In the Portuguese parliament, between the benches of the deputies and the rostrum with members of the Government, there is, exactly in the middle of the room, a desk with nothing around it where two employees work whose mission is to transcribe everything that is said there. Through their fingers, they record speeches, interventions, asides, insubordinations, and even gestures. Hundreds of thousands of pages record debates, constituent assemblies, votes, advances and setbacks in social, labor, and human rights. “Guide to a Possible Country” is a show created from these records, to tell the story of the last fifty years of our democracy.
Playwriting and staging: Sara Barros Leitão
Performance: João Melo and Margarida Carvalho
Lighting design: Cárin Geada
Lighting setup and operation: Diogo Marques
Musical composition: Pedro João
Sound design and operation: Mariana Guedelha
Costume design: Cristina Cunha
Costume making: Emília Pontes and Domingos Freitas Pereira
Set design concept: António Quaresma and Susete Rebelo
Set construction: António Quaresma and Nuno Guedes
Backdrop construction: Beatriz Prada, Cristóvão Neto and Nuno Encarnação
Production direction: Susana Ferreira
Production and Communication: Mariana Dixe
Research coordination: João Mineiro
Playwriting support and Parlapatório coordination: Carlos Malvarez
Stage photography: Teresa Pacheco Miranda
Production: Cassandra
Residency Support: CRL - Central Elétrica
Residencies: Baltazar Dias Municipal Theatre, Viriato Theatre
Premiere Residency: Viana Dramatic Centre - Northwest Theatre
Co-producers: 23 milhas, Casa das Artes de Famalicão, Viana Dramatic Centre / Northwest Theatre, Teatrão, Pombal Theatre-Cinema, Torres Vedras Theatre-Cinema, Baltazar Dias Municipal Theatre, Viriato Theatre
Project funded by: Portuguese Republic – Culture / Directorate-General for the Arts and 50th Anniversary of April 25th Commemorative Commission
Creation Support: Abril é Agora
High Patronage of the Assembly of the Republic
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