DATE AND VENUE

19.05.2016, 20.30
20.05.2016, 15.00
Cevahir Sahnesi

Lasts app. 80’; no intermission.
English, French, and Portuguese with Turkish and English surtitles.
World premiere.

TEATRO PRAGA

• A co-production of Istanbul Theatre Festival.
• Co-Produced by: São Luiz Teatro Municipal (Lisbon), Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), Istanbul Theatre Festival (Istanbul), Teatro Municipal do Porto. Rivoli. Campo Alegre (Porto), Casa Fernando Pessoa (Lisbon)
• Based on the life and works of: Fernando Pessoa.
• Text & Direction: André e. Teodósio, Cláudia Jardim, José Maria Vieira Mendes, Pedro Zegre Penim
• Musical Direction: Xinobi
• Set Design: João Pedro Vale, Nuno Alexandre Ferreira
• Master seamstress: Rosário Balbi
• Light Design: Daniel Worm d’Assumpção
• Costume Design: Joana Barrios
• Sound Design: Sérgio Henriquez
• Executive Producer: Sara Garrinhas
• Performers: André e. Teodósio, Cláudia Jardim, Diogo Bento, Jenny Larrue, Joana Barrios, Maryne Lanaro, Pedro Zegre Penim, Gonçalo Pereira Valves
• Support to the artistic residency: Pólo Cultural Gaivotas Boavista, O Espaço do Tempo.
• Support to the première at ÍKSV: Camões - Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, Portuguese Embassy in Turkey
• Thanks to: Aida Tavares, Alexandra Pinho, Alex D’Alva Teixeira, Ana Brito, Ana Carina Paulino, Ana Lúcia Cruz, André Godinho, António Mega Ferreira, António Gouveia, Aviva Obst, Calixto Neto, Carlos Pinto, Catarina Homem Marques, Chloé Siganos, Christophe Lemaire, Clara Riso, Companhia Nacional de Bailado, Cristina Correia, Cristina Piedade, Damaris Muga, Diana Lopes, Ela, Elisabete Azevedo, Giftor Neville, James Muriuki, Joana Gomes Cardoso, João Macdonald, Jody Paulsen, Maria João Sigalho, Mariana Sá Nogueira, Mark Lowen, Marta Neves, Nelson André / Traços Interiores, Patrícia Azevedo, Patrícia da Silva, Paula Nascimento, Paulo André, Paula Sá Nogueira, Paulo Pascoal, Pedro Rapoula, Rosário Balbi, Rui Horta, Rui Tavares, Sébastien Capouet, Selin Gerit, Simore, Sónia Baptista, Syowia Kyambi, Teatro Cão Solteiro, Tiago Bartolomeu Costa, Tiago Coelho, and an infinite thank you to our co-producers, theatre directors, supporters, and all creators who’ve taken part of this proccess, our families, Richard Zenith, João dos Santos Martins, and Luísa Taveira

Portuguese ensemble Teatro Praga (Plague Theatre) who define themselves as “a federation of artists” has been on world stages since the day they were established in 2005 with widely acclaimed plays. The 20th Istanbul Theatre Festival hosts the ensemble with the premiere of their latest creation, the long-awaited Zululuzu. The play presents a poetic journey towards the days of young Fernando Pessoa, one of the leading literary figures from Portugal mostly renowned with The Book of Disquiet, in South Africa and in pursuit of freedom. In the heart of Zululand, in Durban, he started writing his first poems in English and invented his first literary personae that would later total more than 70 in his self-searching circus. In 1905, Pessoa left South Africa and returned to Lisbon to attend university, never to leave his city. In this play, Teatro Praga will captivate the audience with their dissident stage aesthetic that confronts the imaginary borders separating the two continents and the sharp cultural codes of the Apartheid. Evaporating the line between reality and fiction by means of multi-media, this fantastic universe could only come out of the magical hands of Teatro Praga.

After the Play: Q&A with Pedro Zegre Penim (19 May)