Description
Alan Ayckbourn is a practitioner of “theatrical amusement” as well as a refined experimentalist: his plays present the most unexpected combinations, thus expanding our range of expectations. Bourgeois marriage, adultery, class conflicts and small obsessions are some of the themes at play in Comédia de Bastidores [Absurd Person Singular] (1972), a major instance of that ambiguous tone that someone once described as “painfully funny”. Split into three acts, each of which takes place on three consecutive (and not festive at all) Christmas celebrations, Comédia de Bastidores is a merciless, and yet tender, depiction of social climbing, which has been seen by some as a premonition of the kind of society that would flourish under Margaret Thatcher’s rule.
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Credits
by Alan Ayckbourn directed by João Cardoso, Nuno Carinhas
translated by Paulo Eduardo Carvalho set design and costumes Ana Vaz, Nuno Carinhas sound Francisco Leal lighting design Nuno Meira production assistance Sissa Afonso, João Castro executive production Marta Lima
cast Benedita Pereira, Catarina Carvalho Gomes, Paulo Freixinho, Pedro Frias, Pedro Galiza, Sara Carinhas
co-produced by ASSéDIO, São Luiz Teatro Municipal, Teatro Nacional São João
playing time 2:00 Ages 12 and up
_ English subtitles
Sessions
Teatro São João
· qui · 20:00 | ||
· sex · 20:00 | ||
· sáb · 18:00 | ||
· dom · 15:00 | Portuguese Sign Language | Post-show talk | |
· qua · 18:00 | ||
· qui · 20:00 | ||
· sex · 20:00 | ||
· sáb · 18:00 | ||
· dom · 15:00 |