EXCLUSIVE: 38-year-old Venezuelan comic Nacho Redondo has set U.S. tour dates, serving as a continuation of Traumas, a tour he was on across Mexico, Europe and Latin America from April to July of this year.
This new leg, dubbed Nacho Redondo En Vivo – Trae tu major trauma (Nacho Redondo Live – Bring Your Best Trauma), will see Redondo performing exclusively in Spanish in 29 cities with a significant Latin American population.
The Traumas tour format has him interacting with audience members who share their life traumas for him to dissect and discuss. The idea is to foster a dialogue on trauma, suffering and empathy rooted in his own experience. Tickets for all cities are now available at the link.
No stranger to trauma, Redondo has always used his personal experiences as a therapeutic tool to workshop his material and evolve his comedic and personal narrative. His comedy career has been informed by a pivotal moment in 2017, when a joke at a comedy festival led to political censorship and persecution, leading to his exile from Venezuela.
“I became a comedian because every time life threw something traumatic my way, the first real sign I was healing was when I could finally laugh about it,” Redondo told Deadline. “I used to dream of the day I’d be able to laugh at all the bullshit I’d been through. That’s why I created Traumas, to help people get to that same point. Because the moment you start laughing is the moment you start healing.”
Redondo’s approach to building up his touring business, as an international act, has run counter to the norm. In a moment when most international comedians adapt their sets for English-speaking audiences (or adopt a bilingual model), he’s done the opposite, betting big on the growing appetite for Spanish-language comedy in North America and setting the bar for what may well be the next wave of global stand-up. Spanish-language tours in theater-sized venues are very rare in the U.S. market; most have targeted smaller Latin markets, but Redondo hasn’t limited himself in this way.
Known internationally for his podcast, Escuela de Nada, Redondo toured in over 100 cities worldwide last year, including in the U.S. Based in Mexico City, he’s released the specials Macadamia and Huevo de Dragón, and is also active as a writer, producer, and actor. Other career highlights include headlining the first all-Spanish show at the Miami Improv in 2019 and performing in the Netflix Is a Joke Festival in 2024. His work has been recognized by The New York Times, Esquire Mexico and Forbes México.
Check out the list of cities Redondo will be touring next below.
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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