EVOLUTION COCKTAIL
JAT – Open Window Theater
APRIL 15 and 16
SAT. 21:30 and Sun. 4 pm
Tickets: €10; <30; >65 – 7.50€
Duration: 50′ // M/6
It is an elegant and original proposal, which pays homage to Physical Theater and Mimo. We like to define it as a “scenic landscape”, being a show composed of two pieces, the solos “Filhos da Evolução” and “Cocktail”. Each piece offers a different look, and both have in common the different aspects of human evolution and its consequences. The proposal, as a whole, takes us through genres such as drama, comedy, tragedy and tragicomedy through languages and styles such as Comic Pantomime, Slapstick and Mimo de Estilo.
CHILDREN OF EVOLUTION
Wordless piece inspired by Jean-Léon Gérôme’s 1896 painting – “The truth coming out of the well with its whip to punish humanity”. A proposal performed by a single actress who, in an empty space, gives life to multiple characters on a journey through the evolution of the human being. One of power that we impose on nature and the elements of our species. Will the spectator, through this Window Open to the Theater, come to feel part and an accomplice of this evolution, or perhaps should we say, involution?
COCKTAIL
Inspired by silent cinema and American films of the 50’s, ‘Cocktail’ is the amusing story of a man who is invited to an apparently harmless party. There, he will experience the most hilarious situations that will mark his life and where the public will see themselves reflected in the character’s diverse and exciting adventures. A comic pantomime, performed by a single actor, which reflects human behavior and how this civilized primate behaves in society. A wordless adventure, where the supposedly “evolved” man turns out to be absurd and tragicomic.
Creation and Interpretation: Diana Bernedo and Miguel Martins Pessoa
Promoter: ACTA