A Marugada que eu esperava premieres in February
Maria Matos Theater and Porto Coliseum AGEAS
The musical that brings together Bárbara Tinoco and Carolina Deslandes on stage and in the authorship of the music, will be on stage from the 14th of February to the 28th of April at the Maria Matos Theater and on the 30th and 31st of May at the Coliseu do Porto AGEAS.
The musical A MADRUGADA QUE EU ESPAVA takes to stage a classic and universal love story, where the protagonists are forced to face the conflict between what they feel and what they believe. Starring Bárbara Tinoco, Carolina Deslandes – who also wrote the show’s music – and Diogo Branco, the cast also includes Brienne Keller, Dinarte Branco, JP Costa, João Maria Pinto, Jorge Mourato, José Lobo, Maria Henrique (in charge of also from the actors’ direction), Mariana Lencastre and live band. The original text was written by Hugo Gonçalves and directed by Ricardo da Rocha.
Carolina Deslandes and Bárbara Tinoco play Olívia, one of the protagonists of this romantic plot, alternating the role with that of Clara, her sister. In this way, the actress who plays Olivia will change from day to day, sometimes Carolina Deslandes and sometimes Bárbara Tinoco. Both actresses will be on stage in all performances of the show, both in the role of Olivia and Clara.
On the 25th and 26th of September, auditions took place to select the second protagonist and the ensemble. Among 488 applications, Diogo Branco, Brienne Keller, JP Costa, José Lobo and Mariana Lencastre were chosen
Lisbon, 1971
Olívia (Deslandes/Tinoco) and Francisco (Diogo Branco) meet and fall in love with an amateur theatre group that is producing a musical version of Romeo and Juliet. Olívia has strong political ideals that are reflected in her active opposition to the dictatorship. Francisco is an introverted boy, he dreams of being a comedy actor – he believes that laughter is the most effective weapon of subversion – and he goes to rehearsals in secret, because his father does not approve of his artistic aspirations. Wanted by PIDE, for selling books banned by censorship, Olívia takes refuge in Paris to escape prison, oblivious to the fact that Francisco was deployed to war. In France, Olivia sings in a bar. In Africa, Francisco tries to survive. They meet years later, on the day of the April 25th revolution.
Can we meet the right person at the wrong time?
Does love move mountains, or is burning passion just left in ashes?
“Musical theatre brings together two of the things we love most in life: songs and stories. It is the visual component that accompanies the imagery of the song to the second. Therefore, we always had this desire to build something that would give us the freedom to sing about characters, that would allow us to present this universe on stage.”
Carolina Deslandes
“From here to the idea of creating a musical was just a step, especially at a time when Carolina started to show an interest in exploring acting and my old dream of composing a soundtrack also started to gain more space.”
Bárbara Tinoco
- Text Hugo Gonçalves
- Music Bárbara Tinoco and Carolina Deslandes
- Directed by Ricardo da Rocha
- Directed by actors Maria Henrique
- Joana Sousa Scenario
- Andy Dyo costumes
- Light design Daniel Cardoso
- Support for the Rita Spider movement
- Production Production Force and First Line
- With Bárbara Tinoco, Brienne Keller, Carolina Deslandes, Dinarte Branco, Diogo Branco, Jorge Mourato, José
- Lobo, JP Costa, Mariana Lencastre
This show has live music.
- Maria Matos Theater
- February 14th to April 28th
- Wednesday to Saturday at 9 pm | Sundays at 5 pm
- Tickets €20 – €25
- M12
- Porto Coliseu AGEAS
- May 30th and 31st at 9 pm
- Tickets €15 – €35
- M12
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