OFOMe – Festival of Objects and Puppets & Other Foods «continues to delight children and adults», with shows for all tastes, until the 25th of September.
The initiative takes place in Albufeira, Faro, Loulé, Olhão, São Brás de Alportel and Tavira.
This is a very diverse edition. Until the 25th of September, «the public can watch puppet theater shows, a concert, participate in a workshop and a workshop, visit an exhibition, see a documentary and enjoy a gastronomic experience», says the organization.
All events are free, but subject to reservation, through the contacts indicated below, where you can also find all the details about what will happen in the second week of the festival.
FOMe is the result of a partnership between ACTA — The Algarve Theater Company, responsible for programming, with the municipalities of Albufeira, Faro, Loulé, Olhão, São Brás de Alportel and Tavira.
Schedule: September 15th to 19th
THIS IS NOT THE NOSE OF GÓGOL, BUT IT COULD BE... WITH A TOUCH OF JACQUES PREVERT
A Tarumba — Puppet Theatre, Lisbon
Target audience: over 10 years old
September 15th, 21 pm, Teatro Lethes, Faro
_Reservations: [email protected]
September 17, 21:00, Re-Creative Cultural Association República 14, Olhão
_Reservations: [email protected]
September 19, 17:00 and 19:00, Espírito Santo Auditorium, Loulé
_Reservations: [email protected]
The importance of having a nose, so as not to knock your nose at the door, not stick your nose where you are called, to be the owner of your nose or to stick your nose in everything. And Jacques Prévert? "In truth, he didn't look like anyone."
This is a creation inspired by the universe of Gógol and Jacques Prévert, with articulated objects and paper figures, where the surreal world that surrounds us is present, in a kitschy, unusual and festive atmosphere with Russian reminiscences, somewhere between the Eurovision Festival and the Russia of the 70s.
MY MORE… PUPPETS
Trule, Évora
Target audience: over 3 years old
September 17th, 21 pm, Albufeira Municipal Auditorium
_Reservations: mailto:[email protected]
September 18, 10:30 am, Jardim Carrera Viegas, São Brás de Alportel
_Limited capacity: 50 seats
For being anthological, the show 'As meu mais… puppets' synthesizes a journey of more than forty years of research and understanding of the various techniques of construction and manipulation of puppets.
This is a show of pure visual poetry in which the puppets are touched by the magic fingers of the puppeteer and show us pieces of life in enchanting stories.
CONSONANCE
SA Puppets — Teatro&Ponecos, Alcobaça
Target audience: over 4 years old
September 16, 21 pm, Igreja da Misericórdia, Tavira
_Reservations: mailto:[email protected]
September 17th, 21 pm, Costume Museum, São Brás de Alportel
_Reserves: [email protected] | 966 329 073
September 19th, 16 pm, Teatro Lethes, Faro
_Reservations: [email protected]
This project brings together two arts that have in common improvisation and the consonance of free movement in musicality and theatricality. In the year in which the traditional itinerant Portuguese puppet theater entered the list of Intangible Heritage of Portugal, José Gil joins pianist Daniel Bernardes in an adventure of sounds and movements, creating an unlikely game between a piano and Teatro Dom Roberto.
THE JOURNEY OF A MUSIC
A film by Sara Pereira, Faro
Target audience: over 6 years old
September 16, 21:00 pm, IPDJ of Faro
_Reservations: [email protected] | 289 891 820
September 18, 19:00, Solar da Música Nova Auditorium, Loulé
_Reservations: [email protected]
In 2019, the director Sara Pereira accompanied the rehearsals of the show 'Chá:Vena', inserted in the Festival FOMe&Outros Comeres. From these records, the film 'The journey of a score' is born.
On this trip, everyday objects come to life in the hands of great little artists. The film follows the creation process of the conductor and author of the João Ricardo project.
THE TRIP
Handzorra, Oeiras
Target audience: over 6 years old
September 17th, 19pm and 00pm, Largo do Município de Albufeira
_Reservations: mailto:[email protected]
September 18, 11:00 am, 11:45 am, 12:30 pm, 19:30 pm, 20:00 pm and 20:30 pm
São Sebastião Square, São Brás de Alportel
_Minimum 4 and maximum 9 spectators, more than 4 people only for cohabitants.
September 19, 11:00 am, 11:45 am, 12:30 pm, 17:00 pm, 17:45 pm and 18:30 pm
Avenida da República, Olhao
_Minimum 4 and maximum 9 spectators, more than 4 people only for cohabitants.
In one of the moments of Raúl's life, intoxicated by drowsiness, his hand transports us to his own birth and discovery of the world around him. You'll face several obstacles ahead, until the moment when you give shape to another similar being and your life turns rosy.
This is a visual and sound journey to the glamor of the 40s, in a traveling theater that transports us to the puppet theater in an intimate way.
