“Fernando and the Stars” tells the story of a boy who spoke to the stars and believes that Portugal’s destiny can and should be different. Thus, we enter the world of imagination and the mind of Fernando Pessoa during the process of creating his great work “Mensagem”, focusing on the exploration of the first part, entitled “Coat of Arms”. In studying the work, in addition to the poetic and historical perspective, choreographer Filipa Rodrigues also explores the astrological side, as Fernando Pessoa was also an astrologer. By knowing this side, we will better understand the author’s mind and, consequently, we will understand the work itself.
On May 11, Saturday, journalist Luís Osório headlines a show created from his book of the same name, “Ficheiros Secretos”, delving into the recent history of Portugal and bringing to the stage memories of notable figures such as Mário Soares, José Saramago and Amália Rodrigues , between others. Tickets available at the usual locations or on the BOL online platform: https://shorturl.at/vyU26.
SYNOPSIS February 1974. Because she becomes pregnant by accident, Annie, a factory worker and mother of two children, discovers the MLAC – Movement for the Freedom of Abortion and Contraception, which practices illegal abortions in the eyes of everyone. Received by this unique movement, based on concrete help for women and the sharing of knowledge, she will find a new meaning in her life in the fight for the adoption of the abortion law. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Free entry, upon collection of tickets at the local box office or through the BOL online platform and subject to
BRIEF INTRODUCTION “The Brain Collector” is a visually striking comedy show, full of metaphors and interactivity with the audience that takes place “inside and outside the box”. Addressing brain plasticity, neurons and glia, dreams, memories, emotions… Alec Ziegelstein, a character with a grotesque character and a genius in the field of studying the brain, faces curious attempts to understand this remarkable organ, interacting with eccentric characters and unraveling mysteries in a unique and surprising vision of the human body.
2 performers meet in a library to create a manifesto for the future. By relating to the objects and materials that make up this library, they seek to reconstruct it, discovering words and voices that belong to manifestos written in the past and that point to future action. How can the ideas expressed in these manifestos help create a better present and a better future?
In the year in which we celebrate 50 years after the 25th of April, O Teatro da Caverna wanted to talk about freedom. Does total freedom exist? Are we really free, or have the forms of oppression just changed, modernized, become more sophisticated, more subtle? What chains bind us and prevent us from being truly free? To live free? Are freedom and responsibility equivalent? Today, we live within the meshes of networks, to which we voluntarily mortgage our freedom. Do we still have the time and ability to dream? What, for us, is the color of freedom?
In one of those moments in Raúl’s life, drunk with drowsiness, his hand transports us to his own birth and discovery of the world around him. Several obstacles lie ahead of him, until the moment he gives shape to another similar being and his life becomes rosy. However, the unconscious is vulnerable and too sensitive to pursue the romance of some of our most intimate desires and Raúl is brought back into his everyday reality, just like his own hand.