Rejected Letter
• Crista Alfaiate and Diogo Bento
9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 March
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Age rating
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Families:
March 9, 16, 17: 4.30 pm
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Schools:
March 13, 14, 15: 10.30 am and 2.30 pm
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Laidback session:
March 10: 4.30 pm
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Session with audiodescription:
March 14: 10.30 am
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Age range:
+12
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Creation
Crista Alfaiate
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Text
Crista Alfaiate and Diogo Bento
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Creation support
Cláudia Gaiolas and Diogo Bento
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Cast
Crista Alfaiate
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Light design
Rui Monteiro
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Light design assistant
Teresa Antunes
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Original score
Sérgio Martins and Rui Lima
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Sound design
Pedro Lima
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Graphic and visual content
Catarina Lee
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Costume design
Aldina Jesus
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Executive producer
Joana Costa Santos
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Production support
Luna Rebelo
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Coproduction
LU.CA – Teatro Luís de Camões and Teatro Nacional S. João
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Support
Fundação GDA e Largo Residências
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Thanks to
Academia de Dança Antiga de Lisboa, Artistas Unidos, mala voadora, Teatro Meridional, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II
From well known texts such as Pero Vaz de Caminha’s «Carta do Achamento do Brasil», Kafka’s «Letter to His Father», Oscar Wilde’s «Letter to Bosie» , Mariana Alcoforado’s «Portuguese Letters» and «The New Portuguese Letters» by Maria Teresa Horta, Maria Isabel Barreno and Maria Velho da Costa, among others, blah blah blah, this rejected letter aims to rethink some themes such as feminism, war and post-colonialism in a world where Facebook and Twiter rule. On stage, like, there’s this actress willing to write a letter like she talks. As she talks. Blaming herself of sifting through other people’s correspondence, she thinks about what she’s read on some of these letters (as she shouldn’t, in the quiet, instead of just chillin’on Instagram or taking selfies). A letter that can be either a speech or an email, unafraid of the past, eyes set on the future.
Illustration: Catarina Lee
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