“My my! At Waterloo Napoleon did surrender.
Oh yeah! And I have met my destiny in quite a similar way.”
Abba
For George Steiner, the “idea of Europe” is a “tale of two cities”: Athens and Jerusalem. Through the “best of times” and the “worst of times”, the imperatives of reason from our Greek heritage and the imperatives of faith and revelation proclaimed in the Torah flow together into one central trunk (a single European?). This trilogy is completed in Greece, a place I began to visit at the height of the conflicts caused by the economic and social crisis. I haven’t been there to engage in Dark Tourism, nor am I trying to create social-political theatre. I’ve been to Athens for voluntary encounters with tear gas.
/ CREDITS
Text and Conception Pedro Zegre Penim
From The Gospel According to Mark and works by Alain Badiou, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus, Bruno Di Lullo & Domenico Lancellotti, Charles Dickens, Chilly Gonzales, Clarice Falcão, Edward Elgar, Frederico Lourenço, Guido Van Der Werve, Homero, Jay Malinowski, Lars Von Trier, Maître Gims, Marina Gioti, Melina Mercouri, Michalis Patrinós, Peter Sloterdijk, Rufus Wainright and Timber Timbre.
Video André Godinho
Musical Direction and Piano João Paulo Soares
Choreography Sónia Baptista
Lighting Design Daniel Worm d’Assumpção
Characterization Jorge Bragada
Costume confection Rosário Balbi
Production and subtitling Cristina Correia, Elisabete Fragoso
Actors Cláudia Jardim – God / Goddess
João Duarte Costa – Physician / Rhapsode
Pedro Zegre Penim – Hero / Aoidos
Co-production Culturgest, Teatro Praga
/ CALENDAR
6th JUNE 2015 | PT.15 Portuguese Platform of Performing Arts, Cine-teatro Curvo Semedo, Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
13th to15th FEBRUARY 2015 | Portuguese première @ Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
7th FEBRUARY 2015 | Open Rehearsal @ Centro Cultural do Cartaxo, Portugal
14th JUNE 2014 | Chantiers d’Europe/Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, France
21st JUNE 2013 | Festival 360º, Nouveau Théâtre de Montreuil – Centre Dramatique National, Paris, France
