapeutic was after I may lastly snicker about it,” Redondo informed Deadline. “I used to dream of the day I’d be capable to snicker in any respect the bullshit I’d been by way of. That’s why I created Traumas, to assist individuals get to that very same level. As a result of the second you begin laughing is the second you begin therapeutic.”
Redondo’s strategy to build up his touring enterprise, as a world act, has run counter to the norm. In a second when most worldwide comedians adapt their units for English-speaking audiences (or undertake a bilingual mannequin), he’s accomplished the other, betting large on the rising urge for food for Spanish-language comedy in North America and setting the bar for what could be the subsequent wave of worldwide stand-up. Spanish-language excursions in theater-sized venues are very uncommon within the U.S. market; most have focused smaller Latin markets, however Redondo hasn’t restricted himself on this approach.
Identified internationally for his podcast, Escuela de Nada, Redondo toured in over 100 cities worldwide final yr, together with within the U.S. Based mostly in Mexico Metropolis, he’s launched the specials Macadamia and Huevo de Dragón, and can be energetic as a author, producer, and actor. Different profession highlights embody headlining the primary all-Spanish present on the Miami Improv in 2019 and performing within the Netflix Is a Joke Competition in 2024. His work has been acknowledged by The New York Instances, Esquire Mexico and Forbes México.
Try the checklist of cities Redondo can be touring subsequent beneath.
SEP 26 DALLAS, TX
SEP 27 AUSTIN, TX
SEP 28 HOUSTON, TX
OCT 02 PHOENIX, AZ
OCT 03 EL PASO, TX
OCT 04 SAN DIEGO, CA
OCT 05 LOS ANGELES, CA
OCT 16 RICHMOND, VA
OCT 17 RALEIGH, NO
OCT 19 CHARLOTTE NC
OCT 22 SAN FRANCISCO, CA
OCT 24 CHICAGO, IL
OCT 23 PORTLAND, OR
OCT 26 SEATTLE, WA
OCT 30 INDIANAPOLIS, IN
NOV 01 KANSAS CITY, MO
NOV 02 MINNEAPOLIS, MN
NOV 07 MIAMI, FL
NOV 09 TAMPA, FL
JAN 21 COLUMBUS, OH
JAN 23 DETROIT, MI
JAN 24 CHICAGO, IL
JAN 28 NASHVILLE, TN
JAN 30 ATLANTA, GA
FEB 01 ORLANDO, FL
FEB 18 WASHINGTON, DC
FEB 21 NEW YORK, NY
FEB 22 BOSTON, MA
TBA — DENVER, CO
TBA — SALT LAKE CITY, UT
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