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Theatre Theater

The State of the World (When You Wake Up)

Formiga Atómica
11 to 28 November

Information

Families

12 November: 6:30pm
14, 21, 28 November: 11:30am
13, 14, 20, 21, 27 and 28 November: 4:30pm

 Schools

10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26 November: 10:30am

Sessions with Portuguese Sign Language  19 and 20 November 

10:30am and 4:30pm (respectively)

Laid-back Session

21 November: 11:30am

Sessions with Audio Description 26 and 27 November

10:30am and 4:30pm (respectively)

Talk after performance

27 November: 16H30

Duration

60 minutes

Age Rating

To be rated by the CCE

Target audience

Starting at 6 years

School prices

€ 3 < 18 years € 1 TEIP schools Chaperones are exempt 

Description

The State of the World explores the relationship of cause and effect between small gestures and profound consequences.

Synopsis

The State of the World (When You Wake Up) is the first of a cycle of two performances created to think about the state of the world: natural, political, geographical, social, historical, economic and human. The first performance is directed towards younger audiences.

The State of the World explores the relationship of cause and effect between small gestures and profound consequences. Through domestic utensils, electronic devices, everyday essential goods – themselves responsible for climate change – the performance will underline a paradoxical idea: between what we defend regarding this issue and our inability to abdicate everyday behaviours.

On stage, only one performer and a panoply of utensils, a portrait of our lives where consumption occupies an unavoidable place. To what extent do our small gestures cause great impacts? To what extent can a toaster or a hair dryer be responsible for impactful natural disasters, like a fire or a sandstorm? To what extent are adding an ice cube to a drink or spreading butter on bread actions without consequence.

Cast and Creative

Staging
Miguel Fragata

Text
Inês Barahona and Miguel Fragata

Performance
Edi Gaspar

Scenography
Eric da Costa

Consulting
Henrique Frazão

Wardrobe
José António Tenente

Original score
Fernando Mota

Light design
José Álvaro Correia




Technical direction
Renato Marinho

Video
João Gambino