In the opening of QUARTET, Heiner Müller writes: ‘Space-time: Salon before the French Revolution / Bunker after the World War III’ It’s in an imaginary place set between the past and the future that Heiner Müller puts Merteuil and Valmont, playing chess with each other – or against each other – to survive the circumstances. … Read more
Where you can not love do not delay, is the latency of the body of the interpreter made word of the poet. In the continuity of the work based on the creation of performative objects developed from non-dramatic texts, Daniel Gorjão | Teatro do Vão, this time explores letters written by Frida Kahlo throughout her … Read more
Cock, when desire drives us life. A word. Me. John is fed up with his relationship and asks his boyfriend some time, when he accidentally meets a woman like so many others who meet him on the way to work. Two words. Me and Her. Desire speaks louder. Three words. I, She, and Him. Desire … Read more
It’s a reflection about the human being itself focusing on its promiscuity and on its intimacy to look at us as a raw whole. Undress Júlia and João to undress ourselves as the only way to look deep inside of us. We’re looking for what drive the passion, the brutal desire that attracts us to … Read more
Perfect gift circle talks about desire. It’s not about the desire of flesh but, before that, the desire of communication, the need to create bridges, to see yourself as a whole that naturally creates when in front of another one – another whole. From the Padre Antonio Vieira’s masterpiece “O Sermão de Nossa Senhora do … Read more
AND THIS WORLD MEAT SHAKE THE YOKE OF STARS DISMAL Using Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet original words, this play is set in the actuality to explore the romantic teenager myth in an urban reality and to question the idea – or the experience – of unconditional love. Having fun in a disco, Romeo’s entourage and … Read more
It’s a game where we’re constantly playing power. It’s the conflict between the destiny of a country and the love of a man that happens to govern it. It’s a story out of time and space that will always be in repeat because a king will always be a man with a heart beating inside … Read more
O Olhar Inabitado das Manhãs are leftovers of poems. It’s about Sophia de Mello Breyner’s poetry without revealing her name ever. It’s the revelation of her poetry without using the metaphor, as if you were secretly opening a black box that keeps only the intimacy of the words in the moment they meet the spontaneity of … Read more
Uma peça que começa pelo corpo, como um pêndulo, e é teatro e dança, é ir e ficar, é sobre a saudade e a recusa. Uma peça que recomeça pela palavra. Pelo discurso que construímos sobre os lugares onde estamos. Uma peça que é do Daniel e para Lisboa. Beco da Saudade é fruto da necessidade … Read more
The memory of what happened survives the body, in a different place. From Catia’s and Rui’s memories of “Que o dia te seja limpo”, we create this piece, now without the director’s hand. A chance for the actor’s to recreate their memory – by themselves. A chance to meet the audience and think about the … Read more
