The State of the World (When You Wake Up)
• Formiga Atómica
11 to 28 November
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Age rating
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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
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Sessions with Portuguese Sign Language 19 and 20 November :
10:30am and 4:30pm (respectively)
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Laid-back Session :
21 November: 11:30am
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Sessions with Audio Description 26 and 27 November:
10:30am and 4:30pm (respectively)
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Talk after performance:
27 November: 16H30
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Duration :
60 minutes
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Age Rating:
To be rated by the CCE
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Target audience :
Starting at 6 years
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School prices:
€ 3 < 18 years € 1 TEIP schools Chaperones are exempt
The State of the World explores the relationship of cause and effect between small gestures and profound consequences.
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Staging
Miguel Fragata
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Text
Inês Barahona and Miguel Fragata
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Performance
Edi Gaspar
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Scenography
Eric da Costa
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Consulting
Henrique Frazão
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Wardrobe
José António Tenente
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Original score
Fernando Mota
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Light design
José Álvaro Correia
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Technical direction
Renato Marinho
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Video
João Gambino
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.
