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A group of strangers gathers in a public library to participate in a book club. As so many other moments in the history of humanity, books are considered dangerous and are prohibited. The resistance, of which this group is a part of, is armed with an invisible weapon: learning books by heart. They use memory and the ability to know by heart as a tool in the face of the threat of the disappearance of books and literature.

How can literature fight against the polarised narratives that plague the world we live in? Based on Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451, Burn Burn Burn tells us about the erasure of history and the annihilation of critical thinking. As a starting point for recurring and cyclical phenomena in the history of Humanity, this show aims to reflect on the distracting maneuvers of extremism to brutalise and polarise society.

Credits

Text and staging
Catarina Rôlo Salgueiro e Isabel Costa

Interpretation
Beatriz Brás, Catarina Rôlo Salgueiro, Isabel Costa, João Pedro Mamede, João Pedro Vaz, Leonardo Garibaldi, Leonor Buescu, Tomás Alves

Staging assistance
Anna Leppänen

Scenography
Joana Subtil

Light design
Manuel Abrantes

Sound design
Miguel Nicolau

Costumes
Nádia Henriques

Executive production
Joana Silva

Photography
Filipe Ferreira

Production
Os Possessos e Culturgest

Co-production
Teatro-Cine Torres Vedras

Support
Câmara Municipal de Lisboa - Pólo Cultural das Gaivotas

Artist residencies
Rama, Centro de Artes e Criatividade - Torres Vedras e Espaço do Tempo

Co-production in residence
O Espaço do Tempo

Os Possessos is a structure financed by República Portuguesa — Cultura / DGArtes"

© Filipe Ferreira

Os Possessos is an artistic collective. Working on theater and performance projects, it focuses on universal narratives and the creation of a shared fiction about reality between artists and audiences, with an emphasis on contemporary dramaturgy, collective creations, and original works. Os Possessos currently has five members: Catarina Rôlo Salgueiro, Isabel Costa, João Pedro Mamede, Leonardo Garibaldi, and Leonor Buescu.

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