Teatro Dom Roberto
JARDIM DA ESTRELA
12, 13 May at 5.30pm (Saturday and Sunday)
Puppeteer: Sara Henriques Puppets: Rui Pedro Rodrigues Company sponsored by: Governo de Portugal / Secretário de Estado da Cultura - DGArtes Technique: Hand puppets Language: Portuguese Time: Aprox. 20 min. For audiences over: For all ages
The traditional Teatro Dom Roberto is back again on the streets of Lisbon, but now the puppeteer is a woman!
The Teatro Dom Roberto has been performed for about three centuries at fairs, pilgrimage spots, beaches and streets. The Portuguese glove puppet Dom Roberto is the cousin of Punch, Polichinelle, Pulcinella, Petrouska... The puppeteer uses a swazzle in his mouth to amplify his voice and produce remarkable sound effects. An unique opportunity to see this Portuguese traditional puppet.
The Barber: At his wedding day, Dom Roberto decides to go to the barber to have his beard shaved. After many incidents, the barber does his work and finally presents him the bill. Dom Roberto refuses to pay. They argue and fight and Dom Roberto ends up killing the barber. Death comes to take the victim away and wants to take Dom Roberto as well. A life and death fight takes place, and Dom Roberto obviously wins, and kills Death.
The Bullfight: This play doesn’t actually have a dramatic plot, it describes the different stages in a Portuguese bullfight and its typical characters: the campino, the bullfighter, the horserider and, of course, the bull.
BIO
Teatro de Marionetas do Porto, one of the most well-known puppet companies in Portugal, presents in Lisbon one of its remarkable creations. Since their formation, in 1998, the company produced and presented more than 30 shows. All these productions represent extremely diverse experiences on the level of the contemporary puppet theatre, looking to find new forms of conception and manipulation of puppets and new ways of regarding the interpretation and the relationship with other areas of creation. The company has also been dedicated to the study and revival of old forms of traditional theatre, like Teatro Dom Roberto, which has been presented more than a thousand times.
Their founder and artistic director, João Paulo Seara Cardoso (1956-2010), studied theatre and puppet theatre, attended courses in the Institut National d`Éducation Populaire and Institut International de la Marionnette, in France. He worked with João Coimbra, Marcel Violette, Jim Henson and Lopez Barrantes. In 1982 he initiated the study and spreading of the Teatro Dom Roberto, Portuguese traditional puppets that had more than 1500 representations. He published children’s books and was the author of television series for the youngest. Presently, the group splits its activity between the programming of the Teatro do Belomonte, in Oporto, and an intense activity of touring in Portugal and abroad.
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