On Saturday 18th January, Teatro Meridional, CET and the Companhia de Teatro Lendias D’Encantar presented O Sonho de Alguém by Lara Morgado, produced through the 5th edition of the Dramaturgy Laboratory, and A Infinda Apetência da Luz do Sol by Eduardo Molina, winner of the New Dramaturgy Prize 2019. The presentation was followed by a conversation between Tiago Fernandes from the Companhia de Actores and António Revez from the Companhia Lendias d’ Encantar.
Book Launch | 5 pm
5th edition of the Dramaturgy Laboratory: O SONHO DE ALGUÉM by Lara Morgado presented by Armando Nascimento Rosa.
Since the Dramaturgy Laboratory was founded by Teatro Meridional in collaboration with CET, in 2013, it has aimed to encourage the creation of new texts in Portuguese by promoting a joint venture between writers and a panel of artists and academics in the writing of a text.
The 5th edition, which ran between January and September 2019, proposed a particular theme for the writers, multiplied through the following questions: ‘Who speaks for you?’, or ‘To whom do you lend your voice?’, or ‘How do you make yourself heard?’; as well as from the following Keywords: Conflict; (In)coherence; Individual / Collective; (In)visibility; Fear; Representation / Representativeness; Survival.
The work carried out resulted in the text, O Sonho de Alguém by Lara Morgado, now published in the Nova Dramaturgia Portuguesa [New Portuguese Dramaturgy] collection, in partnership with the Lendias d’Encantar Theatre Company and Folha de Medronho – Artes Performativas.
Synopsis of O Sonho de Alguém [Someone’s Dream]:
In a macabre coincidence, two women meet on the same day, at the same time, on a train line to end their lives. Death is suspended and life presents itself for an unthinkable confrontation.
Prémio Nova Dramaturgia [New Dramaturgy Prize] 2019: A Infinda Apetência da Luz do Sol by Eduardo Molina
Every trimester, simultaneously with Escenarios, Lendias d’Encantar publishes a new volume of the “Nova Dramaturgia Portuguesa” collection, comprising two new texts. In addition to the obvious contribution to the promotion of unpublished and original works in Portuguese, it enhances dramatic literature as an autonomous artistic genre. This initiative also intends to make new working tools available to performing arts professionals.
Synopsis of A Infinda Apetência da Luz do Sol [The Endless Appetite for Sun]:
Nobody teaches us to say goodbye. Not our mother, not those we meet, nor those closest to us. They don’t teach us to moderate the grip our thin fingers have on things, clinging to everything, not knowing, not wanting to let go.
These places are the streets, the places where I was unravelling. The pavements that are my rooms, the steps where I waited in vain, the doors where I kept looking back. The rubble of time. The circles I map out with the compass repeatedly beyond the sheet, beyond the table, beyond me already. I still linger on the steps, at the doors, with the dawn, waiting for the one who leaves, the one who left, the one who never said goodbye, my first love. I am the evening light on the facades, orange. I am the simulation of the sunset when it leaves.
Chatting and reflecting | 6 pm
Tiago Fernandes da Companhia de Actores talking to António Revez da Companhia Lendias d’ Encantar. The aim here was to have an informal conversation, sharing ideas about programming choices, artistic objectives, the companies’ relationships with their audience and survey of a set of considerations that, being specific, are responsible for the uniqueness each company’s path.
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1.56 Launch of the Magazine, Sinais de Cena, Series II, Nº4
The 2020 edition was dedicated to “A Prática como Investigação” [Practice as Research] and included contributions from a number of national and International authors. Besides the various essays, reviews of both shows and books on the performing arts, this issue had a long interview with the actor and director Pedro Gil, as well as a section on the historic stage photographer, José Marques.
The launch took place at the Tigre de Papel Bookshop on 31st January, and featured an informal conversation between Rui Pina Coelho, Filipe Figueiredo, Gustavo Vicente and Paula Gomes Magalhães.
Authors in this issue: Alexandra Balona | Ana Lúcia Brazil Malecha | Ana Pais | Anabela Mendes | Carlos Manuel Oliveira | Cátia Faísco | Christine Zurbach | Cláudia Galhós | Cláudia Madeira | Daniela Salazar | Emília Costa | Eunice Gonçalves Duarte | Eunice Tudela de Azevedo | Filipe Figueiredo | Francesca Rayner | Ivana Menna Barreto | Joana Pajuelo Alves | Márcia Regina Rodrigues | Paula Gomes Magalhães | Paula Varanda | Pauline Le Boulba | Paulo Esteireiro | Pedro Gil | Rogério Barros | Rui Pina Coelho | Sílvia Pinto Coelho | Vítor Lemos
(Photography © Jorge Gonçalves – SALA VIP by Jorge Silva Melo, directed by Pedro Gil, 2013, Artistas Unidos and Barba Azul. Maria João Falcão.)
Date: 31st January 2020
Time: 6.30 pm
Venue: Livraria Tigre de Papel
Free Entry.
