The eighth edition of the International Festival of Theater and Arts in Rua de Tavira “Cenas na Rua” starts on Sunday 8th at 22 pm and runs until July 00th, thus opening the “Summer in Tavira” program.
The program will open on July 8th, with a concert by the Banda Musical de Tavira, in Praça da República, followed by a schedule that presents several shows on the hot nights of “Summer in Tavira”.
Take note of “Cenas na Rua” from 2012:
July 09 Day
Poetic performance “Tobacco Shop” by the Artist's Frame
In front of the Tavira City Hall building
Dating back to 1928, the poem “tobacco shop” has as its theme the dimension of the previous solitude in the face of the vastness of the outer universe. We can imagine Pessoa in his room on Rua Coelho da Costa (…). A text of rare emotional beauty created by Vitor Correia, surrounded by different sound environments.
July 10 Day
New circus “Cabaret Elegance” by Els Elegants
Republic square
An original scenography, careful stage direction and a succession of high-level numbers, combining different circus techniques such as the trapeze, Chinese pole, unicycle and vertical disciplines, all of them performed in a comic language.
Based in Barcelona, this company was created in 2010 by 4 circus artists, 2 Catalans and 2 Brazilians, who came together to create “Els Elegants”, in order to perform circus shows with quality and “elegance”.
July 11 Day
"Across Valados" by Ao Luar Theater
Wide in front of the Municipal Museum of Tavira | Palace of the Gallery
Between ditches, common and peculiar things happen. An event will mark the lives of the inhabitants of this village, in view of this, a secret kept in its history will give rise to a legend that drags them on a journey through their emotions before the world, through its own existence, the unknown and the revelation of a love, of encounters and disagreements. With the mountain in the background, the use of traditional Portuguese masks.
Project founded on February 3, 2010 by a group of professionals interested in community theater, inspired and dedicated to the caldeirão mountains, Ao Luar Teatro has as its guiding principles the recovery, affirmation and enhancement of oral tradition, dedicating special attention to customs and Algarve identity with a strong incidence in rural areas.
July 12 Day
Multidisciplinary show "Bandstand to Dance" by the Rock da Baixamar Association
Bandstand Garden
The bandstand in the garden of palm trees has a history in the city of Tavira for being a social point, an emblematic space, a stage for ranches, philharmonic bands and others. The Rock da Baixa-mar intends to perpetuate this spirit that the bandstand carries, but bringing it to contemporaneity. The recreation of a disco environment with dance music, taking advantage of the scenery offered by the garden and against the backdrop of the bandstand. In addition to DJ's, several musicians will be invited to perform "live acts" and video projection.
Rock da Baixa-Mar has always been a de facto union of several young amateur musicians from the municipality of Tavira who perform concerts since 1993, in 2003 they decided to formalize the group under the name of Associação Cultural Rock da Baixamar
July 13 Day
"The liar" by Carlos Goldoni for Teatro ao Largo
Wide in front of the Municipal Museum of Tavira | Palace of the Gallery
Written in 1750, “The Liar” (“Il Bugiardo”) is one of Goldoni's most successful plays. Set in Venice, this elegant and energetic comedy tells the story of a born liar, Lélio, whose romantic adventures become increasingly complicated and absurd as he tries to exploit his lies to three different women. When his web of lies unravels, Lélio falls into disgrace and abandonment.
Teatro ao Largo was created in 1994, with the aim of providing a professional theater service in the towns and villages of Baixo Alentejo.
July 14 Day
“Mother girl… and what about your father? And other stories" by the A Gorda Theater Group
Bandstand Garden
On stage, two fishermen mend the nets and recall several humorous stories from the imagination of Olho.
The theater group A Gorda comes from Olhão and has performed several stagings, in a satirical-comic aspect, of the daily life of the Algarve.
July 15th and 16th
"Tell me other fados" by Al-MaSRAH Theater
Álvaro de Campos Municipal Library
Tell me other Fados tells and sings the fado.
Not just the song that everyone knows as Portuguese fado, but some of the music that has Arab, African or worldly Iberian influences such as Flamenco, Samba, Morna or Tango, and that sing fado as a synonym for destiny or as a life story.
We packed singing, music, dance and theatre, to set off on a journey through the music of the world and of all of us.
So, silence, let's sing the fados!
Coming from Tavira, Al-MaSRAH TEATRO, managed by SONAR – Associação Cultural, aims to create and produce theater shows, in which various methods, forms, philosophies and theatrical and performing arts are promoted, analyzed and worked on.
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