How do immigrant workers relate to the families they work for? And how are they affected by this relationship? How do you experience the need to leave your home to take care of the homes of others? How does a country relate to the immigrants it welcomes?
In PENDULUM, Marco Martins works with a group of female caregivers and domestic servants whose lives are guided by commuting: between the periphery and the center of the capital (Lisbon), between their home and the home of those who employ them, and between the country of origin and country of destination, Portugal. PENDULUM focuses on the nature of domestic work, to talk about family relationships, the confrontation between different ways of life, contexts, expectations, dreams and daily lives.
This creation, in line with the scenic work developed in recent years by Marco Martins, is based on the participation and commitment of a group of non-professional actors. It makes room for the stories of those who are directly confronted with the precariousness implicit in the economic and social development of the world.
2024
September
5,6 - Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb, HR
April
20,21 - Festival for International New Drama (FIND), Schaubühne, Berlin, GER
February
2,3 - Teatro Municipal do Porto - Campo Alegre, Porto, PT
10 - Cinema-Teatro Joaquim de Almeida, Montijo, PT
January
13, 14 Teatr Powszechny, Warsaw, POL
26, 27 - Arena del Sole, Bologna, IT
2023
December
22 - Teatro Municipal Joaquim Benite, Almada, PT
June
10 - Auditório Municipal Augusto Cabrita, Barreiro, PT
16, 17, 18 - S. Luiz Teatro Municipal, Lisboa, PT
24 - Fórum Municipal Luísa Todi, Setúbal, PT
Creation and Direction MARCO MARTINS
Cast ALEXA BARROS DE PINA, ELANE GALACHO, EMANUELLE BEZERRA, FABI LIMA, JULIANA TEODORO ALVES, MARIA GUSTAVO, NÁDIA FABRICI
Text MARCO MARTINS with collaboration of the cast and DJAIMILIA PEREIRA DE ALMEIDA
Music TIA MARIA PRODUÇÕES
Movement VÂNIA ROVISCO
Direction assistant and dramaturgical support RITA QUELHAS
Set designer FALA ATELIER
Light Designer NUNO MEIRA
Light Operation RICARDO CAMPOS
Sound designer and sound operation VÍTOR SANTOS
Non-actors’ casting JOSÉ PIRES
Scenographic project, production and assembly ARTWORKS
Graphic Design CASH & CARRY STUDIO
Arena Ensemble’s managing director MARTA DELGADO MARTINS
Executive Producer FLÁVIO CATELLI
Project coordination and production director MARIANA BRANDÃO
Rating 12+
Duration 1h 30
Premiere 10 June 2023, Auditório Municipal Augusto Cabrita, Barreiro
Co-Production ARTEMREDE, SÃO LUIZ TEATRO MUNICIPAL/PROSPERO-Extended Theatre, TEATRO MUNICIPAL DO PORTO, ROTA CLANDESTINA/C.M. SETÚBAL and ARENA ENSEMBLE
Support
DGArtes supports Artemrede in the scope of this project
Microcrete
Pensão Favorita - Porto
Príncipe Discos
Ministério dos Filmes
SMS Vending
Partnerships Municipality of Barreiro, Municipality of Almada, Municipality of Montijo, Municipality of Lisboa
Acknowledgments
Alexandrina Barros de Pina, Beatriz Maciel, Denise Souto, Filomena Correia, Maria Stella Barbosa de Oliveira, Miriam Pontífice, Poly Ferreira, Rosana Peixoto, Augusto Cabrita Municipal Auditorium Team, Adelaide Silva (Almada Mundo),Ângela Fernandes Barbosa (Centro Cultural de Cabo Verde), Centro Social Paroquial de Cristo Rei, Daniela Ribeiro, Filomena Lopes Correia, Keilla Gonçalves (ConexãoFeminina – Setúbal), Larissa Birca (Associação Moldava), Lígia Almeida (Ad Sumus - Almada), Natércia Pedro (Centro Comunitário Arrentela), Nuno Lopes, Patrícia Brederode (Casa do Brasil), Pedro Lisboa (coordenador RSI Montijo), Pedro Santarém (C.M Barreiro), Samantha Costa, Sandra Coelho (Cinema-Teatro Joaquim de Almeida), Sandra Pratas Rodrigues (Montijo), Sílvia Gil, Soraia Talento Marques (Alto Comissariado para as Migrações)
Co-Production
ARTEMREDE, SÃO LUIZ TEATRO MUNICIPAL + EGEAC, PROSPERO – Extended Theatre + PORTO + TMP, ROTA CLANDESTINA + C.M. SETÚBAL e ARENA ENSEMBLE
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