Casa Portuguesa

Pedro Penim
07/03/2026 08/03/2026
  • Duur: 1h50
  • Location : Salle de la Grande Main
  • Languages: in Portuguese, with French surtitles

From 14 years old

Performance created on September 22, 2022 at Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, Lisbon

In a dilapidated house, yet one firmly anchored in its foundations — perhaps an allegory for a breathless Portugal — a former soldier from the Portuguese colonial wars confronts the ghosts of his past, often merging with the country’s own troubled history.
Through the staging of this man’s life, forcibly enlisted against all his principles to fight in Africa and defend the homeland, the complex (and still young!) story of Portuguese democracy gradually unfolds onstage.

Alternating between past and present, Pedro Penim uses fiction to explore how the Portuguese view their own country and history, their culture, and their identity.
For while Portugal is indeed the land of Camões and Fado, steeped in gentle traditions, it was also once the seat of a sprawling colonial empire spread across five continents.
And long before becoming the country of the Carnation Revolution, it was Salazar’s nation, where the Estado Novo regime fueled nationalist sentiment through fados that even today, after fifty years of democracy, the Portuguese still know by heart.
A land of paradoxes — what does Portugal truly stand for?

Calendar

Date Hour
Saturday, March 7 6:00 pm Book
Sunday, March 8 4:00 pm Book

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 €
Book

Distributions

With
Carla Maciel, João Lagarto, Sandro Feliciano, Fado Bicha (Lila Tiago and João Caçador)

Text and direction Pedro Penim
Set design Joana Sousa
Costumes Béhen
Lighting design Daniel Worm d’Assumpção
Sound design and original music Miguel Lucas Mendes
Final song João Caçador (music), Lila Tiago (lyrics), Miguel Madeira (production)
Master carpenter Filipe Dominguez
Graffiti artist Claúdio Sena

Poster Cristiana Morais (photography), André Barreto (assistant), Beatriz Texugo (make-up), Bárbara Lizardo (graphic composition), R2 (design)

Production Teatro Nacional D. Maria II (Portugal)

Acknowledgments APICCAPS, Centro Cultural de Belém, Joaquim Penim, Josefinas, Levi’s, Mariano, Palácio do Grilo, Sanjo, Teatro Praga, Vasco Araújo

 

   

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