1980. Isabel do Carmo and Carlos Antunes are convicted for terrorist activity — part of the historical context of armed resistance in Portugal, responsible for acts that caused harm and significant political tension. At dawn, Dália escapes an aggressive client on Rua das Pretas and inadvertently gets into a police car. She is taken to Monsanto, where she is sexually assaulted and beaten. She is a sex worker and a trans woman. Freedom never truly arrived for her. It is also for this reason that she once blew up cars and robbed banks with the Revolutionary Brigades. In her cell, her disenchanted manifesto of utopia turns into a musical when Kate Bush appears for a visit.
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November 27 ⎯ 19h00
November 28 ⎯ 21h30
Age rating 16 years old
Duration 60 minutes
Free entry upon reservation via text to [+351] 913 699 891 or to info[a]oespacodotempo.pt.
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Winning project of O Espaço do Tempo's Creation Grants (2025/2026), with the support of Fundação "la Caixa" and the collaboration of Banco BPI.
Credits
Creation
Lila Vivo
Creation Support
Didirella Diego Bragà
Performance
Lila Vivo, Teresa Coutinho and Rute Rocha Vieira
Music
João Caçador
Lighting
TBA
Sound Design
TBA
Movement Support
Piny
Vocal Support
Huca
Executive Production
Mariana Guarda
Financial Administration
Agência 25 – Vítor Alves Brotas
Co-production
O Espaço do Tempo Creation Grant, with the support of BPI and "la Caixa" Foundation
Lila Vivo is a singer and poet from Arrouquelas, in the Ribatejo region. She holds a Master’s degree in Systemic Clinical Psychology from the University of Lisbon and was part of an academic theatre group from 2004 to 2013. She lived in Athens, working in a pacifist and anti‑racist NGO. Upon returning to Lisbon in 2017, she began the project Fado Bicha with João Caçador, where she is vocalist, lyricist, and composer. They released their debut album Ocupação, in 2022.
Beyond music, she works in theatre, film, performance, and queer activism.