Boca de cena
Event
The five senses served at the table to mark the twentieth anniversary of Teatro de Marionetas do Porto, which began with the memorable presentation of Entre a Vida e a Morte/Capuchinho Vermelho XXX (1988) in the French city of Charleville-Mézières, the marionette world capital. In Boca de Cena: Teatro-Jantar (theatre-dinner), the theatre “with” marionettes uncovers unsuspected affinities with the gastronomy, Artaud fraternizes with Pantagruel, the stage becomes a very performative tasting menu, the actors / waiters coexist closely, with the audiences / diners and contemporary electronic dance music pairs with Schubert's Lieder. All of this could result in a toast to the health of Marionetas do Porto, in a festive review of contents, but João Paulo Seara Cardoso turns his back to the ephemeris and takes a risk in a very original assembly of unforeseen events, radicalizing the distinctive marks of a project that has been reinventing itself on the border of many artistic languages and where "poetry" almost always rhymes with "anarchy". Fusion cuisine and theatre to celebrate the past with all the senses set in the future. Like someone who claims that the best is yet to come. Cheers!
