PREMIERE
Alma d'Arame & Baal 17 [Portugal]
Blood, sweat and spines
MAY 22ND
10H00 PM
CINETEATRO CURVO SEMEDO
MAY 23RD
10:30 AM AND 09:30 PM
CINETEATRO CURVO SEMEDO
Age Rating: M/06
Duration: 60min
Price: 4.00€
The 10H30 AM session is for secondary school students only.
The decline of civilisation in the wilderness.
Delicious Shadow lives peacefully in the Colorado desert. He spends his days observing the movement of colours on the rocks from sunrise to sunset.
At night, he watches the stars. Such was his life from the moment he was born until he is suddenly and cruelly struck by love. Cruelly because, given that Delicious Shadow is a cactus with its feet buried in the arid rocks, how can it get close to the unfurled Cotton Candy? Cruelly because, given that Curious Shadow is a cactus, by nature it is limited to the physical manifestation of its affection.
And if all that wasn’t enough, how can he thwart the sinister plans of Botifarra, the sheriff, who is engaged to be married to the fluttering Cotton Candy? Is a happy ending possible for such a wretched love?
Co-creation Alma d’Arame & Baal 17
Artistic Director Amândio Anastácio
Text and drawings Miguel Rocha
Puppeteers Bárbara Soares and Rui Jorge Oliveira
Score João Bastos
Set and puppet construction Tiago Fróis and Miguel Rocha
Production Ricardo Falcão and Sandra Serra
Technical director João Sofio and Filipe Seixas
Executive producers Ília Rebocho and André Batista
Financial and project management Alma d’Arame Pé de Cabra
Financial management Baal17 Rui Ramos
Communication and press Raquel Cunha and André Batista
Photography Fabrice Ziegler and Inês Sambas
Co-production Montemor-o-Novo City Council and Serpa Town Council
Alma d’Arame and Baal 17 are funded by the Portuguese Republic – Ministry of Culture/DGARTES – Directorate-General for the Arts, and founding members of Associação Descampado.
Founded in 2006 and based in Montemor-o-Novo (Alentejo Region), Alma d’Arame promotes the performing arts, focusing in particular on puppet theatre, through creative creation, programming, training and collaboration with local and international organisations.
Baal17
Baal17 – Companhia de Teatro has been based in Serpa, in the district of Beja, Baixo Alentejo Region, since 2000. It’s mission is to generate an interest in culture in general and theatre in particular, working with schools, the community and the most varied national and international organisations.
© Fabrice Ziegler
