Agenda Municipal / Theatre Joseph, the Father - premiere
Fri 26 and Sat 27 May
Casa das Artes programme
Grand auditorium | 21h30
Admission: 6 euros | Students, Cultural Quadrilateral Card and Seniors (over 65 years): 3 euros | Rating: M/16 | Running time: 75 min
Dramatic fictions are always interested in unhappy families, just remember the Atroids. Perhaps because, to paraphrase Tolstoy, happy families have nothing particular about them, whereas every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. "Crisis" and "miscommunication" are key words to access Joseph the Father, the last chapter (after Mary the Mother and Jesus the Son) of The Holy Family trilogy, Elmano Sancho's long-running project. "There is always imminent violence in the family," believes the playwright, actor and director. "Because it's the most intimate space we have, and with intimacy comes love, but also violence." José, an old and unemployed actor, renounces the role of father, a victim of a world that demands new forms of authority. But Joseph - where the figures of God the Father and the Devil converge - does not give up his place. José, the Father puts into tension the archetypes of patriarchal culture and the relationships between art/performance and religion/ritual.
Credits
Author and staging: Elmano Sancho
Cast: Djucu Dabó, Isadora Alves, Jorge Pinto and Sílvia Filipe
Scenery: Samantha Silva
Costume designer: Ana Paula Rocha
Light designing: Pedro Nabaís
Staging assistance: Paulo Lage
Coproduction: Loup Solitaire, Teatro da Trindade, Casa das Artes de Famalicão, Cine-Teatro Louletano, Teatro das Figuras and Teatro Nacional São João
Grand auditorium | 21h30
Admission: 6 euros | Students, Cultural Quadrilateral Card and Seniors (over 65 years): 3 euros | Rating: M/16 | Running time: 75 min
Dramatic fictions are always interested in unhappy families, just remember the Atroids. Perhaps because, to paraphrase Tolstoy, happy families have nothing particular about them, whereas every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. "Crisis" and "miscommunication" are key words to access Joseph the Father, the last chapter (after Mary the Mother and Jesus the Son) of The Holy Family trilogy, Elmano Sancho's long-running project. "There is always imminent violence in the family," believes the playwright, actor and director. "Because it's the most intimate space we have, and with intimacy comes love, but also violence." José, an old and unemployed actor, renounces the role of father, a victim of a world that demands new forms of authority. But Joseph - where the figures of God the Father and the Devil converge - does not give up his place. José, the Father puts into tension the archetypes of patriarchal culture and the relationships between art/performance and religion/ritual.
Credits
Author and staging: Elmano Sancho
Cast: Djucu Dabó, Isadora Alves, Jorge Pinto and Sílvia Filipe
Scenery: Samantha Silva
Costume designer: Ana Paula Rocha
Light designing: Pedro Nabaís
Staging assistance: Paulo Lage
Coproduction: Loup Solitaire, Teatro da Trindade, Casa das Artes de Famalicão, Cine-Teatro Louletano, Teatro das Figuras and Teatro Nacional São João
20 leituras