In 2025, Escola de Mulheres celebrates 30 years since its foundation, and marks the fifth anniversary of the death of Fernanda Lapa. The show’s title is not a coincidence. Deseja-se Mulher, by Almada Negreiros, was the first professional play that Fernanda Lapa directed. “How would Fernanda direct a show in her honour today?”, asks Cucha Carvalheiro, the director of Deseja-se Fernanda!. “Of course she would refuse such a commission, especially as it is being made by the very company she herself founded… However, we, her artistic companions in so many performances, would so dearly wish that she could guide us through this challenge set before us by Escola de Mulheres… Our aim is to put on a show that steers clear of the high praise and nostalgia that she always refused, while celebrating an accomplished life and work, which she faced with disquiet and excitement, joy and vitality, humour and compassion. And, of course, music!”
Deseja-se Fernanda!
ORIGINAL SCRIPT ANA LÁZARO DIRECTOR CUCHA CARVALHEIRO15 to 23 March
Wednesday to Saturday, 8 pm; Sunday 5:30 pm
Sala Luis Miguel Cintra
€12 a €15 (com descontos)
€12 to €15, reduced prices available
Description
Cast and Creative
Original script Ana Lázaro Director Cucha Carvalheiro Scenic space and costumes António Lagarto Actors Luís Gaspar, Manuela Couto, Margarida Cardeal, Marta Lapa and Teresa Coutinho Live music performance Nuno Vieira de Almeida Lighting design Paulo Santos Assistant director and production director Ruy Malheiro Executive producer Inês Matos Technical lighting operator Maria João Arsénio A co-production by Escola de Mulheres and São Luiz Teatro Municipal /// Escola de Mulheres is supported by the Portuguese Republic | CULTURE, Directorate-General for the Arts and Lisbon City Council