WORKSHOP
mon to fri 10:00am - 11:30amStudents of secondary education (between 15 and 18 years old) and day centre clients / pensioners 65 years old and upFree Admission (to get access, please reserve your tickets at our box office or through bilheteira@teatroviriato.com or +351 927 412 671)
Parlapatório, is a word that means to talk or to gossip, it shares the same root as the word Parliament, a place where one talks, converses, discusses. Parliament is also a space where, traditionally, big decisions are made and where contrasting political ideologies confront each other. Today, if we listen to what is being said in Parliament, it is possible to ascertain that they use a lexicon quite similar to that of theatre: "the political actors", "that law is nothing more than a staged farce". But the truth is that, if we look around us, we can see the similarities between the architecture of that room and that of a stage hall. Throughout this workshop, we will use the tools of theatre to discover politics. Sara Barros Leitão will challenge participants to approach the mechanisms of Portuguese democracy through theatrical exercises, discussing some of the subjects debated in Parliament in the last fifty years. This workshop was born from the creation process for "Guia para um país possível", a play co-produced by Teatro Viriato.
Parlapatório, is a word that means to talk or to gossip, it shares the same root as the word Parliament, a place where one talks, converses, discusses. Parliament is also a space where, traditionally, big decisions are made and where contrasting political ideologies confront each other. Today, if we listen to what is being said in Parliament, it is possible to ascertain that they use a lexicon quite similar to that of theatre: "the political actors", "that law is nothing more than a staged farce". But the truth is that, if we look around us, we can see the similarities between the architecture of that room and that of a stage hall. Throughout this workshop, we will use the tools of theatre to discover politics. Sara Barros Leitão will challenge participants to approach the mechanisms of Portuguese democracy through theatrical exercises, discussing some of the subjects debated in Parliament in the last fifty years. This workshop was born from the creation process for "Guia para um país possível", a play co-produced by Teatro Viriato.
Additional information
Coordination Carlos Malvarez and Sara Barros Leitão · Research João Mineiro · Production Susana Ferreira · A project by Cassandra