Programme 2024

Tiago Rodrigues

Catarina and the beauty of killing fascists

Programma soort: Main programme
Genre: Theatre
Herkomst: Avignon, France

Do we need to violate democratic principles in order to protect them? Tiago Rodrigues and eight exceptional actors offer gripping political theatre, where ideologies and changing worldviews collide.

Entrance

€ 18,-

Duration

150 minutes

Language

Portuguese with Dutch and English subtitles

Location

Grand Theatre

Accessibility

This show is sold out

Kill one man to save democracy?

It’s a family tradition: kidnap and kill a fascist. Once a year, for the past 70 years, a South-Portuguese family has been gathering for a weekend together at their idyllic country house to honour the memory of Catarina Eufémia, a farm worker brutally murdered under dictator Salazar’s regime. While enjoying a festive family barbeque, they celebrate their newest addition of revolutionary slayers; the youngest, also named Catarina, is about to kill her first fascist. Paralysed by doubt, Catharina is reluctant to continue the family tradition. What if killing isn’t some brave act, in line with her revolutionary ancestry, but just simply a crime?

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Yet even this part of “Catarina” feels like an invitation to grapple with what humanity is capable of, rather than a didactic demonstration. Complexity is always the answer in Rodrigues’s work — and it is one of the best ways to the audience’s heart.

Author: Laura Cappelle Occupation: The New York Times

Friday 23 August

Available times

19:00

This show is sold out

Saturday 24 August

Available times

19:00

This show is sold out

About the artist

Tiago Rodrigues, a Portuguese actor and director, has a passion for creating theatre with an emphasis on collaboration and creativity without hierarchy. He co-founded the company Mundo Perfeito and has created many national and international performances. A director of the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II in Lisbon and director of the Festival d'Avignon, he remains a bridge builder between cultures and an advocate of living theatre.

Credits

Text, direction - Tiago Rodrigues
Artistic collaboration - Magda Bizarro
Stage design - F. Ribeiro
Light - Nuno Meira
Costumes - José António Tenente
Sound design, original music - Pedro Costa
Choirmaster, vocal arrangements - João Henriques
Voices-over - Cláudio de Castro, Nadezhda Bocharova, Paula Mora, Pedro Moldão
Choreography - Sofia Dias, Vítor Roriz
Weapon coordinator - David Chan Cordeiro
Translation - Thomas Resendes (français / French), Daniel Hahn (anglais / English), Vincenzo Arsilio (italien / Italian), Igor Metzeltin (allemand / German)
Surtitles - Patrícia Pimentel
With - Isabel Abreu, Romeu Costa, António Fonseca, Beatriz Maia, Marco Mendonça, António Parra, Carolina Passos Sousa, João Vicente
Production - Teatro Nacional D. Maria II (Lisboa)
Executive production - Festival d’Avignon
Co-production - Wiener Festwochen, Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione (Modena), Théâtre de la Cité - CDN Toulouse Occitanie & Théâtre Garonne Scène européenne Toulouse, Festival d’Automne à Paris & Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Teatro di Roma – Teatro Nazionale, Comédie de Caen, Théâtre de Liège, Maison de la Culture d'Amiens, BIT Teatergarasjen (Bergen), Le Trident – Scène nationale de Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Teatre Lliure (Barcelona), Centro Cultural Vila Flor (Guimarães), O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo).
Support - Almeida Garrett Wines, Cano Amarelo, Culturgest

Thanks to Mariana Gomes, Rui Pina Coelho, Margarida Bak Gordon, Rita Mendes and the team of the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II. We also thank Sara Barros Leitão, Rui M Silva and Pedro Gil who, even though they are no longer on stage with us, will always remain Catarina.

Music from the show: Hania Rani (Biesy et Now, Run), Joanna Brouk (The Nymph Rising, Calling the Sailor), Laurel Halo (Rome Theme III et Hyphae) et Rosalía (De Plata).

Created in September 2020 at the Centro Cultural Vila Flor (Guimarães - Portugal)