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Birds & Mushrooms

Joana Gama
2 to 5 May 2024
Mulher vestida de branco sentada à frente de um pequeno piano vermelho.

Information

Schools

2 and 3 May: 10:30am and 2:30pm

Families

4 and 5 May: 11:30am and 4:30pm

Session with Portuguese Sign Language

4 May: 11:30am

Laid-back session

4 May: 11:30am

Age rating

6 years and above

Target Audience

Starting at 6 years old

Duration

60 minutes (45 minutes, followed by a conversation with the audience at the end)

Price

€3

Description

A staged concert that talks about trees, people, birds and mushrooms. But where does the toy piano fit in?

Synopsis

“Everything is in everything,” said the Greek philosopher Anaxagoras. Therefore, talking about trees is talking about people, and talking about people is talking about trees. Trees, seemingly silent and immobile beings, establish many relationships, without which they would not live, and without which we could not live. They also help birds and mushrooms and, through them, spread out for kilometres and kilometres, in a way that is difficult to imagine. Regarding this trio – trees, birds, and mushrooms – we can talk about many things… We can talk about friendship, help, food, music, curiosity, wind, or forgetfulness that bears fruit – literally! By the way: if everything is in everything, where does the toy piano fit in?

 

 

Cast and Creative

Creation and performance
Joana Gama

Original score
João Godinho

Illustrations and set design
Francisco Eduardo

Light design
Frederico Rompante

Artistic residency support
Fundação de Serralves, Ciclo da Frágua - Garantir Cultura and Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Porto

Co-production
Artemrede as part of the Pertinent Territories project with the support from the Municipalities of Abrantes, Alcanena, Alcobaça, Sobral de Monte Agraço, and Torres Vedras

Support
Centro 2020 | Regional Operational Programme of the Centre and the Government of Portugal – Ministry of Culture / Directorate-General for the Arts