In Os Livros do Rei, David Machado writes and Gonçalo Viana illustrates the story of a prince who ascends to the throne after the death of his father during an earthquake that destroyed the whole city. The prince, a lover of literature, believing that a better world can be created — using the images he kept from his readings —, decides to imagine, design and (even) rebuild his city. This is a performance about rebuilding after destruction, about the chance to dream about impossible things, about architecture, about the absence of impossible things in art and, also, about the role art can play in the construction of tomorrow. A project that lives between literature, theatre and illustration.
OS LIVROS DO REI
Plataforma285 / Raimundo Cosme8 to 14 October
Families: Saturday and Sunday , 11h and 16h
Schools: Monday to Friday, 10h30 and 14h30
Sala Mário Viegas
€3, €7 adults
Target audience: 3 > 6 years; 3+
For families: 14 October, 11h
For schools: 8 to 12 October, subject to booking
Description
Cast and Creative
Creation Raimundo Cosme Text David Machado Stage designer Gonçalo Viana Sound Van Ayres Costume designer Mariana Sá Nogueira Production director Raquel Bravo Support Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Cão Solteiro Co-production Plataforma285, Centro das Artes e do Espectáculo – Município de Sever do Vouga and São Luiz Teatro Municipal / Raimundo Cosme is an Associated Artist of Espaço do Tempo