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A cleaning lady feels compelled to perform in a theatre production after reading her name among the cast. Her commitment to the play grows after she meets four creatures who defy the limits of reality, pushing her into an abyss of madness and vengeance.

ECUADOR follows ARENA in a trilogy of plays where the auditorium is the starting point for creation. It elaborates on the division between us and them, and how that primal split gives rise to intolerance, absence of listening, and fear of true difference.

24 June, 21h30

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Credits

direction
Sílvio Vieira

collaboration
Miguel Ponte

co-creation and interpretation
Anabela Ribeiro, Catarina Rabaça, Miguel Galamba, Miguel Ponte e Rita Cabaço

script
Sílvio Vieira

scenography
Rafael dos Santos

costumes
Marine Sigaut

sound design
Miguel Galamba

light design
Pedro Guimarães

light design support
Beatriz Gaspar

photography
Bruno Simão

video
Carlos Conceição

production
outro

co-production 
Centro Cultural de Belém

co-production residency
O Espaço do Tempo

artistic residencies
23 Milhas—Ílhavo and DeVIR CAPa

partnerships
República Portuguesa | Ministério da Cultura, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Lisboa Camping & Bungalows, SER+ Associação Portuguesa para a Prevenção e Desafio à Sida, e Coffeepaste

acknowledgments
Agostinho Santos, Ângela Rocha, Beatriz Almeida, Carlota González, Clece, João Cachola, João Calixto, Luís Sousa Ferreira, Margarida Queirós, Mariana Sá Nogueira, Moldura Minuto, Stéphane Alberto, Teatro Passagem de Nível, Vidrarte Benfica

© Leonor Fonseca

Leiria, 1994. Studied Sociology in ISCTE-IUL and has a degree in Theatre (Acting) from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. Started his acting career at Teatro da Cornucópia, under the direction of Luis Miguel Cintra. He’s also worked with Álvaro Correia, Ana Zamora, Carlos Conceição, Carlos J. Pessoa, Fernando Vendrell, Jorge Cramez, Miguel Loureiro, Tiago Guedes, among others. Teaches theatre at Ser+, an association for people living with HIV. As a playwright and director, he highlights his first work with As Crianças Loucas and Ana Catarina Santos. Co-founder of outro, he wrote and co-created “trees let go of their fairest branches”, a play selected by EURODRAM’s Portuguese Committee in 2020. In 2021 he directs ARENA, a play without words made inside an old mechanics shop in Lisbon.

Sílvio Vieira / outro

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