THE SWIMMING POOL PARTY
2024 Texto e Encenação de Ricardo Neves-NevesThe strange case of the murder at Teatro Variedades.
Can a group of friends and family, at a strange end-of-season party, with bossa nova music and presumptuous conversations, lead to a deadly outcome and raise the question of whodunit?
Yes, when this group is joined by a bizarre troupe of hollow and tone-deaf conversation, whose motto in life is to live on a razor’s edge, bathing in a world of superficiality.
Inspectors Hercule Poirot or Maigret don’t seem necessary to unravel this crime in which the killer is among us.
Don’t be fooled. In this text by Ricardo Neves-Neves, the plot is much more dramatic, the causes deeper, the characters despicable scoundrels, and the ending will bring shock.
Do you want to be accomplices to this crime?
©Estelle Valente
©Tiago Albuquerque
Cast & Creative
Text and Direction Ricardo Neves-Neves
With Ana Brito e Cunha, Ana Cloe, Ana Marta Contente, Filipe Vargas, José Leite, Marta Andrino, Ruben Madureira, Sandra Faleiro, and Santiago Galvão
Musical Direction Artur Guimarães and António Andrade Santos
Conductor António Andrade Santos
Musicians António Andrade Santos (piano), Carolina Rodrigues (cello), Helena Silva / Carolina Duarte (violin), Precília Diamantino (viola), Ricardo Vitorino / David Lopes (trumpet), Rita Nunes / Nádia Anjos (saxophone), Sérgio Fiúza (double bass and electric bass), Teresa Braga (drums) and Vítor Faria / Paulo Alves (trombone)
Costume Design Rafaela Mapril
Costume Assistant Margarida Silva
Costume Design Ana Baltar, Ana Santos, Maria Afonso Construction Costume Design Marisa Fernandes
Set Design Catarina Amaro
Lighting Design Cristina Piedade
Sound Design Sérgio Milhano
Choreography and Movement Marco Mercier
Hair and Makeup Marco Santos
Makeup Assistant Inês Cotrim
Illustrations Tiago Albuquerque
Directing Assistant José Leite
Second Directors Santiago Galvão and Maria Inês Antunes
Technical Coordination: TdE Cristina Piedade
Production Coordination/Communications and Press Office TdE Mafalda Simões
Production TdE Carolina Gonçalves
Production Culturproject Nuno Pratas
Coproduction: Teatro Variedades, Cineteatro Louletano, Teatro do Eléctrico and Culturproject
Support for the Antena 2 show, with the expertise of UPAL
The Teatro do Eléctrico is a structure supported by the Portuguese Republic – Culture, Youth and Sports / Directorate-General for the Arts, the Cineteatro Louletano / Loulé City Council, and the Lisbon City Council.
M12 | 90 MIN
Presentations
2024 | Lisbon, Teatro Variedades
