drama students teatro da garagem theatre company

Teatro Taborda | Costa do Castelo, 75 | 1100-178 Lisboa Tel. (+351) 218 854 190 | Tlm. (+351) 968 015 251

www.teatrodagaragem.com | [email protected]

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ABOUT DAYLIGHT PROJECT

Daylight is a project, which aims to approximate the countries of Northern and Southern

Europe through research and Theatre Practice. The research and artistic work developed by the

students/actors of the various participating countries will be developed through rehearsals at

Teatro Taborda, Lisbon, field trips and fieldwork that not only introduce them to Portuguese

geography and culture, but also promote and strengthen the exchange and sharing of

experiences among participants, under the symbolic and significant theme of the Sun. By the

end of this process, a show will be performed in Lisbon at Teatro Taborda and our wish is that it

may be presented, as well, in each of the participating countries.

WORK PLAN

The primarily idea is to develop a project which involves drama students from the

Scandinavian and Mediterranean. Firstly the participants will come to live in Lisbon and work

together at Teatro Taborda. During a period of two months they will work side by side with the

artistic team of Teatro da Garagem, aiming the creation of an artistic object. In the end they will

publicly present it. They will also have the opportunity to explore and learn the Portuguese

language and culture.

To make all this doable, taking into consideration the actual situation all over Europe, it is our

intention to develop partnerships with different Universities through their international offices.

Having Erasmus plus funding the residencies of the participants through its mobility action, it will

be less expensive for us, organizations behind this partnership.

Daylight Project aims a theatres research and creation. Having universitys drama students

and professionals of the same area of studies as a target group, the project will develop around

field research activities and labs regarding critical depth and the materialization of scenic

objects.

In the work to be developed, focused on theatre practices, will be offered pathways around

artistic creation having as a starting point a group of immersive experiences field research

activities. Those activities aim the development of creation awareness, in a way that, gradually,

the people involved recognize and consolidate their own strategies and working methods.

The labs aim to provide the students with tools for scenic embodiment, in a technical and

logistical level (light, sound, multimedia, stage mechanic and presence), to enable them to

deepen their professional skills associated with performing arts.

The international dimension of the project promotes a dynamic sharing of different cultural

experiences, grounded in a common purpose of inter-knowledge, collaboration and mobility.



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The project will take place in 2015, from June to July. At the beginning of each module it will

happen some field research activities. There are three different modules planned for the

Daylight Project that will be developed around three different generic topics.

For the field research activities it will be predefined some trips to specific places. It will also

be predefined all the technical and methodological aspects one considers necessary. During

that field trips and visits to the chosen places, according to each topic, the group will collect,

process and prepare several kinds of materials. Those collected materials will be organized

according with the following tabulation: visual materials, written material and collected objects.

During the period relative to the labs it will occur the following steps:

Inventory of all the collected and developed materials;

Definition of a work project;

Experimentation and rehearsals;

Completion of the project from a collaborative creation point of view.

To underline the end of the project the final objects from the three different labs will come

together and will result in a public presentation of a theatrical performance as part of Teatro

Tabordas programming.



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BRIEF HISTORY OF TEATRO DA GARAGEM COMPANY

TEATRO DA GARAGEM is a theatre company that started its professional work in 1989

in Lisbon, Portugal. Its artistic work is based on research and experiencing new paths in play

writing and Theatre making. The company was founded by Carlos J. Pessoa, among others,

who remained the artistic director and the author as well as director of the majority of plays

created by the company up to now. The work is developed from the beginning by Carlos and

his team (composer and sound designer, light designer, costume and set designer, actors and

producers) who have been working together on a regular base for several years.

Parallel to its original creations, from Carlos J. Pessoa original texts, and the staging of some

western classical theatre plays, the company also develops pedagogical and community

theatre work through its Educational Service with children, teenagers and senior citizens.

TEATRO DA GARAGEM is a professional company funded by the Portuguese

Government - Cultural Ministry - each 4 years, for the last 20 years and finds the rest of its

funding working in co-production with the main Portuguese theatre institutions and other

sponsors. The company is now based and runs Teatro Taborda, a Town Hall Theatre, located at

Lisbons historical centre, as result of an invitation of Lisbons Mayor.

