Marco Martins proposes in WILD a reflection on the use of the mask in ritualistic practices that, since time immemorial, collectively mark crucial moments in Europe, such as the equinoxes and solstices, integrating characters such as the Wild Man, the Bear, the Goat or the Devil.
We are increasingly a society of masks that hide behind a virtual world. What is the current meaning of mask? How can living with the sanitary mask transform each person's activity, activism and identity? We live in a daily life full of avatars, caricatures, memes, applications that allow you to transform the face and body and various types of filters capable of blurring the line between faces and masks. Based on the investigation of the ancestral meaning of the mask, WILD will map its value as an identity possibility, as well as the complexity inherent to the multiplication and intersection of identities.
director Marco Martins
original idea Renzo Barsotti
text and dramaturgy Marco Martins and Patrícia Portela from the cast’s contribution
collaboration and dramaturgical support Alexander Gerner, Charles Fréger, Giovanni Carroni, Rita Cabaço, Vânia Rovisco
cast Andrea Loi, Giuseppe Carai, Luís Meneses, Marco Abbà, Rafael Costa, Riccardo Spanu and Rubens Ortu
music Miguel Abras
set designer Fernando Brízio
other masks Charles Fréger
scenographic project, production and assembly ArtWorks
light designer Nuno Meira
light operation Ricardo Campos
sound designer and sound operation Sérgio Milhano
movement Vânia Rovisco
director’s assistant Rita Quelhas
research consultant Zé Pires
rehearsal support Giovanni Carroni, Rita Cabaço, Vânia Rovisco
consultant Doina Isfanoni
images Andreas Bentzon, Benjamim Pereira / Instituto dos Museus e da Conservação, I.P.
Arena Ensemble’s managing director Marta Delgado Martins
production assistant Mafalda Teles
production support (Bragança) Luís Manuel Costa
project coordinator and production director Mariana Brandão
Rating 14+
Duration 1h 45
Premiere 25 March 2022, Culturgest, Lisbon
co-production Fundação Caixa Geral de Depósitos - Culturgest, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Teatro Municipal de Bragança, Rota Clandestina/Câmara Municipal de Setúbal, Teatro di Sardegna and Arena Ensemble
support Artopia
collaboration Centro de Filosofia das Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
acknowledgments Alessio Masones, António Câmara Manuel, Fernando Tiza, Júlia Almeida e Miguel Rodrigues, Kimberley Ribeiro, Maria Rotar e Teatrul Excelsior, Maurizio Masones, Octávio Marrão, Sòtziu Tenore Nugoresu
with the financial support of República Portuguesa - Ministério da Cultura / Direcção Geral das Artes
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