SADNESS AND JOY IN THE LIFE OF GIRAFFES

(2011)

Sadness and Joy in the Life of Giraffes is the story of a 9-year-old girl that crosses the city of Lisbon looking for the only person that can help her:the prime-minister Pedro Passos Coelho. In this show Tiago Rodrigues once again uses the theater to try to interfere with our perception of social and political realities, but also, of theater itself. He does it through the voice of a child that has to present a school work and takes on the exhaustive task of trying to explain the world.

That strange world called Lisbon includes the economical crisis, the heroic adventure of a teddy-bear with suicidal tendencies called Judy Garland, the Discovery Channel, a violin player that is only a photo now, a black panther, the school dictionary of Sampaio editions, the bulgarian scientist or russian playwright Anton Tchekhov, and a girl, too tall for her age, whose mum used to call giraffe.

Deep in the hopeful darkness of children’s imagination, this show fears what children think and rages against what adults do.

Creation and direction Tiago Rodrigues Interpretation Carla Galvão, Miguel Borges, Pedro Gil and Tónan Quito Special appearance Beatriz Bizarro Rodrigues Art direction  Magda Bizarro and Tiago Rodrigues Light design and technical support André Calado Music and sound ALX Bear costume Sandra Neves Poster design Afonso Cruz Production Ana Pereira, Rita Mendes e Magda Bizarro Art residency O Espaço do Tempo Co-producers Mundo Perfeito, AnaPereira.PedroGil (Razões Pessoais), Culturgest and TAGV

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