Description
âIn Sweden, they say they donât need social distancing, because being Swedish is all about thatâ, recently said the writer Pedro Mexia, who has long been fascinated by that Scandinavian country. In SuĂ©cia [Sweden] â his first work for the stage â he explores the suspicion that all of us have âa certain ideaâ of Sweden. A diffuse mythology, so to speak: the âmetaphysical-anguishedâ country of Bergmanâs filmography, the (lost?) paradise of social democracy, but also the homeland of fiendish Strindberg or sugary ABBA. The play takes us to the aftermath of the September 1976 elections, which marked the end of half a century of Swedish Social Democratic Party rule. The elections coincide with the marriage of Monika, the daughter of Egerman, a bitter, sexagenarian, âwithdrawn-from-the-worldâ intellectual, who does not conceal his satisfaction with the political change. Directed by Nuno Cardoso, SuĂ©cia is a place where the idea of future, the end of illusions and good intentions are all under debate. A place where the boundary lines between public and private, political and intimate become blurred.
Gallery
Credits
by Pedro Mexia directed by Nuno Cardoso
dramaturgical support
Madalena Alfaia
direction assistance
Mafalda Lencastre
set design
F. Ribeiro
music
Pedro âPeixeâ Cardoso
lighting design
CĂĄrin Geada
costumes
NĂ©lson Vieira
movement
Roldy Harrys
cast AntĂłnio Fonseca, Joana Carvalho, Jorge Mota, Lisa Reis, PatrĂcia QueirĂłs, Paulo Freixinho, Pedro Frias
produced by Teatro Nacional SĂŁo JoĂŁo
playing time 1:30 Ages 12 and up