TEATRO DA GARAGEM also presents its productions in several Portuguese and foreign

Theatres and institutions such as: Teatro Nacional D. Maria II (Lisbon National Theatre); Teatro

Nacional S. Joo (Oporto National Theatre); TECA -Teatro Carlos Alberto (Oporto National

Theatre); Teatro Municipal de Bragana (Bragana Town Hall Theatre); Teatro Viriato (Viseu

Town Hall Theatre); Teatro de Vila Real (Vila Real Town Hall Theatre); Centro Cultural Vila-Flr

(Guimares Town Hall Theatre); Teatro Aveirense (Aveiro Town Hall Theatre); Teatro Municipal

de Faro (Faro Town Hall Theatre); Teatro Municipal da Guarda (Guarda Town Hall Theatre);

Teatro Circo (Braga Town Hall Theatre); CCB - Centro Cultural de Belm (Lisboa); CAPA/ DEVIR

Centro de Artes Performativas do Algarve (Faro); Teatro Helena S e Costa (Oporto); Teatro

do Campo Alegre (Oporto); SESC Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); Centro Cultural de So Paulo (Brazil);

Teatro de Porto Alegre (Brazil); Odeon Bucharest (Romania); Calouste Gulbenkian

Foundation (Paris); Sala Fundacion - Seville (Spain).



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CARLOS J. PESSOA (author, director and artistic director)

Born in Lisbon in 1966, he graduated from the Training Course of the Actors College of Theatre

and Cinema (ESTC) and was awarded a Degree in Theatre and Education from the same

school where he now teaches. He is currently a PhD student in Communication Sciences - Area

of specialization in Communication and Art at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He is co-founder

and Artistic Director of Teatro da Garagem. Since 1989 he has written and staged almost all of

the 69 plays that the company has performed. He has published some of his plays On the Road

ou A Hora do Arco-ris, Snapshots, O Mundo Em Que Vivemos, Recusa and Mediatron (to

name a few), as well as many articles on theatre. In 1992 he was awarded the Honourable

Mention Madalena de Azeredo Perdigo for staging the play Cidade de Fausto; in 1993 he was

awarded for Texto de Teatro da revista Teatro da Dcada by Clube Portugus de Artes e

Idias, for the play Caf Magntico; in 2000 he was presented with the prize CyberKyoske99 -

Drama, for the play Desertos / seguido de um Poema Grtis; in 2003 he received a Special

Mention for the show Circo, by the Associao Portuguesa de Crticos de Teatro (Portuguese

Association of Theatre Critics), and in 2009 he was awarded the Prmio Melhor Texto Original

Portugus (Best Original Portuguese Text) by Guia dos Teatros for the text On the Road, ou a

Hora do Arco Iris.

MARIA JOO VICENTE (production director, actress and responsible for the education

department)

Born in Oporto in 1969, she graduated from the e Training Course of the Actors College of

Theatre and Cinema (ESTC) and was awarded a Degree in Theatre and Education by the same

school, where she is now a teacher in the degree of Theatre, branch of Actors and in the Master

of Theatre / Theatre and Community. She was a member of the University Theatre cast of

Oporto, from 1988 to 1992, under the guidance of Antnio Capelo. She participated in the show

The Cherry Orchard by A. Chekhov, directed by Rogrio de Carvalho, in the TEAR (1989). She

also took part of the show, Um Rapaz de Lisboa by Jorge Silva Melo (1995). She taught the

discipline of Drama in the Oportos Academia Contempornea do Espectculo. She was

coordinator of DRAMAT - Centre for Contemporary Dramaturgy of Teatro Nacional So Joo.

She has published several articles on theatre and began her work at the Teatro Garagem in

1993, as production director and actress, having participated in more than 60 creations of the

company. In 2003 Globos de Ouro nominated her for Best Actress of Theatre for her

performance in Adelia Z., and in 2009 she was awarded the Best Actress Award by the Guia

dos Teatros for her interpretation in On the Road, ou a Hora do Arco-ris.



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TEATRO DA GARAGEM

Teatro Taborda

Costa do Castelo, 75

1100-178 Lisboa

For more information

Contacts:

Teatro Taborda | 21 885 41 90 | 96 801 52 51 | [email protected]

Maria Joo Vicente (Production Director) | [email protected]

Joo Belo (Production) | [email protected]

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