Elisabeth Rabl holds a degree in Primary Education and is a recent graduate of Translation Studies (German, Spanish, English) from the University of Vienna and Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona). She has strong ties to Latin American language(s) and culture(s) after living in Costa Rica for a year. Writing is her passion and quest, with her areas of interest spanning identity and society, feminism, education and art. She collaborates and performs in amateur musicals, choirs and ensembles, and has recently created her own poetry blog where she writes in three languages. Volcano of the Witches is her first translation project.

Fran Olivares Medina is a London-based theatre director. Originally from Chile, she trained as an actor before moving to the UK to complete an MFA in Theatre Directing at East 15 Acting School. Deeply committed to her Latin American community, her works seeks to amplify its diverse stories and visibility in the UK. Fran’s is passionate about collaboration and learning from artists of all backgrounds.
Fran’s work focuses on promoting female voices and she is particularly interested in exploring the intersectionality of language, gender, and identity, as well as experimenting with interdisciplinary forms, collaborative creation, and accessibility. As a theatre practitioner, woman of colour and mother, Fran aims to create transformative theatre experiences that challenge mainstream narratives.

Jessica Hooper is a graduate of Modern Languages (French and Spanish) from King’s College London, where she focused on history and representations of the queer and female experience in literature, film and theatre, specialising during her year abroad in history at Sorbonne University (Paris) and translation at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona). Aside from her studies, Jessica spent 3 years contributing to An Anarchist Playbook (2024), a book of translations of key French Revolution texts published by Tenement Press, and has been involved in theatre, singing and dance from a young age, performing leading roles in amateur musicals and plays.

Víctor Malagrino is an Argentinian author, actor and musician who has worked throughout Latin America. He has been active in theatre, cinema and TV, with over a decade of experience in screenwriting, and has also given workshops and seminars on improvisation, scenic construction and musicality in acting.

Malagrino was nominated for the renowned Martín Fierro Award and Clarín Award for his acting performance in the Argentinian television show Lalola (2007).

His work earned a special mention in the screenplay competition Historias contadas por actores (Stories Told by Actors) in 2015 by SAGAI, the Argentinian Society for Management of Actors.

Earlier successes as a scriptwriter include La Familia del ministro (The Minister’s Family), a daily strip published in the Madrid newspaper Diario 16 during 2000/01 that won the prize for the best humorous comic strip in the contest Cuando el arte ataca (When Art Attacks) in Buenos Aires, 1999. In 2019, the comic book POMO!, in collaboration with illustrator Edgardo Carosia, was published in Spain.

Malagrino wrote and directed various plays from which Cacuara canta así (Cacuara Sings Like This), Espíritu pequeño (Small Spirit) and Sin Proyección (Without Projection) stand out.

His most recent play Volcán de brujas (Volcano of the Witches), produced at the Centro Cultural San Martín, has won various distinctions and recognition from critics and audience, including a mention in the Potencia y política (Power and Politics) contest organised by the Dirección de Cultura de la Cámara.