Agenda Municipal / Theatre Guide to a possible country

Fri 15 and Sat 16 Mar
Casa das Artes Programme (Poetics of the Word)

Casa das Artes | Grand Auditorium - 21h30

Admission: 4 euros. Students, Quadrilátero Cultural Card and Seniors (aged 65 and over): 2 euros | Rating: M/12 | Duration: 105 min

In the Portuguese parliament, between the deputies' benches and the tribune with members of the government, there is a desk with nothing around it where two officials work to transcribe everything that is said. Their fingers record the speeches, interventions, asides, insubordinations and even gestures. There are hundreds of thousands of pages recording debates, constituent assemblies, votes, advances and setbacks in social, labour and human rights. "Guide to a possible country" is a show created from these records to tell the story of the last fifty years of our democracy.

Artistic record
Dramaturgy and staging: Sara Barros Leitão
Acting: João Melo and Margarida Carvalho
Lighting design: Cárin Geada 
Set-up and light operation: Luís Ribeiro
Musical composition: Pedro João 
Sound design and operation: Mariana Guedelha 
Costumes: Cristina Cunha
Costume design: Emília Pontes and Domingos Freitas Pereira
Set design: António Quaresma and Susete Rebelo
Set design: António Quaresma and Nuno Guedes
Screen production: Beatriz Prada, Cristovão Neto and Nuno Encarnação
Production Manager: Susana Ferreira
Production and Communication: Mariana Dixe
Research coordination: João Mineiro
Dramaturgy support and Parlapatório coordination: Carlos Malvarez
Stage photography: Teresa Pacheco Miranda
Design: Marta Ramos
Production: Cassandra
Residency support: CRL - Central Elétrica
Residencies: Baltazar Dias Municipal Theatre, Viriato Theatre
Debut residency: Centro Dramático de Viana - Teatro do Noroeste
Co-production: Casa das Artes de Famalicão, 23 milhas, Centro Dramático de Viana / Teatro do Noroeste, Teatrão, Teatro-Cine de Torres Vedras, Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias, Teatro Viriato
Project funded by: Portuguese Republic and Directorate-General for the Arts
Support for Creation: Abril é Agora

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