mala voadora

In order to entertain themselves, as well as the audience, they tell stories. They speculate on what work may look like in the future: who’ll do it, how and for whom. And that is how—half working, half discussing work—they’ll look for happiness. The manual needed to deliver the performance will be available at http://amanualonworkandhappiness.eu. One will be able to download all the necessary information for free (staging guidelines, as well as Pablo Gisbert’s texts and printable images to build the scenario), and any group of people anywhere in the world will be able to create their own version. This performance by mala voadora involves a group of non-actors, who experience performing work for a few weeks under the direction of Jorge Andrade.  


mala voadora was founded by Jorge Andrade and José Capela, and it presented its first performance in 2003. Aside from Portugal, mala voadora has performed in Germany, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cape Verde, Scotland, the USA, Finland, France, Greece, England, Lebanon, Luxembourg and Poland. In 2013, it inaugurated the building at Rua do Almada (Porto). In 2018, mala voadora enters a new era in its journey, creating and programming in an integrated way.