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Catarina and the beauty of killing fascists

 

This family kills fascists. It’s a tradition that everyone in the family has followed for over 70 years. They’ve all got together today in a house in the country near a village called Baleizão in the south of Portugal. One of youngest members of the family, Catarina, is to kill her first fascist, who has been kidnapped for this very purpose. It’s a day to celebrate, a day of beauty and death. However, Catarina finds herself unable to kill him or else she’s refusing to do so. A family fight breaks out and a lot of questions arise. What is a fascist? Is there a place for violence in the struggle for a better world? Can we violate the rules of democracy when we seek better ways to defend it?

 

Credits:

Text and direction: Tiago Rodrigues

With: António Afonso Parra, António Fonseca, Beatriz Maia, Carolina Passos Sousa, Isabel Abreu, João Vicente, Marco Mendonça, Romeu Costa, Rui M. Silva

Artistic collaboration: Magda Bizarro

Stage design: F. Ribeiro

Costumes: José António Tenente

Lights: Nuno Meira

Sound design and original music: Pedro Costa

Choral and vocal arrangements: João Henriques

Voice over: Cláudio Castro, Nadezhda Bocharova, Paula Mora, Pedro Moldão

Movement support: Sofia Dias, Vítor Roriz

Stage fighting and use of weapons: David Chan Cordeiro

English translation: Daniel Hahn

French translation: Thomas Resendes

Italian translation: Vincenzo Arsilio

German translation: Igor Metzeltin

Surtitles: Patrícia Pimentel

Executive production: Festival d’Avignon

Production: Teatro Nacional D. Maria II

Co-production: Wiener Festwochen, Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione, ThéâtredelaCité – CDN Toulouse Occitanie & Théâtre Garonne Scène européenne Toulouse, Festival d’Automne à Paris & Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Teatro di Roma – Teatro Nazionale, Comédie de Caen, Théâtre de Liège, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, BIT Teatergarasjen, Le Trident – Scène-nationale de Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Teatre Lliure, Centro Cultural Vila Flor, O Espaço do Tempo

Supported by: Almeida Garrett Wines, Cano Amarelo, Culturgest, Zouri Shoes

Thanks: Mariana Gomes, Rui Pina Coelho, Margarida Bak Gordon, Rita Mendes and the team of the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II. We also thank Sara Barros Leitão and Pedro Gil who, even though they are no longer on stage with us, will always remain Catarina.

The show features music by Hania RaniBiesy and Now, Run), Joanna Brouk (The Nymph Rising, Calling the Sailor), Laurel Halo (Rome Theme III and Hyphae) and Rosalía (De Plata feat. Paul Refree)

Recommended age: 16+

Duration: 2h30 (without intermission)

Show premiered at 20th of September 2020, at Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães (Portugal)

Nominated in the Best international show category of the Premis de la Crítica, in Catalonia.

Winner of the Best Foreign Show Award UBU 2023 in Italy.

Winner of the Best Foreign Show Award from the Critics Association in 2023 in France.

 

Tour dates:

9 – 10 October 2025: SIRENOS – Vilnius International Theatre Festival, Vilnius (Lithuania)

6 – 7 January 2026: Theatro Circo, Braga (Portugal)

12 – 17 January 2026: Culturgest, Lisboa (Portugal)

 

More information:

Anne-Mathilde Di Tomaso – Festival d’Avignon
anne-mathilde.di-tomaso@festival-avignon.com

Léa Dony – Festival d’Avignon
lea.dony@festival-avignon.com

 

Photograph: © Joseph Banderet

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Portuguese actor, director, playwright and producer, Tiago Rodrigues (1977) is an advocate of a living theatre, deeply rooted in the idea of writing for and with the actors. Procura constantemente a transformação poética da realidade através das ferramentas teatrais. Desde setembro de 2022, é Diretor do Festival d’Avignon, em França.

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