In a free adaptation of Shakespeare’s A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Newton Moreno enacts the story of Vine – a Chilean theater director living in exile, who spent the last 20 years dreaming of his own play interrupted by the military coup in 1973 – that same Shakespeare play – and sadly recalling his political missing partner, Laura.
One play mirrors the other and both jointly tell the story: by association of Shakespeare’s character King Oberon with a Chilean military, for instance, or of Queen Titania with the owner of a copper mine, the matriarch of a traditional Chilean family. The fight for the love of a young girl is central to both plots. The Elizabethan comedy on love inspires the Brazilian play, that adds political contours to the story.
The theatrical game, also a theme of this play, is disclosed to the audience by means of a rehearsal atmosphere, as when director Vine is setting up the scenes for
Dream. Shakespeare’s particular humor and musicality are present in the characters’ blunt declarations about torture and murder during the Chilean dictatorship - which remind the spectator of the oscillations between delirium and reality.
Newton Moreno
The themes and language of director, playwright and actor Moreno draw upon popular culture, and he also investigates homoeroticism. He is the author of
Agreste and director of the play
Memória da Cana with the group
Os Fofos Encenam.
CREDITS
Playwright and general direction: Newton Moreno
Production director: Emerson Mostacco
Music director: Gregory Slivar
Motion director: Erica Rodrigues
Cast: Denise Weinberg, José Roberto Jardim, Leopoldo Pacheco, Michelle Boesche, Paulo de Pontes, Simone Evaristo and Gregory Slivar (live musician)
Light designer: Wagner Pinto
Wardrobe: Chris Aizner and Leopoldo Pacheco
Set designer: Chris Aizner
11/27 Saturday 7:00 pm YouTube @SescSP
Length: 150 min
Parental guidance: 14 years
Partners and support: The Project was listed on the 12th Edition of Premio Zé Renato de Teatro of the City of São Paulo – Municipal Secretariat of Culture
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