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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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Uma Cela em Urano, Lisboa (1980) is one of the winning projects of O Espaço do Tempo's Creation Grants, with the support of BPI and Fundação "la Caixa".

Public Program

27 - 28 November
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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

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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