BLOOMING
Marco Martins
At the invitation of Arts Over Borders, the designer of the Ulysses: European Odyssey project, which aims to artistically address the social and cultural themes explored in Joyce’s 18 episodes of Ulysses, Marco Martins takes on this unparalleled literary masterpiece, in which everyday life and the thoughts that continually fill our human minds are celebrated.
As a director and filmmaker with a long career of working with amateur actor communities, Marco Martins is interested in creative processes stemming from life experiences and individual stories to result in artistic works where these stories become everyone’s, resonating through an outcome that surpasses the sum of its parts.
Assigned the Lisbon chapter – Marco Martins’ hometown – set in a shelter, the Portuguese director logically decides to work with a non-professional troupe to create a play based on the stories of a group of young people living in foster homes, far from their families, to reinterpret this mythical 24-hour literary odyssey in the streets of Dublin.
Tarifs
- Plein tarif 31 €
- 65ans+/Carte prof/Groupe10+ 26 €
- -30ans/Pro/Dem.d'emploi 13 €
- Groupe scolaire 8 €
- -15ans 7 €
- Etudiants Conservatoires Art de la parole 5 €
Distributions
by Marco Martins
Creation and staging Marco Martins
From Ulysses, by James Joyce and Annie Ernaux, B Fachada, Charles Bukowski, Charles Dickens, Djaimilia Pereira De Almeida, Frederick Wiseman, G.K. Chesterton, Georges Didi-Huberman, Kae Tempest, Lucia Berlin, Manuel Vilas, Pablo Neruda, Paul Bloom, W.G. Sebald
With Robert Elliot and Caetano Machado, Fátima Costa, Halia Silva, Ian Parada, Liria Costa
Sound collage Marco Martins with original music Miguel Abras
Light design Nuno Meira
Set designer João Rey
Set decoration Nádia Henriques
Scenographic production Stay On The Scene
Sound design and sound operation Vítor Santos
Assistance to the director and support for dramaturgy Rita Quelhas
Movement assistance Nádia Fabrici
Workshops Liam Brown, Marco Da Silva Ferreira, Marta Coutinho, Nuno Lopes et Sean Doran
Graphic design Cash & Carry Studio
Administration Marta Delgado Martins
Executive production Flávio Catelli
Project coordination and production director Mariana Brandão
Artistic residencies André Cepeda and Isabel Cordovil
Text publication Gonçalo M. Tavares
Co-production ULYSSES, european odyssey-Creative Europe, S.Luiz Teatro Municipal, Théâtre de Liège – PROSPERO Extended Theatre, Auditório Municipal Augusto Cabrita/Câmara Municipal do Barreiro and Arena Ensemble
Collaboration Escola Profissional Bento de Jesus Caraça and Instituto Dos Ferroviários – Barreiro
Support Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, General Directorate for The Arts and Embassy of Ireland – Portugal
Theater
Tchaïka
Young public
À Poils
Dance
Didon et Enée
Theater