NUNO CARDOSO ⁄ AO CABO TEATRO
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Timão de Atenas
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Premiere / Coproduction
April
2018
Fri
13
Sat
14
Sinopse
It borders the moral insult to human debauchery, refusing to soften the angst and bitterness following the head-on collision against greed and ingratitude that it features. With a caustic perspective on human madness, Timon ofAthens resembles Coriolanus in his disenchantment when recognising that futility prevails as life’s common denominator. Then as today, political conflicts end either in deadlock or with opportunists claiming victory; the people and their leaders are both unstable and fearful; virtue gives in to selfishness. It is surprising the extent to which the way Shakespeare portrays us in “Timon of Athens” is contemporary — in its acute reflection and criticism of mankind’s political and social nature, however global and digitally compressed it may be; and in the sarcasm and discouragement toward life’s tragic absurd. In this sense, the play remains sombre and disheartening to the end, harshly portraying human villainy and corruption. Man’s greed, which keeps Timon of Athens so busy, is the subject of a contemporary look given its daily omnipresence. What is depressing about greed is how insidiously natural it is. Greed doesn’t seem ordinarily terrifying; it is simply unpleasant, ridiculous and incredibly tenacious. Thus it is no surprise that the characters in this play, just like in a reality show, are nearly all social types or abstractions, impersonal and distant. There are no plainly weak and fool villains.
— Nuno Cardoso / Ao Cabo Teatro
Under the artistic direction of Nuno Cardoso, Ao Cabo Teatro systematically searches the classic and contemporary repertoires for the poetic substance that nourishes the idea of theatre as a machine to interpret and rewrite the present. With each new project a consistent team is put together to carry out a type of creation that builds meaningful universes by continuously confronting different theatrical languages and knowledge. In recent years, the company time and time again tackled the work of Chekhov (“Platonov”, 2008; “Chayka” [The Seagull], 2010; “Tri Sestry” [Three Sisters], 2011) and Shakespeare (“Richard II”, 2007; “Measure for Measure”, 2012; “Coriolanus”, 2014). It also staged Tennessee Williams (“The Glass Menagerie”, 2009), Eugene O'Neill (“Desire Under the Elms”, 2011), Friedrich Dürrenmatt (“Der Besuch der alten Dame”[The Visit], 2013), Sophocles (“Ajax”, 2014), Lars Norén (“Demons”, 2014) and Jean Racine (“Britannicus”, 2015).
Nuno Cardoso started his theatrical career at CITAC – Círculo de Iniciação Teatral da Academia de Coimbra. Between 1998 and 2003, he was the artistic director of ANCA. At TNSJ, he took on the artistic direction of Teatro Carlos Alberto between 2003 and2007. As a resident creator at TNSJ, he staged “Pas de cinq + 1”, by Mauricio Kagel (1999), “Frühlings Erwachen” [Spring Awakening], by Frank Wedekind (2004), “Woyzeck”, by Georg Büchner (2005), and “Plasticine”, by Vassili Sigarev (2006). He also staged “Richard II”, byWilliam Shakespeare (TNDM II, 2007), “R2”, based on Shakespeare, and “Boneca” [Doll], based on Henrik Ibsen (Cassiopeia, CCVF / TNDM II / Theatro Circo, 2007), among others. With Ao Cabo Teatro he staged “Antes dos Lagartos” [Before the Lizards], by Pedro Eiras (2001), “Cleansed”, by Sarah Kane (2002), “Measure for Measure”, by William Shakespeare (2012), the collective creation “Porto S. Bento” (2012), “Der Besuch der alten Dame” [The Visit], by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (2013), “Class Enemy”, by Nigel Williams (2013), “Coriolanus”, by William Shakespeare (2014), “Demons”, by Lars Norén (2014), “Britannicus”, by Jean Racine, and the collective creation “Arquipélago”[Archipelago]. He is the artistic director of Ao Cabo Teatro since 2002.
Nuno Cardoso started his theatrical career at CITAC – Círculo de Iniciação Teatral da Academia de Coimbra. Between 1998 and 2003, he was the artistic director of ANCA. At TNSJ, he took on the artistic direction of Teatro Carlos Alberto between 2003 and2007. As a resident creator at TNSJ, he staged “Pas de cinq + 1”, by Mauricio Kagel (1999), “Frühlings Erwachen” [Spring Awakening], by Frank Wedekind (2004), “Woyzeck”, by Georg Büchner (2005), and “Plasticine”, by Vassili Sigarev (2006). He also staged “Richard II”, byWilliam Shakespeare (TNDM II, 2007), “R2”, based on Shakespeare, and “Boneca” [Doll], based on Henrik Ibsen (Cassiopeia, CCVF / TNDM II / Theatro Circo, 2007), among others. With Ao Cabo Teatro he staged “Antes dos Lagartos” [Before the Lizards], by Pedro Eiras (2001), “Cleansed”, by Sarah Kane (2002), “Measure for Measure”, by William Shakespeare (2012), the collective creation “Porto S. Bento” (2012), “Der Besuch der alten Dame” [The Visit], by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (2013), “Class Enemy”, by Nigel Williams (2013), “Coriolanus”, by William Shakespeare (2014), “Demons”, by Lars Norén (2014), “Britannicus”, by Jean Racine, and the collective creation “Arquipélago”[Archipelago]. He is the artistic director of Ao Cabo Teatro since 2002.
Aditional info
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