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AS BODAS DE SANGUE

By Federico García Lorca
© Joana Villaverde
Past event
Dates and Schedules

march 3rd to 12th
Wednesday Sunday, 19h00-24h00

Venue

Sala Luis Miguel Cintra

Duration

1h30

Price

€3

Age Restriction

m/12

Description

As Bodas de Sangue is one of three performances by Federico García Lorca that António Pires directs in the Trilogia Dramática da Terra Espanhola, a cycle that takes place in April, in three different stages – Teatro do Bairro, Teatro São Luiz and Galeria Graça Brandão – with the same cast, as if it were a single performance. In his last interviews, Lorca was absolutely convinced of the need for a return, in his dramaturgical project, to the tragic Mediterranean atmosphere, announcing to his audience the titles of the three works with which he would do so: Yerma, As Bodas de Sangue and A Destruição de Sodoma. Unfortunately, the poet couldn’t complete his “mission”. Today, the first two plays of the trilogy, Yerma e Bodas de Sangue feature among García Lorca’s masterpieces. On the other hand, A Destruição de Sodoma has to resigns itself to the incompleteness that limits it to its first lines, contained in a single page of the manuscript. Because it is a choral dialogue, the initial scene of A Destruição de Sodoma, though short, allows for a considerable rapprochement with the choirs of  As Bodas de Sangue and Yerma, revealing to some extent global aspects of Lorca’s tragic project.

In the year when the Company Teatro do Bairro chose Architecture as the discipline to establish a dialogue between Theatre and various arts, it invites architects João Mendes Ribeiro, who has long been working regularly with the company, João Nunes and Iñaki, and Manuel Aires Mateus and Sofia Pinto Basto to think about the scenic spaces of this trilogy.

Cast and Creative

DIRECTION António Pires INTERPRETATION Alexandra Sargento, Carolina Campanela, Carolina Serrão, Francisco Vistas, Hugo Mestre Amaro, Jaime Baeta, João Barbosa, João Maria, Marina Albuquerque, Mariana Branco, Sofia Marques, Rita Durão Text Federico Garcia Lorca Translation Orlando Vitorino e Azinhal Abelho (Yerma), Luís Lima Barreto (A Destruição de Sodoma), Cecília Meireles (Bodas de Sangue) Music Paulo Abelho e José Avelino SCENOGRAPHY João Nunes e Iñaki Zoilo (Yerma), João Mendes Ribeiro (A Destruição de Sodoma), Manuel Aires Mateus e Sia Arquitectura (Bodas de Sangue) Costumes Luís Mesquita LIGHT DESIGN Rui Seabra LIGHT Assistant Zeca Camacho SOUND DESIGN Paulo Abelho SOUND assistant Jorge Ferreira Movement Paula Careto DIRECTION Assistant Miguel Bartolomeu characterization Ivan Coletti Set construction Fábio Paulo Construction Assistant Roberto Mota Seamstress Rosário Balbi Costumes Assistants Roberta Azevedo Gomes, Catarina Vicente scene support Afonso Luz illustration Joana Villaverde PHOTOGRAPHY Miguel Bartolomeu PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Ivan Coletti EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION Ana Bordalo Communication Maria João Moura PRODUCTION Alexandre Oliveira Co-production Teatro do Bairro, Galeria Graça Brandão and São Luiz Teatro Municipal

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