Agenda Municipal / Theatre Normal girl and the pea
Sat 20 May
Narciso Ferreira Theatre programme (Children’s theater for brave adults)
Riba de Ave | Narciso Ferreira Theatre - 21h30
Free tickets subject to pick-up one hour and a half before each performance. Limit of four tickets per person. Ticket reservation not applicable | Rating: M/12 |Running time: 80 min
Magdalena is looking for a place to sleep on a stormy day. What she finds under the mattresses will completely change the course of that night. She sets off on an adventure to the Em-Cantada Forest where her favourite princesses live. They will help her to understand what it means to be a "princess" and what "happily ever after" really implies. The princesses rooted in our upbringing and created centuries ago by men like the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen or Walt Disney, are today out of step with our social reality. Therefore, as society evolves, it is necessary to review some outdated social principles and re-educate some characters. Inspired by the irony of Dina Goldstein's "Fallen Princesses" and Paul McCarthy's "WS" photo series, this show is not for children, or rather, it is, but with the proper adult accompaniment. The discussion it will provoke is serious and therefore advisable only for the "brave" who want to explain at the end why normal life is so similar to this "fairy tale".
Credits
Staging and scenography: Pedro Ribeiro
Dramaturgy: Patrícia Franco and Pedro Ribeiro
Composition, Musical Direction: Paulo Freitas
Costume design: Letícia dos Santos
Performers: Andreia França - violin; Marta Costa - actress; Patrícia Franco - actress; Paulo Freitas - piano
Maker of puppets: Samantha de Jesus
Costume designer: Letícia dos Santos
Executive production: Isménia Leite
Production: Companhia de Teatro Os Quatro Ventos
Coproduction: Teatro Narciso Ferreira
Riba de Ave | Narciso Ferreira Theatre - 21h30
Free tickets subject to pick-up one hour and a half before each performance. Limit of four tickets per person. Ticket reservation not applicable | Rating: M/12 |Running time: 80 min
Magdalena is looking for a place to sleep on a stormy day. What she finds under the mattresses will completely change the course of that night. She sets off on an adventure to the Em-Cantada Forest where her favourite princesses live. They will help her to understand what it means to be a "princess" and what "happily ever after" really implies. The princesses rooted in our upbringing and created centuries ago by men like the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen or Walt Disney, are today out of step with our social reality. Therefore, as society evolves, it is necessary to review some outdated social principles and re-educate some characters. Inspired by the irony of Dina Goldstein's "Fallen Princesses" and Paul McCarthy's "WS" photo series, this show is not for children, or rather, it is, but with the proper adult accompaniment. The discussion it will provoke is serious and therefore advisable only for the "brave" who want to explain at the end why normal life is so similar to this "fairy tale".
Credits
Staging and scenography: Pedro Ribeiro
Dramaturgy: Patrícia Franco and Pedro Ribeiro
Composition, Musical Direction: Paulo Freitas
Costume design: Letícia dos Santos
Performers: Andreia França - violin; Marta Costa - actress; Patrícia Franco - actress; Paulo Freitas - piano
Maker of puppets: Samantha de Jesus
Costume designer: Letícia dos Santos
Executive production: Isménia Leite
Production: Companhia de Teatro Os Quatro Ventos
Coproduction: Teatro Narciso Ferreira
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