Premiered in 2018 as part of the celebration of CCB’s 25th anniversary, Fausto told the story of a spectacle with unbridled ambition that never got to happen, despite absorbing a substantial part of the State Budget and creating a national tragedy – all permanently reported on television. There was also an attempt to instate a populist regime, which ultimately failed. Returning to the controversial reception of this show that never happened, mala voadora invited Alex Cassal to write a monologue for Jorge Andrade: inFausto. Fausto brought together around 100 people on stage; inFausto is a monologue. But that doesn’t mean the scale of the intrigue is diminished. Much to the contrary. Frustrated with Fausto, Jorge Andrade fled the country, wandered around several countries and ended up working in a troll farm writing fake news, where he eventually discovered, on the dark web, that Fausto had been after all the target of a Machiavellian international conspiracy.
Premiered in 2018 as part of the celebration of CCB’s 25th anniversary, Fausto told the story of a spectacle with unbridled ambition that never got to happen, despite absorbing a substantial part of the State Budget and creating a national tragedy – all permanently reported on television. There was also an attempt to instate a populist regime, which ultimately failed. Returning to the controversial reception of this show that never happened, mala voadora invited Alex Cassal to write a monologue for Jorge Andrade: inFausto. Fausto brought together around 100 people on stage; inFausto is a monologue. But that doesn’t mean the scale of the intrigue is diminished. Much to the contrary. Frustrated with Fausto, Jorge Andrade fled the country, wandered around several countries and ended up working in a troll farm writing fake news, where he eventually discovered, on the dark web, that Fausto had been after all the target of a Machiavellian international conspiracy.
directed by Jorge Andrade with the assistance of Maria Jorge ‧ text by Alex Cassal ‧ with Jorge Andrade ‧ video António MV ‧ stage and costume design by José Capela ‧ lighting design João Fonte and Jorge Andrade ‧ stage photography José Caldeira ‧ technical direction João Fonte ‧ production direction Pedro Jordão ‧ executive production Andreia Bento ‧ production and communication assistant João Vaz Cunha ‧ co-production residency O Espaço do Tempo ‧
May 3 and 4, 2021 ‧ mala voadora (Porto - FITEI 44)
May 21 and 22, 2021 ‧ Escher Theater (Esch, Luxembourg)
November 19 and 20, 2021 ‧ mala voadora (Porto)
December 14, 2021 ‧ Guarda Municipal Theater
February 18 to 20, 2022 ‧ Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon)
August 6 and 7, 2022 ‧ Hošek Contemporary (Berlin, Germany)
December 16, 2022 ‧ Escola Secundária de Santo André