mala voadora ‧ 2019
Locker Room Talk
This is a text by Gary McNair, one of the most notable Scottish playwrights today. Conversations between men, about women. Men talking about women with the obscene ease with which many do in conversations between men, or with the obscene ease with which Donald Trump used the expression “Grab her by the pussy” without knowing he was being overheard. That which some call “toxic masculinity”. Here, these conversations are reproduced by women. They are transposed to a feminine “parlor”, making the statements coincide with their object. This is what mala voadora proposed to four Portuguese actors: Crista Alfaiate, Isabél Zuaa, Mariana Magalhães and Tânia Alves.
This performance was presented as part of the program of the Uma Família Inglesa festival, which mala voadora dedicated to women, in this year’s edition.
This is a text by Gary McNair, one of the most notable Scottish playwrights today. Conversations between men, about women. Men talking about women with the obscene ease with which many do in conversations between men, or with the obscene ease with which Donald Trump used the expression “Grab her by the pussy” without knowing he was being overheard. That which some call “toxic masculinity”. Here, these conversations are reproduced by women. They are transposed to a feminine “parlor”, making the statements coincide with their object. This is what mala voadora proposed to four Portuguese actors: Crista Alfaiate, Isabél Zuaa, Mariana Magalhães and Tânia Alves.
This performance was presented as part of the program of the Uma Família Inglesa festival, which mala voadora dedicated to women, in this year’s edition.
directed by Jorge Andrade with the assistance of Maria Jorge ‧ text Gary McNair ‧ translation Marco Mendonça ‧ featuring Crista Alfaiate, Isabél Zuaa, Mariana Magalhães and Tânia Alves ‧ costume design José Capela ‧ light design Rui Monteiro ‧ stage photography José Caldeira ‧ promotional image Isaque Pinheiro: Made for it (2002) ‧ produced by Andreia Bento, Mariana Dixe and Patrícia Costa ‧ hosted by S. João National Theatre ‧
October 4 and 5, 2019 ‧ Monastery of S. Bento da Vitória (Porto)