The Prague Quadrennial’s mission is to work and reflect upon scenography and theatre architecture. In this context, the performative space is thoroughly examined in its several variants and points of view, not only by architects and scenographers, but also by artists and performers.Under the direction...
The Prague Quadrennial’s mis...
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Sorry, this entry is only available in European Portuguese. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.Naquela noite de S. João, estávamos na Suécia de August Strindberg, no...
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Sorry, this entry is only available in European Portuguese. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.Palavras, leva-as o vento, diz o ditado. Aos atores que pisam o...
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You gotta fight for your right to cry or like Sónia Baptista says “use sadness to activate anger and be able to fight for a better and fairer world”. Triste in English from Spanish peels off the layers from the happiness filter until we’re able...
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"The child, when a child, asked questions like these:Why am I myself and not you?Why am I here and not there?When did time start and where does space end?Is life under the sun not just a dream?Is this not just the appearance of a world...
"The child, when a child, aske...
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Teatro do Mar [Theatre of the Sea] – a name that mirrors its own condition.And its origin as well.It was born in Sines.By the sea that forces us to embrace the horizon. The immensity. The distance.It grew in Sines.In a land as violent as the waves,welcoming and capturing...
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The habit and the standard force us to wait until the theatre’s doors are open, at the beginning of each show, so that we can sit in the audience to look at the stage. It tends to be a two-dimensional path and a unilateral perspective....
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The choice is important right from the beginning. Even when, because it is banal and inconsequential, we fail to realize that. Picking the queue on the right or the left to enter the “free room” of Teatro Nacional D. Maria II would mean, even before the start...
The choice is important righ...
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We all have that place where the absence of light allows us to see the stars, the absence of noise allow us to listen to the wind surrounding the crops - or the “deeper silence when the crickets hesitate,” as Cohen says –, where the absence of what is...
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The bell marks the beginning and end of each day. Despite being buried up to her waist, and then to her neck, every morning Winnie wakes up fascinated by the brand-new day – “hello, blessed light!”. The objects of everyday life (and not only) stored in the bag, that...
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