The diptych hard I + hard II has as its theme two ingredients of the most common entertainment: hard I deals with violence, from the body to war, from the family to international competitions, and centres around a ‘father, mother and child’ family nucleus and elephant stories; hard II is about catastrophes, natural or resulting from the operative control of the world, and develops as a guided tour of a miniature catastrophe museum.

direction Jorge Andrade ‧ with Anabela Almeida, John Romão, Jorge Andrade/Inês Lopes, Pedro Martinez/Diogo Bento ‧ text hard II Miguel Rocha ‧ set design José Capela ‧ video Itziar Zorita, Susana Marques (dança dos políticos), António Magalhães (inserts de catástrofes) ‧ sound Sérgio Delgado ‧ choreographic collaboration Miguel Pereira ‧ poster Suzana Vaz, from Isaque Pinheiro's: "Contacto" (2004) ‧ images of hard I's costumes Paulo Monteiro ‧ photography Rodrigo Peixoto ‧ executive production Raquel Relvas ‧ coproduction Devir CAPa and Teatro da Garagem ‧ financed y Ministry of Culture – Instituto das Artes ‧

datasdates

July 28 and 29, 2006 ‧ CAPa (Faro)

October 11 to 22, 2006 ‧ Teatro Taborda (Lisbon)