O TEATRO E A PESTE / THE THEATRE AND THE PLAGUE, PROJECT (2020)

On April 6, 1933, at the invitation of René Allendy, Antonin Artaud proposed to the Sorbonne audience a conference with the strange title “The Theater and the Plague”. Nobody foreshadowed the show that was going to take place there. The only existing documentation is presented in Anaïs Nin's Diary: “Allendy and Artaud sitting behind a large secretary. Allendy introduced Artaud. The room was packed. (...) there are no words to describe what Artaud interpreted on the Sorbonne stage. He forgot the conference, the theater, his ideas, Dr. Allendy at his side, the audience, the young students, his wife, the teachers and the stage directors. His face was in convulsions of anguish and his hair was soaked in sweat. The eyes dilated, the muscles tightened, the fingers struggled to maintain flexibility. Howled. Delirious. He represented his own death, his own crucifixion. People started to get chocked. Then they burst out laughing. Everyone laughed! He whistled. Finally, people went out one by one, with a loud noise, talking, protesting. When they left, they knocked on the door. (...) But Artaud continued, until the last breath.”
    In April 2020, in the middle of mandatory confinement, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the theaters are empty. The conference “The Theater and the Plague” by Antonin Artaud is reenacted.

TEATRO ROMANO  (LISBON) | WITH ALBANO JERÓNIMO AND LÍDIA FERNANDES

TEATRO SÃO LUIZ TEATRO MUNICIPAL (LISBON) | WITH CUCHA CARVALHEIRO AND AIDA TAVARES

TEATRO DO BAIRRO ALTO (LISBON) | WITH MÓNICA CALLE AND FRANCISCO FRAZÃO

LU.CA – TEATRO LUIS DE CAMÕES (LISBON) | WITH IGOR REGALLA AND SUSANA MENEZES

TEATRO VIRIATO (VISEU) | WITH JOHN ROMÃO AND PATRÍCIA PORTELA