No Yogurt for the Dead – Histoire(s) du Théâtre VI
Tiago Rodrigues creates the sixth instalment in the prestigious Histoire(s) du Théâtre series.
When Rodrigues’ father was in hospital, realising he was going to die, he was regularly visited by a woman called Teresa. She worked as a volunteer at the hospital and took the time to talk to patients to break through their loneliness. Later, Rodrigues discovered that Teresa was an actor, whom he knew well.
From his sickbed, his father started writing a book. According to Teresa, he wanted to mix his experiences as a terminal patient in hospital with memories of his life, in particular some stories about his work as a journalist. For instance, he thought of the story of another Teresa, Teresa Torga, an obscure actress and fado singer with mental health problems, who undressed and walked around naked, reciting poems and singing, in one of Lisbon’s busiest streets, during a demonstration. After his father died, Rodrigues opened the notebook. It contained only a few lines and dots, a few scribbles, like the abstract drawings of a toddler. In No Yogurt for the Dead, Rodrigues creates a theatre piece to imagine what his father might have wished to write in the final days of his life.
Credits:
Text and direction: Tiago Rodrigues
With: Beatriz Brás, Hélder Gonçalves, Lisah Adeaga, Manuela Azevedo
Dramaturgy: Kaatje De Geest
Assistant director: André Pato
Decor design: Sammy Van den Heuvel
Costume design: Ilse Vandenbussche
Light design: Dennis Diels
Som: Frederik Vanslembrouck
Music design: Hélder Gonçalves
Dutch translation: Lut Caenen
Production: NTGent
Coprodução: Culturgest Lisboa, Piccolo Teatro Milano – Teatro d’Europa, Wiener Festwochen
Tour dates:
5 – 8 November 2025: Comédie de Genève, Geneva (Switzerland)
15 – 16 November 2025: Teatre Municipal de Girona (Italy)
12 – 13 December 2025: NTGent, Gent (Belgium)
3 June 2026: KVS Bol, Brussels (Belgium)
6 – 7 June 2026: Toneelhuis, Antwerp (Belgium)
18 – 21 June 2026: Grand Palais, Paris (France)
More information:
Sophie Vanden Broeck – NTGent
sophie.vanden.broeck@ntgent.be
