This play comes from an invitation to the director Graeme Pulleyn that surrounded an almost entirely team of native or resident in Viseu to give shape to this challenge and which features the interpretation and co-creation of Sofia Moura
Persephone, a 5-year-old girl makes an unexpected trip with her mother, from the city to a village in the interior of Portugal, which could be either from Lisbon or Minho, to visit the sick grandmother. She's going to have to sleep alone tonight in the room where her mother slept when she was little. The room is filled with strange shadows, scary noises and a trunk that hides the secrets of the night. Even the teddy bear that keeps her company is not hers. And the great question arises in little Persephone's head. "What's the night for?" Little by little she gains the courage to face its fears and with the help of Dona Noite and the Dark Captain the heroine girl embarks on an exciting trip to the discovery of the secrets of the night.
This show, aimed at a children's audience, ages 3 to 6, and families is an original creation by Graeme Pulleyn and Sofía Moura. In a process of improvisation, which crosses the languages of dance, theater and storytellers, the two artists of Viseu sought to create a spectacle with a strong visual aspect, which draws on the imagination, that moves with the emotions and with a strong narrative Who grabs both kids and adults. The play was conceived as a journey somewhere between reality and the dream, during which Persephone gets to know the creatures and the characters of the night and realizes that the night is a world to discover. Sofia Moura unfolds in the multiple characters of this story that only ends with the sunrise and the chirping of the birds.
This show is a production of Comedias do Minho, a company based in Paredes de Coura and serving the five municipalities of Paredes de Coura, Valença, Melgaço, Monção and Vila Nova de Cerveira.
Technical and Artistic
Production Company Comedies of Minho
Staging and co-creation Graeme Pulleyn
Interpreting and co-creation Sofia Moura
Staging Assistent Inês Amaral Mendes
Lighting design Vasco Ferreira
Direction of the pedagogical project of the Comedies of Minho Alice Silva
VILA NOVA DE CERVEIRA
1 ABR | Municipal Library | 11:00 a.m.
PAREDES DE COURA
23 ABR | Cultural Center | 3:30 p.m.
MONÇÃO
29 ABR | Municipal library | 3:00 p.m.
VALENÇA
13 MAI | Municipal Library | 3:00 p.m.
