Performing Arts

Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists

Written and directed by Tiago Rodrigues

Presented by BAM in association with L’Alliance New York’s Crossing The Line Festival

  • Tiago Rodrigues

    Named Artistic Director of the Festival d’Avignon in 2022, Tiago Rodrigues is the first foreign artist to helm this preeminent European institution. His work is acclaimed in his native Portugal and across Europe, where he has pursued numerous collaborations and received many honors and awards.

    In 2003, Rodrigues and his partner Magda Bizarro founded the company Mundo Perfeito, with which he created around 30 shows, performed in over 20 countries. A charismatic actor, director, teacher, and—perhaps first and foremost— and author, Rodrigues has an open, contemporary view of writing, which involves shaping the work in collaboration with the performers, and which leads him to revisit classics, adapt novels, delve into myths, and mix fiction with reality.

    At the heart of Rodrigues’s approach is a vision of theater as a gathering of people. With each work, he aims to rediscover what is truly vital in a particular story and its staging, producing shows stripped of artifice that use the poetry of the world as their raw material.

  • Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists Credits

    Produced by Teatro Nacional D. Maria II
    Executive Producer: Festival d’Avignon
    Written and directed by Tiago Rodrigues
    Performed by Isabel Abreu + Romeu Costa + António Fonseca + Beatriz Maia + Marco Mendonça + António Parra + Carolina Passos Sousa + João Vicente
    Artistic Collaborator: Magda Bizarro
    Set Design: F. Ribeiro
    Lighting Design: Nuno Meira
    Costume Design: José António Tenente
    Sound Design and Original Score: Pedro Costa
    Choir Director and Vocal Arrangements: João Henriques
    Voice-over: Cláudio de Castro + Nadezhda Bocharova + Paula Mora + Pedro Moldão
    Choreography: Advisors Sofia Dias + Vítor Roriz
    Technical Advisor on Weapons: David Chan Cordeiro
    Translated by Thomas Resendes (French) + Daniel Hahn (English) + Vincenzo Arsilio (Italian) + Igor Metzeltin (German)
    Surtitles: Patrícia Pimentel

    Co-produced by Wiener Festwochen (Vienna) + Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione (Modena) + Théâtre de la Cité – CDN Toulouse Occitanie & Théâtre Garonne Scène européenne Toulouse + Festival d’Automne à Paris & Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord + Teatro di Roma – Teatro Nazionale + Comédie de Caen + Théâtre de Liège + Maison de la Culture d’Amiens + BIT Teatergarasjen (Bergen) + Le Trident – Scène nationale de Cherbourg-en-Cotentin + Teatre Lliure (Barcelone) + Centro Cultural Vila Flor (Guimarães) + O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo)

    With the support of Almeida Garrett Wines + Cano Amarelo + Culturgest

    Support for surtitling: Cole Fondation

    Special Thanks to Mariana Gomes + Rui Pina Coelho + Margarida Bak Gordon + Rita Mendes et l’équipe du / and the team of Teatro Nacional D. Maria II + Sara Barros Leitão & Pedro Gil who, even if they’re no longer on stage with us, will always be Catarina

    The show includes songs by Hania Rani (Biesy; Now, Run) + Joanna Brouk (The Nymph Rising, Calling the Sailor) + Laurel Halo (Rome Theme III; Hyphae) + Rosalía (De Plata)

    Premiered at Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães, on September 20, 2020

    Presented by La Presse with the support of Institut Français + Consulat général de France à Québec in association with Place des Arts

    Texts and interview with Tiago Rodrigues Sara Fauteux
    Translation David Dalgleish

    Production at L’Alliance New York
    Programming Manager: Clementine Guinchat

Support for Crossing The Line

Florence Gould Foundation Howard Gilman Foundation

and The Wescustogo Foundation

L’Alliance New York’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the Support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

L’Alliance New York’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the Support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature

Photo Credit:
Lead Image ©Filipe-Ferreira

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