Several bodies meander through an apartment during a whole day, possibly giving rise to encounters and unexpected happenings: a collective that moves in our present and constantly reshapes itself. Sem Palavras - the most recent work of companhia brasileira de teatro – focuses on the country’s outlook, as was the case in their previous works PROJETO bRASIL and Preto.
By means of play-acting, dances, music, and performances, the show tells the untold stories that inhabit the meandering bodies on stage. The proposal is to reinvent a language that may express or portray the fast-evolving contemporary facts. “We have come from a ruined country. We escaped. Obstination or privilege? Both. Or rather a bit of luck, above everything else”, says Viní Ventanía Xtravaganza, one of the performers in Sem palavras.
Inspiration for this show was the notion of “chronicles of a journey” - the subtitle of the Spanish philosopher Paul B. Preciado’s book An Apartment in Uranus. With or without words, the enacted chronicles talk about love, violence, consumerism, bodies in transition - among many other topics.

companhia brasileira de teatro
Founded in 2000 by director and playwright Marcio Abreu, the collective researches new forms of writing and languages. It has produced shows like PROJETO bRASIL and Preto, which deal with political and social issues in contemporary Brazil.
CREDITS
Director and script: Marcio Abreu
Playwright: Marcio Abreu e Nadja Naira
Cast: Fábio Osório Monteiro, Giovana Soar, Kauê Persona, Kenia Dias, Key Sawao, Rafael Bacelar, Viní Ventanía Xtravaganza and Vitória Jovem Xtravaganza
Production director and manager: Cássia Damasceno and José Maria
Lighting and director assistant: Nadja Naira
Music director and original soundtrack: Felipe Storino
Motion director: Kenia Dias
Set design: Marcelo Alvarenga | Play Arquitetura
Costumes: Luiz Cláudio Silva | Apartamento 03
Production: companhia brasileira de teatro
Coproduction: A Gente Se Fala Produções Artísticas – Rio de Janeiro/BR, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main/GE and Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne – Centre Dramatique National/FR
Co-producer: Centro Cultural Oi Futuro

11/24 and 25 Wednesday and Thursday  9:00 pm
Teatro Sesc Santos
Length: 110 min
Parental guidance: 18+
Partners and support: Passages Transfestival Metz/FR

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