I WOULD ENTER THIS ROOM
2024 Text and Direction by Ricardo Neves-NevesWhat adventure could possibly intersect the fates of Hitler, Our Lady, and mythical figures from Portuguese cinema of the 1930s and 1940s?
Reinvented in a text by Ricardo Neves-Neves, in an exercise of humorous imagination, drawing on quotations from everyone’s imagination, – Oh inclemency, oh martyrdom – they star in a greater adventure. Guided by a higher spirit – a Our Lady who only speaks Spanish – they embark on a missionary journey from the parish of Costa do Castelo to Berlin. To serve humanity, they must overthrow Hitler.
Bound by this greater goal, traveling together in an ultramodern, supersonic machine, but endowed with a down-to-earth spirit, these unlikely heroes aim to become the liberating heroes of a Europe subjugated by the dictator. Like D-Day, these figures from the big screen embark on a spectacular plan to change the course of history, accompanied by hilarious dialogue and musical themes from those films that we still hum to this day.
Will one thing be enough? Nor will you, old carcass, escape my hatred to fulfill the mission entrusted to you?
Cast & Creative
Text and Direction Ricardo Neves-Neves
With Ivo Alexandre, Manuel Marques, Sílvia Rizzo and Sissi Martins
Musical Direction Artur Guimarães and António Andrade Santos
Conductor Antônio Andrade Santos
Musicians António Andrade Santos (Portuguese guitar), Nélson Aleixo / Miguel Silva (fado guitar) and Sérgio Fiúza (acoustic bass)
Costume Design Rafaela Mapril
Costume Assistant Margarida Silva
Costume Design Ana Baltar, Ana Santos and Maria Afonso
Costume Construction Marisa Fernandes
Set Design Catarina Amaro
Choreography and Movement Marco Mercier
Lighting Design Cristina Piedade
Sound Design Sérgio Milhano
Hair and Makeup Marco Santos
Assistant Director José Leite
Second Assistant Director Santiago Galvão and Maria Inês Antunes
Rehearsal Support Joana Campelo
Technical Coordination TdE Cristina Piedade
Production Coordination/Communications and Press Office TdE Mafalda Simões
Production Culturproject Nuno Pratas
Coproduction Teatro Variedades, Cineteatro Louletano, Teatro do Eléctrico and Culturproject
The Teatro do Eléctrico is a structure supported by the Portuguese Republic – Culture, Youth and Sport / Directorate-General for the Arts, by the Cineteatro Louletano / Loulé City Council and by the Lisbon City Council.
M12 | 55 MIN
Presentations
2024 | Lisboa, Teatro Variedades
