THE SWIMMING POOL PARTY
Text and Staging by Ricardo Neves-Neves LISBON, TEATRO MARIA MATOS, JUL, the 9th to AUG, the 9th | THU to SAT at 21H and SUN at 18HThe strange case of the murder at the Teatro Maria Matos.
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 to to be determined
Set Design Catarina Amaro
Costume Design Rafaela Mapril
Lighting Design Cristina Piedade
Sound Design Gonçalo Carlos
Sonoplasty Sérgio Delgado
Costume Assistant Margarida Silva
Costume Design Ana Baltar, Ana Santos, Maria Afonso Construction Costume Design Marisa Fernandes
Choreography and Movement Marco Mercier
Hair and Makeup Carlos Feio
Makeup Assistant Inês Cotrim
Photography and Promotional Video Pedro Macedo / Framed Filmes
Graphic Design TdE José Cruz
Directing Assistant José Leite
Production and Stage Direction TdE Sílvia Moura
Production Culturproject Nuno Pratas
Coproduction: Teatro Variedades, Cineteatro Louletano, Teatro do Eléctrico and Culturproject
Reception Teatro Maria Matos
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
2026 | JUL, the 9th to AUG, the 9th
Lisbon, Teatro Maria Matos
THU to SAT at 21H
SUN at 18H
Previously at:
2024 | Lisbon, Teatro Variedades