FLIGHT LESSONS
Porto Puppet Theater
Target audience: over 3 years old
September 17th and 18th, 21 pm, Teatro Lethes, Faro
_Reservations: [email protected]
'Lessons of Flight' is the name of a series of illustrations by João Vaz de Carvalho, used to create this show with the same name. This idea follows on from a collaborative experience carried out in 2013 in 'Pelos Hair', which proved to be very stimulating.
'Lessons in Flight' is a creation about the poetics of air, dreams and flight, in a special place, where each one can experience the lightness of the body, suspension and the emotion of take-off.
ALFORRIA – LIFE IN A CART
Boca de Cão — Street Theater and Animated Forms, Arcozelo
Target audience: over 3 years old
September 18, 21 pm, Largo de São Sebastião, São Brás de Alportel
_Limited capacity: 50 seats
September 19, 21 pm, Largo de São Sebastião Martins Mestre, Olhão
_Access to this show is by order of arrival
'Alforria' is a show with shadow puppets and direct manipulation, from which the audience can be surprised by the decision to seek a happier life.
Xica and Tiberio, tireless workers, lived enslaved, but in the eyes of Silvestre, the friendly Javalicão, they discovered that friendship and courage are the guides of the heart. Inside and outside the cart, life and the act of living towards freedom are shown.
THE NEST
Elementary Particles, Ovar
Target audience: over 6 years old
September 18, 11:00 am, Gymnasium Club de Faro
_Reservations: [email protected]
September 18, 19:00, Álvaro de Campos Municipal Library, Tavira
_Reservations: mailto:[email protected]
September 19, 16:00 pm, Lídia Jorge Municipal Library, Albufeira
_Reservations: mailto:[email protected]
I know a nest.
And the nest has an egg.
And the egg, round,
There's a little bird inside
New.
—Miguel Torga
The show 'O Ninho' was inspired by one of the simplest poems by Portuguese writer Miguel Torga, who, in a few lines, reveals that a well-kept secret can strengthen a friendship.
PICNIC
Historiscope — Puppet Theatre, Porto
Target audience: over 3 years old
September 18, 16:00 pm, Lídia Jorge Municipal Library, Albufeira
_Reservations: mailto:[email protected]
September 19, 19:00, Álvaro de Campos Municipal Library, Tavira
_Reservations: mailto:[email protected]
A picnic in nature would be very nice without the interference… of the animals! Some animals can be a nuisance, that's for sure. However, these little cogs of nature do everything to save our lives, working silently to give us food and keep ecosystems going.
This show takes the spectator through the cave of the beetle, to discover the strange and fascinating world of these little animals, of such great value. All in millimeter scale.
MAGIC WIRES
Rui Sousa Puppets, Santa Maria da Feira
Target audience: over 3 years old
September 19, 10:30 am, Avenida da República, Olhão
_Access to this show is by order of arrival
A Harlequin handkerchief comes out of a box... but this handkerchief, after all, is a body, with a head and limbs. The sound of a harmonica, the pulling of a few strings, and magic occurs. A puppet comes to life and then other characters follow, such as a gardener who takes care of a magical flower, a passionate vampire, a Spanish ballerina, among many others.
This is a show of enchantment, which takes the spectator through the magic of movements, color, music and actions.
PUPPET CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP
Rui Sousa Puppets, Santa Maria da Feira
Target audience: over 12 years old
Maximum capacity: 10
September 18, 10:30-13:00, Lídia Jorge Municipal Library, Albufeira
_Reservations: mailto:[email protected]
September 19, 16pm-00pm, Arts and Crafts Center of São Brás de Alportel
_Reservations: mailto:[email protected]
Participants in this workshop will learn how to build a direct manipulation puppet, made from polyurethane paper and some fabrics, using dense shapes and volumes.
The end result is a puppet, but it can also be a playful-pedagogical element, a work of art, a character or all of them simultaneously.
TABLE ARES
Jorge Cerqueira's Puppet Exhibition, Sintra
Target audience: all ages
until January 15, 2022
Costume Museum, São Brás de Alportel
Monday to Friday: 10:00am-13:00pm / 14:00pm-17:00pm
Saturday, Sunday and holidays: 14:00-17:00
In this exhibition, some of the figures who, in some way, influenced the evolution of gastronomy and our behavior around the table are honored.
'Ares de table' is based on three distinct nuclei: the creators (who played a direct role in the creation of recipes); the inspiring ones (who inspired us to recreate recipes that have come to our days) and the connoisseurs.
GASTRONOMIC EXPERIENCE
from the puppet exhibition by Jorge Cerqueira
15th and 22nd of September, Costume Museum, São Brás de Alportel, 18:00
_Reserves: [email protected] | 289 840 100
This gastronomic experience is a creation of the 3empipa snack bar.
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