Ópera dos 5€
Teatro de Ferro
PT
Theater

July 7th and 8th, 10PM
Jardim do Chão das Canas (in front of Teatro Garcia de Resende), Évora

Duration: 120min.
M/12A

Free entrance

Text, dramaturgy, and songs Regina Guimarães
Direction and scenography Igor Gandra
Costumes Diana Regal
Puppets Júlio Alves
Movement Carla Veloso
Light design Teatro de Ferro
Performance António Oliveira, Igor Gandra, José Pedro Ferraz, Julieta Rodrigues, Rodrigo Malvar and Rosário Costa; [special participation] Carlota e Matilde
Stage photography Susana Neves
Graphic Design CATO
Stage setup direction Virgínia Moreira
Construction workshop Gil Rovisco, Virgínia Moreira, Nuno Bessa, and Américo Castanheira - Tudo Faço
Production Teatro de Ferro
Co-production Teatro de Ferro, Teatro do Frio, Radar 360, Festival Escrita na Paisagem, FIMP - Festival Internacional de Marionetas do Porto, and Teatro Nacional São João
Teatro de Ferro is funded by Ministério da Cultura/DG Artes

What happens when a street theater troupe sets itself at the square of a city? The new criation by Teatro de Ferro (TdF) arrives at the historic center of Évora with the verve and romantism of nomads, to present a popular-style show that encourages the audience participation. In a currency exchange-re:convertion of B. Brecht’s opera, Ópera dos cinco € (Five € Opera) “tries to take out of the cage of experts and expertises some of the fears, anguishes, isolation that affect us all in contemporary society [...], conceiving a different time – that of wandering world, in transit, the yolk inside the Colombo’s egg, and allowing another way of collective gathering” (TdF). The creative logics of this “Brecht rap - techno weill” re:flects the tension between a/the discipline and desire for transdisciplinarity, in a quest for the relationship between the uttered and sang word, as well as between song and movement. This shows promises to be a blast at the square!

TdF develops a theatrical, performative, and interventionist vocabulary founded on the articulation between puppet theater and objects manipulation, movement and new media. The artistic direction of the company is signed by Igor Gandra, which has been distinguished and awarded by the Clube Português de Artes e Ideias (1997), Ministério da Cultura/DGArtes (2004), Cidade de Gaia (2005) and Jornal do Centro (2005).