Shows from Germany, Italy and Portugal, Sunday at the Almada Festival
July 6th
On Sunday, the Festival starts at 3 pm at the Fórum Municipal Romeu Correia.
This is the first opportunity to see La Tempesta again, this year’s Show de Honra, chosen by the public; at 6 pm, it’s time to go to the TMJB and watch Friends of Forsythe; then, at 8:30 pm, the Esplanada Stage fills with the sounds of Soul; finally, at the Palco Grande da Escola D. António da Costa, at 10 pm, the show of the night: Telhados de Vidro, by David Hare, directed by Marco Medeiros. A production by Teatro da Trindade Inatel.
A couple of ex-lovers – Clara (Benedita Pereira) and Tomás (Diogo Infante) – meet again a few years after the end of their relationship. The two try to understand why their passionate relationship ended abruptly. On a cold night, in Clara’s modest suburban apartment, the teacher – concerned with issues of social justice – confronts Tomás, a charismatic and successful businessman. The two engage in an ideological battle, in which their different ways of seeing life, dealing with guilt and living desire become evident. Diogo Infante (artistic director of Teatro da Trindade INATEL) challenged Marco Medeiros to stage Telhados de vidro – Skylight, in the original – one of David Hare’s most successful plays.
Marco Medeiros is an actor, director and founder of the theatre company PALCO13 (where he had the opportunity to direct several authors, both Portuguese and foreign). He was also a director of actors at SP Televisão, having directed some successful soap operas, as well as the reboot of the series Morangos com Açúcar (2023). In this play by Hare, Medeiros found a text with “a lot of material that needs to be debated in society”: power, politics, passion, human relations, and guilt. “A relentless play”, wrote journalist Joana Emídio Marques in the newspaper Observador.
Telhados de Vidro (D. António da Costa School, Palco Grande, 6th July at 10pm) M/12 | 1H30 | Portuguese | price: €20
- Text David Hare
- Directed by Marco Medeiros
- Performed by Benedita Pereira, Diogo Infante and Tomás Taborda
- Translated by Ana Sampaio
- Music by Jorge A. Silva
- Set design by Fernando Ribeiro
- Lighting design by Marco Medeiros
- Video by Rafael Fonseca
- Assisted by Rebeca Duarte
- Teatro da Trindade Inatel
More information at festival.ctalmada.pt
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