05/10 Brazilian Programming @ CASA Festival
29 Aug, 2013
BRAZILIAN PROGRAMMING AT CASA Latin American Theatre Festival
The Festival presents Brazilian programming as Grupo Sobrevento from São Paulo @ The Pleasance & ‘Rehearsing Reality’, documentary by Augusto Boal and Movimento sem-terra.
On 05/10 from 12pm Rehearsing Reality, documentary by Augusto Boal and Movimento sem-terra. Director Nina Simões will be presented to answer questions . It will be at @ Rich Mix (35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, London, E1 6LA) FREE
Rehearsing Reality explores the lives of Brazil’s Landless Movement and their struggle for land at the point of interaction with Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed, a technique that breaks with the conventions of traditional theatre by transforming passive beings into active participants of a theatrical scene. Rehearsing Reality has been presented in festivals in Europe, Brazil and USA.
Nina Simões was born in São Paulo, Brazil and moved to London in 1990. In her career, she has researched, produced and directed documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, development agencies and others. She has campaigned extensively to raise awareness of oppressed groups in her own country. Nina holds a PhD in new media from the University of Arts London and is currently the Director of Translimitstorytelling. (http://translimitstorytelling.org)
* On 05/10 2pm & 7pm (Press Night) & 06/10 11am, The Festival presents ‘A cortina da Babá’ by Grupo Sobrevento from São Paulo @ Rich Mix (35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, London, E1 6LA) Duration: 50 minutes Age: 4+ All tickets: £5 Language No Problem. £5
A Cortina da Bába (The Magic Curtain)
By: Grupo Sobrevento (Brazil) One of the most established Brazilian puppetry companies, Grupo Sobrevento presents in Babá’s magic curtain a show developed in collaboration with Chinese shadow puppet master Liang Jun and performed to hundreds of children throughout South-America. A dream-like world waits patiently while Babá sews. As she dozes in the lamplight, the animals behind the curtain slowly awaken and begin their magical journey towards the town of Millamarchmantopolis. Based on the short story Nurse Lugton’s Curtain that Virginia Woolf wrote to her niece, beautiful shadow puppetry performed by four actors/puppeteers with original soundtrack. “ A masterclass of puppetry, light and film. Our Verdict: Excellent.” Folha de São Paulo, Brasil
About Grupo Sobrevento
Founded in 1986, multi-award-winning São Paulo-based Sobrevento is internationally recognised as one of Brazil’s most important puppetry companies. The company has performed across Latin America as well as in Ireland, Angola, Iran, Sweden and Estonia and run numerous events promoting puppetry and object manipulation across Brazil.
