This project was a collaboration between mala voadora and the British company Third Angel, centred around the fake things that people like or need to include in their lives. The sounds someone makes when they’re at home, available on CD. A company specialising in selling proof that you’ve been somewhere you haven’t. Suits put on photographs of the dead to appear in the newspaper. Donkeys painted in black and white stripes. Mourners. Replicas. Demonstrators for hire. Surgical operations to alter the lines of the hand.

First, we made a map of these true stories about false things – one for each country, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe – in a durational performance entitled story map. Then the stories were synthesised in the show What I heard about the world, with three narrators on a set with a giraffe, a cactus, an oriental vase, an aquarium and a marble column.

direction and acting Alexander Kelly, Chris Thorpe and Jorge Andrade ‧ collaboration José Capela and Rachael Walton ‧ light João d’Almeida ‧ assistance Lauren Stanley ‧ stage photography José Carlos Duarte ‧ production Manuel Poças ‧ coproduction mala voadora, Third Angel, Teatro Municipal Maria Matos, Sheffield Theatres and Pazz Festival (Oldenburg) ‧ support LuxFrágil, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and Jardins na Linha ‧

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April 16 and 17, 2010 ‧ Forest Fringe Micro Festival (Glasgow, United Kingdom - WIP)

April 28 and 29, 2010 ‧ PAZZ Festival (Oldenburg, Germany - WIP)

May 29, 2010 ‧ Forge Festival (Sheffield, United Kingdom - WIP)

August 20, 2010 ‧ Forest Fringe Festival (Edinburgh, United Kingdom - WIP)

September 9, 2010 ‧ Universidade de Manchester (Manchester, United Kingdom - WIP)

October 13 to 30, 2010 ‧ Studio Theatre (Sheffield, United Kingdom)

November 12 to 20, 2010 ‧ Teatro Municipal Maria Matos (Lisbon)

December 3 and 4, 2010 ‧ Teatro Viriato (Viseu)

December 10 and 11, 2010 ‧ Teatro Municipal da Guarda

June 3, 2011 ‧ Espaço do Tempo - PT.11 (Montemor-o-Novo)

October 5 and 6, 2011 ‧ Leeds Met Galley & Studio Theatre (Leeds, United Kingdom)

November 11, 2011 ‧ Auditório de Serralves (Porto)

February 2, 2012 ‧ ARC (Stockton, United Kingdom)

February 8 to 10, 2012 ‧ Northern Stage (Newscastle, United Kingdom)

February 16, 2012 ‧ Axis Art Center (Crewe, United Kingdom)

February 17, 2012 ‧ Zion Arts Center (Manchester, United Kingdom)

February 20, 2012 ‧ The Junction (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

February 22 to March 3, 2012 ‧ Soho Theatre (London, United Kingdom)

March 6, 2012 ‧ Exeter Phoenix (Exeter, United Kingdom)

March 8, 2012 ‧ Theatre Royal (Newcastle, United Kingdom)

March 9 and 10, 2012 ‧ The Brewery (Bristol, United Kingdom)

March 14, 2012 ‧ University of Bedfordshire Theatre (Bedford, United Kingdom)

March 16, 2012 ‧ The Core (Corby, United Kingdom)

August 3 to 19, 2012 ‧ Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

May 19, 2013 ‧ Teatromania Festival (Byton, Poland)

June 9 to 11, 2013 ‧ Festival Cena Brasil Internacional (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

August 20 to 24, 2013 ‧ British Council Edinburgh Showcase (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

November 8 and 9, 2013 ‧ Teatro Municipal Maria Matos (Lisbon)

January 28 and 29, 2014 ‧ Principal Club Theatre at Mylos (Thessaloniki, Greece)

January 31 to February 2, 2014 ‧ Bios (Athens, Greece)

May 10 and 11, 2014 ‧ Here&Now Festival (Mannheim, Germany)

July 5 and 6, 2014 ‧ Theatre Monnot (Beirut, Lebanon)

October 12, 2014 ‧ Mess Festival (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

January 21 and 22, 2015 ‧ Théâtre 140 (Brussels, Belgium)

March 13 and 14, 2015 ‧ Kennedy Arts Centre (Washington D.C, USA)

November 27 and 28, 2015 ‧ mala voadora (Porto)