ABOUT THE SHOW
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Origin: Açores, Portugal
Author: Anton Tchekhov
Staging: Rosa Coutinho Cabral e João Cabral
Interpreters: Anabela Almeida, Bruno Correia, Dulce Sequeira, Francisco Albergaria, Gilberto Cardoso, João Malaquias, Katarina Rodrigues, Luís Soares, Luísa Alves, Luísa Borges, Luísa Cavalleri, Mário Roberto, Mónica Moura, Nuno d’Almeida, Rute Nunes, Tatiana Tavares, Tiago Melo Bento
Light Design: Rocio Matosas
Figurinos: Rocio Matosas e Alejandra Brito
Scenography: Francisco Melo Bento, Alexandra Baptista, Ivo Baptista, Katarina Rodrigues.
A production:
Corredor - Associação Cultural
Co-financed by:Direção Regional da Cultura e Câmara Municipal de Ponta Delgada
With a special thanks to Luís Arruda
ATOS ÚNICOS
COLETIVO POP
SYNOPSIS
The show is based on Anton Chekhov's one-act plays, revealing, with irony and humor, the social universe of 19th-century Russia and the provincial figures that the author portrayed with such subtlety. These works, described by Zigerman as “vaudeville-esque,” are fundamental to understanding Chekhov's dramaturgy, which exposes the human condition through words—the center of his theater.
The staging by Rosa Coutinho Cabral and João Cabral offers a contemporary interpretation: a constellation of situations on stage, without rigid linearity, where words take on new meanings. Distancing itself from classical realism, the show emphasizes the presence of the actor and creates a dramaturgical game that brings Chekhov closer to today's audience. The aesthetic proposal is open and current, inviting us to revisit the author from new perspectives.
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DURATION
90 minutos (sem intervalo)
TYPE
Show
AGE CLASSIFICATION
Over 12 years old
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ABOUT THE COLETIVO POP
The POP Collective was born during the first edition of POP – Festival of Performing Arts and Crafts, in 2023, as a natural outcome of the creation of the show Ouço-te na sombra da praça vazia mas não sei de ti (I hear you in the shadow of the empty square but I don't know about you). The result of a collaborative process with the community of the island of São Miguel, the collective sees itself as a hybrid space, bringing together professionals and non-professionals from the performing arts, in an approach that values inclusion, tolerance, and active participation in the construction of common aesthetic objects.
SOBRE OS ENCENADORES
ROSA COUTINHO CABRAL
Born in 1956 in São Miguel, Azores, she graduated in Sociology from ISCTE and in Cinema from the National Conservatory. She attended free courses with Succio d'Amico, Marcia Haufrecht, and Polina Klimmovitskaisa. She has a postgraduate degree in Art History from UNFCSH, attended the PhD course in Communication and Culture as an extraordinary student at UNFCSH, and is currently preparing her PhD thesis in Contemporary Arts at the College of Arts at the University of Coimbra. She works as a director, screenwriter, film editor, stage director, video essayist, and visual artist.
Some of the awards won by the films are noteworthy: Arrivederci Macau 2012/13, Coração Negro 2017, (Best Film, Best Director, Best Actors), Pesanié, 2018 (Best Documentary and Best Music) 2018, A Casa da Rosa (Best Documentary), 2022, A Mulher que Morreu de Pé, 2024 (Best Documentary). He has always valued the artistic creation of his collaborators, as demonstrated by the awards received by musician José Carlos Pontes and actors Maria Galhardo and João Cabral. The first performance/installation he created was at MEGASTORE, then in 2022 he created two installations: Cinema with and without a machine (at Motel Coimbra), A casa da rosa (Espaço do Bairro Alto/Ler Devagar) and participated in the Óbidos Literary Festival with a photographic work Visto com os pés escrito com os Olhos (Seen with the feet, written with the eyes) with text by Carlos Morais José. Currently, on March 7, 2025, in Paris, she opened the exhibition/installation Máquinas de Ver (M´áchines à voir) at the Maison de Portugal. She has been collaborating intermittently since 2021 with the newspaper HojeMacau
Until 2009, he directed the Ultimatum Theater Group at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Lisbon with actor João Cabral, highlighting an autographed play Barthes & Mandrake at the Taborda Theater, an adaptation of Pirandello: One Nobody and a Hundred Thousand. Other plays, such as Bartleby, ou a cabeça de Melville (Bartleby, or Melville's Head), premiered at LX Factory and Teatro do Bairro in 2013; Whatever ou Tanto faz (Whatever or Whatever), premiered at Teatro do Bairro in 2022; and Colheres de Prata (Silver Spoons) about Natália Correia, premiered at Teatro Micaelense in 2023 and at Teatro Baltazar Dias.
JOÃO CABRAL
Born in 1961 in S. Miguel. He has a degree in theater from the National Conservatory of Lisbon (1980-85) and a master's degree in theater from ESAD (2010-12). In 1982, he began his career as an actor. His television work includes the productions Mau Tempo no Canal, A Banqueira do Povo, Jornalistas, A Mulher Do Ministro, and Jura. He has appeared in films by João Canijo, Rosa Coutinho Cabral, Fernando Lopes, Jorge António, Fernando Matos Silva, Francisco Manso, Maria Schraeder, among others. In theater, he has participated in plays directed by Mário Feliciano, Rosa Coutinho Cabral, Carlos Avilez, Paula Sá Nogueira, Diogo Dória and José António Pires, Rodrigo Francisco, Jorge Ribeiro, Carla Bolito, Álvaro Correia, among others. He directed and staged the ISCSP Theater Group and the Ultimato De Teatro Universitário group at FPCEUL for several years, with a presence at FATAL. He was a teacher of Dramatic Expression, Interpretation, Movement, Voice, and Dramaturgy at Passos Manuel Secondary School. He was part of the dubbing teams of Teresa Madruga, Teresa Sobral, and Cláudia Cadima.
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