mala voadora

Jorge Andrade was born in Mozambique asceu in 1973 and came to Portugal at the age of 4, but in Mozambique (the show) he builds a biography as if he had returned there and lived there all his life. To make this story credible, we imposed it on the History of the country. Jorge Andrade, tomato paste manufacturer, is now part of the Mozambique's History, of its political vicissitudes, of its situation in the context of the Cold War, of the processes of the international economy to which the newly independent country was faced up to.

Moçambique is a show in which six actores are hired to pretend they're Mozambicans. They discuss the History as they attempt to assemble the narrative of an enterprise, they sing tomate paste advertising spots in capitalist countries' languages and communist countries' languages, and dance to represent parts of history until they are exhausted.

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text and stage direction Jorge Andrade . cast Bruno Huca, Isabél Zuaa, Jani Zhao, Jorge Andrade, Matamba Joaquim, Tânia Alves, Welket Bungué . scenography José Capela . costume design José Capela, executed by Aldina Jesus . video ANIMA and Bruno Canas . soundtrack Rui Lima and Sérgio Martins . lighting Rui Monteiro . choreography Bruno Huca . stage photography Bruno Simão and José Carlos Duarte . promotional image António MV . promotional video Jorge Jácome and Marta Simões . assistance Francisco Campos Lima . production direction Joana Costa Santos . support to production and communication Jonathan da Costa . cultural management and programming Vânia Rodrigues . support CAAA, Centro Cultural Português – Maputo / Instituto Camões, Hotel Peninsular, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, Teatro Nacional São João . acknowledgements Agostinho Félix Trindade, Alessandra de Silos Brito, Alexandre Zhao, Amilton Alissone, Dai Jing Zhen, Ekaterina Solomina, Filipe Branquinho, Graça Sousa, Inês Afonso, Luís Santos, Marta Félix, Moldursant, Pia Kramer, Ricardo Areias, Rita Couto, Vanda Marques, Vitor Pinto, Zhao Jia Liang . artist residency O Espaço do Tempo . co-production Teatro Municipal Maria Matos, Teatro Municipal do Porto Rivoli/Campo Alegre, Teatro Viriato . age rating 16+ . mala voadora is an organization funded by the Portuguese Government – Ministry of Culture/Directorate-General for the Arts and is associated with O Espaço do Tempo and Associação Zé dos Bois.

2019

May 13th . show Moçambique by mala voadora . Prestopi / Crossings - International Festival of Independent Performing Arts . Maribor, Slovenia

October 14th . show Moçambique by mala voadora . Cine-Teatro de Alcobaça, Books&Movies Festival

2018

27 September . show Moçambique by mala voadora . Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães

8 + 9 February . show Moçambique by mala voadora . Thêatre National du Luxembourg

26 April . show Moçambique by mala voadora . IETM Porto Plennary Meeting, Teatro Municipal do Porto - Rivoli

2017

15 September . show Moçambique by mala voadora . Cine-Teatro Avenida, Castelo Branco

20-24 September . show Moçambique by mala voadora .  Teatro Maria Matos, Lisboa 

30 September . show Moçambique by mala voadora . Teatro Virgínia, Torres Novas

13 October . show Moçambique by mala voadora . TAGV, Coimbra

21 October . show Moçambique by mala voadora . Teatro Micaelense, Ponta Delgada

6 July  . show Moçambique by mala voadora . Festival de Almada

8 June . show Moçambique by mala voadora . PT.17, O Espaço do Tempo, Montemor-o-Novo

1 + 2 April . show Moçambique by mala voadora . Centro Cultural Teatro Guaíra, Curitiba (Brazil)

8 + 9 April . show Moçambique by mala voadora .  SESC Vila Mariana, São Paulo (Brazil)

2016

4 + 5 November . show Moçambique by mala voadora . Teatro Viriato, Viseu

23 - 27 September . show Moçambique by mala voadora . Teatro Municipal Maria Matos, Lisboa

16 +17 September . show Moçambique by mala voadora . Teatro Municipal do Porto - Rivoli

29 August -11 September . artistic residency Moçambique by mala voadora . O Espaço do Tempo, em Montemor-o-Novo