Description
In Festa de 15 Anos [Quinceañera], the Portuguese playwright Mickaël de Oliveira joins Diego Bagagal, his Brazilian colleague, to conceive a show that intends to rethink the contemporary influence and repercussion of neocolonialist practices. A wealthy Portuguese family is compelled to adopt a young Brazilian boy of indigenous descent, for whom they organise a quinceañera, a debutante ball to present him to Portuguese society, which will end up tainted by tragedy and horror. Festa de 15 Anos looks into the legacy of the colonial empire, its moral heritage, the fetishisation of minorities, and shows how difficult it is to create “syntheses that will comfort us and set us free as individuals within a community”.
Gallery
Credits
written and directed by Mickaël de Oliveira
creation and dramaturgy Mickaël de Oliveira and Diego Bagagal
direction assistance Mafalda Lencastre dramaturgical support Maria Inês Marques set design Martim Dinis costumes Sara Coimbra Loureiro sound design and soundtrack Rui Lima and Sérgio Martins lighting design Rui Monteiro video Simão Cayatte video operation Carlos Melo, Igor Martins sound capture Sérgio Silva characterization Ruby Kruss executive production Armando Valente general production Maria Inês Marques
cast Albano Jerónimo, Ana Pinheiro, Carlos Melo, Diego Bagagal, Diana Sá, Jani Zhao, Luís Araújo, Mafalda Lencastre, Maria Inês Marques
co-produced by Colectivo 84, Madame Teatro (Belo Horizonte, Brasil/Brazil), Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Centro de Arte de Ovar, Cine-Teatro Louletano, Teatro Nacional São João
playing time 1:45 Ages 14 and up
Sessions
Teatro Carlos Alberto
| · qui · 19:00 | ||
| · sex · 19:00 | ||
| · sáb · 10:30 | Post-show talk | |
| · dom · 10:30 |