Agenda Municipal / Theatre Last Memory
Sat 15 Mar
Casa das Artes Programme (Poetics of the Word | Theatre Encounters - Chapter 7)
Casa das Artes | Grand Auditorium - 21h30
Admission: 4 euros | Students, Cultural Quadrilateral Card and Seniors (aged 65 and over): 2 euros | Rating: M/12 | Running time: 90 min
Memory takes centre stage in this project. ‘No. It's not about memory, but about the fear of forgetting,’ writes Sara Carinhas. Books and photographs are present on stage as symbols of inscription, registration and remembrance. Combining her voice with those of other authors, the actress and director tries to confuse her autobiography with fictions and stories that don't belong to her. Virginia Woolf, the eternal ghost-author revisited by Sara, appears again, this time through her non-fiction texts and the chronology that crosses between the two - there are also images, family trees, letters received, fear of the end of the world and the literature needed to keep the dream going. A play in the form of a conference-monologue that can occasionally be mistaken for a party (and what are the dangers of a party?), through which the actress shares references that feed ideas, life frames, unfinished thoughts, doubts and proposals, oscillating between the fixed script she has written and the improvisation, or forgetfulness, of the moment.
Artistic Profile
Creation, Dramaturgy and Interpretation: Sara Carinhas
Special guest: Mr Victor
Filming, recording and dramaturgy support: Joana Botelho
Artistic Consultancy: Nádia Yracema and Sara Barros Leitão
Staging assistance: Joana Picolo
Sound Design: Madalena Palmeirim
Light Design: Catarina Côdea
Production Manager: Rita Faustino
Executive Producer: Mariana Dixe
Co-production: Causas Comuns and São Luiz Municipal Theatre
Artist residencies: Officina Mundi - Joana Villaverde (Avis), Avis Municipality, O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo), END Festival (Coimbra) Support Mostra Camaleoa (Florianópolis, Brazil), Companhia Olga Roriz (Lisbon)
Acknowledgements: Mariana Sá Nogueira, Ana Paganini, Olga Roriz, Madalena Alfaia, Margarida Côdea, Nome Próprio, Que se foda wine
Causas Comuns is a structure funded by the Government of Portugal - Ministry of Culture / Directorate General for the Arts and is a member of Performart - Association for the Performing Arts in Portugal.
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