About Gilberto:
Born in San Jose, Costa Rica, Gilberto Víquez Boniche is a cultural promotor of the Hispanic world, a well-travelled polymatg, and as polyglot fluent in six languages. His work spans radio in both Toronto and Costa Rica, where he has contributed as a voice on culture and society. A flamenco guitarist and literary creator, he has published short stories and poetry in magazines in his home country. Inspired by his immigrant experience of over more than 20 years living on and off in the Niagara Region, his work reflects a deep engagement with identity, language, and cross-cultural storytelling.
What Gilberto will be sharing at Scratch Night - March 27:
An Ideological Affair is a tragicomic Sainete about day to day life, where precarity, couple tensions and ideological contradictions entwin with humour. The characters reveal their absurd situations through quick dialogues. They reveal their dreams and small miseries through uncomfortable honesty resulting in a satiric piece that explores personal responsibility, love and emotional survival in a chaotic world.
