- Comedians Camila and Eugenia Siso will present their first show together on July 19 at the Cultural Center of Modern Art in Caracas
For sisters Camila and Eugenia Siso Iribarren, being on stage has always been something natural. Both grew up in a family linked to the Venezuelan artistic world, and in recent years they have built their own careers, each from their specialty: Camila as an actress and Eugenia as a content creator with the popular podcast Don’t even bother meHowever, the two converge on one common point: comedy.
Camila has been on the scene for more than 10 years. stand-upin which Eugenia has also been rising since 2021 on circuits (places with constant performances) in different countries. Although this led them to share the stage on a couple of occasions, they had never done a full show together until now. The stars finally aligned and on July 19 both will present “Siso: Two Comedian Sisters”, at the Centro Cultural de Arte Moderno (formerly the BOD cultural center).
There will be a single presentation, at 7:00 pm, and tickets can be purchased for a price between 25 and 35 dollars through la plataforma Ticketplateor at the ticket office of the cultural center, located in the old BOD tower of La Castellana, in the Chacao municipality (Miranda state).
“It’s a show that, although it’s regarding the relationship between sisters, we touch on and laugh at many topics that many people who have a close relationship with someone, be it a cousin, a sister, a best friend or whatever, can identify with,” Camila comments in an interview for The newspaper.
Like dogs and cats
When the Siso sisters are asked what their relationship was like when they were children, they both respond in unison with laughter: “Bad.” It wasn’t that they hated each other, they clarify, as they always felt affection for each other, but with a two-year age difference — Camila was born in 1994 and Eugenia in 1996 — they remember that there were frequent arguments and conflicts typical of siblings.
“As children we were always very good friends, but we were always quarrelsome. My mother said that we were like a dog and a cat because we fought too much. Cami was super bossy and I was a big crybaby, so that is something that is also reflected in the show, like the difference in the stages of the relationship,” recalls Eugenia.
She adds that the relationship improved considerably when they both reached adolescence and that gap between older sister and younger sister was shortened as they might now go out together to party and share groups of friends. However, she points out that this sisterly aspect is just one layer of the relationship that both have been building over the years, and that is precisely what makes the anecdotes from her show applicable to anyone in her close circle.
“We have always thought that our relationship as sisters is like a layer of everything we are. We have been best friends since we were little, we share groups, we are partners in many things, we have projects together, the same passions, so being sisters is a part of the whole relationship we have together,” she says.
In the blood
The Siso sisters grew up in a home where entertainment and culture played a very important role in their lives. They are the daughters of the theatre and audiovisual producer Ximena Iribarren, and the director of photography Mauricio Siso. It was a passion that spread throughout their family, as they also have cousins who are screenwriters, actors and television executives.
In their case, they decided to lean towards comedy in a decision that, they say, flowed naturally and without pressure. Both agree that their parents always gave them the freedom to choose the path they wanted to take, especially following settling in the United States when they were both barely out of their teens.
“We always had the door open and our parents’ approval to do exactly what we wanted. In fact, I feel that going with my dad to see movies, going with my mom to the theater or to television channels, made us get much closer to that world. Maybe even out of a bit of admiration, it sparked our curiosity and in the end we all belong to the medium in one way or another,” Camila highlights.
Complements
Camila is a social communicator who graduated from the Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB). According to the portal The Ucabistofficially debuted on stage in 2015 on the show Testing Material, and since then it has made its way into different circuits stand-up from Caracas and Miami (USA), following in the footsteps of other comedians such as Erika de la Vega or La Vero Gómez. In parallel, she maintains a career as a theater actress, having her first film role in 2020 with the film Tuesday of Blessed.
For her part, Eugenia graduated in Public Relations from Florida International University (FIU). She also did theater and participated in stand-up from Miami and Madrid, but his path would lean towards the world of podcast. In September 2021 he created with Santiago Castellanos Ni me ladilleswho has more than 168 thousand followers on Instagram and 57 thousand subscribers on YouTube. Together they have toured several countries in the United States, Spain, and Venezuela.
Although each of them has taken different paths in their way of doing comedy, they consider that far from being a limitation, it allows them to complement each other on stage.
“I feel like we have a very similar sense of humor, but at the same time very different. Even when it comes to writing, we are very different: Cami is much more structured, I am more anecdotal, so I feel like the show has two types of humor that get along very well, but are very different from each other,” Eugenia points out.
In the scene
The Sisos emphasize that there are not many comedy shows in Venezuela that have two sisters as the main act. Eugenia goes further, and points out that for both of them it will be an opportunity to break out of the pigeonhole in which female comedians are normally relegated, by appealing to universal themes that can make everyone laugh equally. “I don’t want a circuit just for women. I want to be in a circuit for men or women, for whoever, and stand out for my work,” she argues.
Precisely in this sense, Camila has stood out for her frequent performances at Pizpa, a venue that in recent years has become one of the main stand-up circuits in Caracas. Even so, the comedian assures that these circuits are confined to niches in the capital, so it is necessary to work to expand it to other cities, where she assures that there are excellent comedians without platforms to perform.
“There aren’t many options for performing. I have many colleagues who have circuits and obviously Pizpa, which is practically the main one in Caracas, but I feel that in Venezuela, in general, there are still many spaces for comedy,” he says.
Something similar happens with spaces for Venezuelan comedians abroad. Although the diaspora has allowed established comedians such as George Harris or Led Varela to sell out their international tours, they still appeal to the niche of the Venezuelan public, so now it is necessary to internationalize to reach the native people of those countries.
“As Cami said, in the stand up In Venezuela there are people who are very talented and you see it when they go to other countries, but it is still something quite local. I think that many Venezuelan comedians abroad experience a culture shock, but it is a matter of continuing to work and thus reaching different audiences,” he adds.
Pilot test
Both consider the one-time performance of “Siso: Two Comedian Sisters” at the Centro Cultural de Arte Moderno as a “pilot test.” Depending on the result, they hope to open the doors to a potential tour of Venezuela, and even further afield, to Europe and the United States, where both reside.
Camila is currently spending a season in Venezuela, with her individual performances on the Pizpa circuit. For her part, Eugenia hopes to return to Miami this month, to continue with her episodes of Ni me ladilles. Recently, in April, she participated as an opener in Chris Andrade’s show in Orlando (Florida).
Perhaps it might be the birth of a new great comedy duo, with a chemistry that has been developed over 28 years. A very entertaining show for the public. “It ends up being a kind of confessional, revealing their dirty secrets and identifying with the personalities of both,” Camila says.
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2024-07-19 05:38:40
