Birds & Mushrooms
• Joana Gama
2 to 5 May 2024
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Age rating
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Schools:
2 and 3 May: 10:30am and 2:30pm
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Families:
4 and 5 May: 11:30am and 4:30pm
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Session with Portuguese Sign Language :
4 May: 11:30am
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Laid-back session :
4 May: 11:30am
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Age rating:
6 years and above
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Target Audience:
Starting at 6 years old
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Duration:
60 minutes (45 minutes, followed by a conversation with the audience at the end)
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Price:
€3
A staged concert that talks about trees, people, birds and mushrooms. But where does the toy piano fit in?
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Creation and performance
Joana Gama
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Original score
João Godinho
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Illustrations and set design
Francisco Eduardo
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Light design
Frederico Rompante
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Artistic residency support
Fundação de Serralves, Ciclo da Frágua – Garantir Cultura and Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Porto
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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
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Support
Centro 2020 | Regional Operational Programme of the Centre and the Government of Portugal – Ministry of Culture / Directorate-General for the Arts
“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?
