Temps d'Images

Centro Cultural de Belém, Black Box
21 -22 Jun 19h / 17h
90min
12+
premiere in Lisbon

Joana Cotrim e Rita Morais / O Clube

JOURNEY TO
LISBON

“Journey to Lisbon” is a theatre performance that seeks to investigate, through a fictional story, the artists´ families´ past and their connections to Portugal´s recent history, based on an original text by Isabela Figueiredo in dialogue with the album “Diz À Mãe Que Está Tudo Bem” by the musician Silk Nobre.

In this performance-concert, just as in the work by Isabela Figueiredo and Silk Nobre, the family appears as a nuclear context from which to approach sociopolitical tensions, such as colonialism, racism and the experiences of the “retornados” (settler returnees to Portugal, from the African colonies, after the 1975 revolution).
The arrival in Lisbon of an older generation, to visit their children, is the departure point for developing the script along two fundamental discursive lines: family history and generational conflicts; investigating family dynamics, the silence, the difficulties in communicating and the passage of time.



O Clube

O Clube is an artistic theatrical structure, formed by Joana Cotrim and Rita Morais. It was born of a meeting between 3 artists in 2018, Joana Cotrim, Rita Morais and Ana Sampaio e Maia, following their artistic learning experience, acquired in the collectives SillySeason and Pato Bravo, and is a result of their desire to continue this collective work. O Clube is born out of the desire to develop a constant dialogue between artists, in an attempt to deepen knowledge through a cohesive collaboration of exchange and sharing, which can be achieved through both regular support from production, as well as an attentive artistic eye and constant questioning, dialogue and critique. We see in this encounter the possibility to continue to grow as artists, a gamble of conviction in contributing to the national artistic panorama, which implies an articulate reflection, but also of being ripped apart through artistic desires and wishes; through a responsible engagement with society.

We intend to give continuity to the work each of the artists involved have been developing, in order to perfect their research through their performative experiences. Together, we intend to take risks with artistic forms, assimilating the novelty of error in building and learning. We consider this type of error to be indispensable for our renewal and for fostering thought and reflection through building artistic and theatrical projects that put into practice topics that are a cross-section of society and are urgent to us.

O Clube emerges then, as a structure which is anchored in an idea of artistic renewal and revitalization, strengthened by the confluence of the different paths taken by its founders.



 

A performance by O Clube

Creation
Joana Cotrim e Rita Morais
Based on a text by
Isabela Figueiredo
Original Music
Silk Nobre (Fernando Nobre)
Performances by
Fernando Nobre, João Pedro Vaz, Joana Cotrim, Miguel Nunes, Mónica Garnel, Rita Morais
Light Design
Ricardo Campos
Videography
Ricardo Reis
Staging and Costumes
João Telmo
Staging and Costumes Assistants
João Amaral e Sílvia Costa
Costumes fabrication
Aldina Jesus Atelier
Wardrobe
Besta de Estilo
Production
Patrícia Soares e Vera Soares
Communications
Mafalda Miranda Jacinto
Press office
Bruna Kievel
Photography
Bruno Simão
Co-production
A Oficina/Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Teatro-Cine de Pombal
Sponsorship
Direção Geral das Artes, Festival Temps d’Images, Pólo Cultural das Gaivotas | Boavista



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