Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists
Tiago Rodrigues
This family kills fascists. It’s a tradition that everyone in the family has followed for over 70 years. They’ve all got together today in a house in the country near a village called Baleizão in the south of Portugal. One of youngest members of the family, Catarina, is to kill her first fascist, who has been kidnapped for this very purpose. It’s a day to celebrate, a day of beauty and death. However, Catarina finds herself unable to kill him or else she’s refusing to do so. A family fight breaks out and a lot of questions arise. What is a fascist? Is there a place for violence in the struggle for a better world? Can we violate the rules of democracy when we seek better ways to defend it?
One of the most acclaimed plays of the last decade in Portugal, written and directed by Tiago Rodrigues, returns to the stage after sold-out performances around the world. Now it is Braga’s turn to watch Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists.
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At the moment, only reduced visibility tickets are available at the Theatro Circo ticket office.
Text and direction Tiago Rodrigues
Artistic collaboration Magda Bizarro
Stage design F. Ribeiro
Lights Nuno Meira
Costumes José António Tenente
Creation, sound design and original music Pedro Costa
Choral and vocal arrangements João Henriques
Voice-overs Cláudio de Castro, Nadezhda Bocharova, Paula Mora, Pedro Moldão
Choreography support Sofia Dias, Vítor Roriz
Stage fighting and weapons David Chan Cordeiro
Translation Thomas Resendes (French), Daniel Hahn (English), Vincenzo Arsilio (Italian), Igor Metzeltin (German), Ianis Papadakis (Greek)
Subtitles Patrícia Pimentel
Performers Isabel Abreu, Romeu Costa, António Fonseca, Beatriz Maia, Marco Mendonça, Carolina Passos Sousa, António Parra, and João Vicente
Production Teatro Nacional D. Maria II (Lisbon)
Executive production Festival d’Avignon
Co-production Wiener Festwochen, Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione (Modena), Théâtre de la Cité – CDN Toulouse Occitanie & Théâtre Garonne Scène européenne Toulouse, Festival d’Automne à Paris & Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Teatro di Roma – Teatro Nazionale, Comédie de Caen, Théâtre de Liège, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, BIT Teatergarasjen (Bergen), Le Trident – Scène nationale de Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Teatre Lliure (Barcelona), Centro Cultural Vila Flor (Guimarães), O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo).
Support Almeida Garrett Wines, Cano Amarelo, Culturgest
Thanks to Mariana Gomes, Rui Pina Coelho, Margarida Bak Gordon, Rita Mendes, and the team at Teatro Nacional D. Maria II. We would also like to thank Sara Barros Leitão, Pedro Gil, and Rui M Silva who, although no longer with us on stage, will always be Catarina.
The show features music by Hania Rani (Biesy and Now, Run), Joanna Brouk (The Nymph Rising, Calling the Sailor), Laurel Halo (Rome Theme III and Hyphae), and Rosalía (De Plata).
Show created in September 2020 at the Vila Flor Cultural Center (Guimarães, Portugal).
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dst group is a patron of this show.
Supported by the Portuguese Republic – Culture, Youth, and Sports / Directorate-General for the Arts · RTCP – Network of Portuguese Theaters and Cinemas
Accessibility
The session on January 6 will have subtitles.
The session on January 7 will have audio description.
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Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists
Tiago Rodrigues
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