Augusto is a 35-year-old Brazilian immigrant who lives in Portugal with his mother Inês and dog Clarinha. In addition to serving and enduring his mother’s scorn on a daily basis, Augusto has a job he hates. His only pleasure is in going to the theater often, where he can forget about his problems and give himself over to a strong feeling of ecstasy. With an increasingly oppressive personal life, Augusto intensifies his trips to the theater, but they don’t seem to be enough. Obsessed, he starts questioning some actors at the end of the shows, starts interrupting performances to ask for more delivery, until one day, in the middle of an argument, he ends up assaulting a director. Augusto’s bad reputation becomes nationally known and theaters start putting up signs at the box office, which forbid him to enter. No longer possible to be public, he decides to be an actor. He looks for numerous companies and artists, but they refuse for various reasons, even because of what they consider to be another language, “Brazilian”. Desperate, Augusto executes a coup: taking a spectacle by force. He kidnaps the actors of a company on the day of a premiere and takes over directing a solo performance, while keeping the original cast locked up in the dressing room. To prevent people from leaving the theater, Augusto shows his “actor” skills that he imagines he has conquered after several years as an audience. Suspecting that this is not enough, he threatens the audience with a bomb installed inside the theater and that, to activate it, it would be enough to press a button. Throughout the presentation, Augusto stages fragments of theatrical texts that he always dreamed of acting and talks about his disastrous personal life, but ends up facing a dilemma about what he believed to be the public’s relationship with art and the difficulty he seems to be experiencing. with “their spectators”. Revolted, Augusto decides to teach the audience what theater is and how the good public should behave in front of this great event. At a given moment, the police arrive, intending to invade the theater and help the hostages. Desperate, Augusto tries to finish his monologue and fulfill his desire to be applauded, even if it means causing a tragedy.
Text DANIEL FREITAS
Directed by JULIANO LUCCAS
staging assistant BRUNO HUCA
Interpretation DANIEL FREITAS
Lighting, Scenography and Video Design JULIANO LUCCAS
Costume JOÃO TELMO
Executive Producer DANIEL FREITAS
Communication ARTICLE LAND
Contact: Malaposta Cultural Center
Source: https://www.cm-odivelas.pt/know-odivelas/agenda-municipal/todos-os-eventos/evento/o-espectador-teatro