Abriu o período de Receção de Candidaturas!

And the year starts in the best way, with the opening of candidacies for the 3rd Edition of the New Women's Dramaturgy Award. This is an initiative under the auspices of the festival Esta noite grita-se and aims to promote, recognize and publicize dramaturgy by women in Portuguese.

The contest is open, until March 31, 2023, to all natural persons, of legal age, who identify as female, whether cisgender or transgender, and who want to propose an unprecedented and never performed dramaturgical work.

The winning work will be awarded with a monetary value of 750 euros, will be published in a book, through the partnership with the publisher Douda Correria and will be included in the 2023 program of festival Esta noite grita-se.

Know the regulation here.

Maria Giulia Pinheiro was the winner of the 2nd edition of the New Dramaturgy Award for Female Authorship, with the work “isso não é Relevante”, in 2022. Lara Mesquita won the 1st edition, with “always I agree”, in 2021.

And in 2023, will it be your turn? Participate or share this news with anyone who may be interested so that we can reach an increasing number of authors or potential authors of theater texts.

Esta noite grita-se start with "The Presidents" by Werner Schwab

On the 14th, 15th and 16th of October, the 6th season of the show starts with the play "The Presidents" by Werner Schwab, a strangely amusing text - a dark, raw and surreal comedy. Featuring Cucha Carvalheiro, Lídia Franco, Luciana Ribeiro and Filipe Abreu.

© Mário Jerónimo Negrão

For Werner Schwab nothing is written in stone. Known for the rawness of his texts and the denial of any kind of sublimation or sacred ideas, he gave rise to the nickname of the Schwabian dialect, by exaggerating the potential of neologisms in the German language. The Presidents is a satire on life and oblivion that questions the status quo and the contemporary world, through the seemingly trivial conversations of three middle-aged women. "Everything is ridiculous when you think about life", and this text brings us that ridiculousness in a spectacular way, where eschatology and absurdity go hand in hand with the mundane.

14 October | Galveias Palace Library | 9 pm

15 October | Alcantara Library | 7 pm

16 October | Marvila Library | 4 pm - w/ int. LGP , includes a conversation with the public with the presence of the translator Vera San Payo;

TICKETS: http://cepatorta.bol.pt or at the venue, one hour before the show (we do not have ATM) RESERVATIONS: +351 924 744 048 | producao@cepatorta.org

Credits

Artistic direction: Filipe Abreu and Miguel Maia

Text: Werner Schwab

Translation: Vera San Payo de Lemos

Production - Inês Achando

Production Assistant - Beatriz Sousa

Communication - Sónia Godinho

Press Office - Rita Bonifacio

Photography - Sónia Godinho

Video - Mário Jerónimo Negrao

Graphic Design - Edoardo Trave

Companhia Cepa Torta is a structure financed by the Portuguese Republic / Directorate-General for the Arts Support: Lisbon City Council, Lisbon Municipal Libraries, Belém Cultural Center, D. Maria II National Theater

Partners: Douda Correria, Superior School of Theater and Cinema Media Partner: Antena 2

© Sónia Godinho

The new Season of Esta Noite Grita-se is coming!!

It is already on October 14 that the cycle of interpretations of theater texts from the 6th Season of Festim Esta Noite Grita-se begins. Once again, we traveled to different places in Lisbon (with visits to other parts of the country), with what is "the" itinerant feast of the word read, which celebrates the theatrical text in all its splendor and where, like a banquet , eat, drink and taste the word. Theatrical texts are this kind of link between solitary reading and listening to the word spoken in community. It is in fact a democratic feast, open to all, with presentations led by an artistic direction that accompanies a wide range of actors.

The readings do not obey the canon: there is an actor who reads the didascalias, the texts are almost always read in their entirety and the entire rehearsal process leads to moments endowed with an unusual splendor and exuberance, despite the stripping of the scenic device and the intimate relationship and informal established with the public. This year we have news in terms of programming, with two spaces that make their debut in hosting Esta Noite Grita-se: the Centro Cultural de Belém and the Teatro Nacional D.Maria II. In our usual collaboration with BLX, this year we are going to the Alcântara Library for the first time.

The reading cycle extends from October to December, the first month of this season being dedicated to presentations at the BLX (Galveias Palace Library, Alcântara Library and Marvila Library). In November we will be at CCB and in December we will finish big at TNDMII, with the presentation of the winning text of the 2nd Edition of the New Dramaturgy Award for Female Authors, whose winner will be announced on October 1st. Find out HERE the calendar of the reading cycle for this 6th Season and learn more about the box office. The feast also features parallel activities, such as workshops for reading dramatic texts for young people - in this edition they will take place on October 29 and 30 at the Marvila Library. The workshops are free of charge upon registration through the following contacts: producao@cepatorta.org | (+351) 924 744 048 You can also listen to various readings of texts presented in previous editions on a podcast. The Esta Noite Grita-se podcast can be heard on the main digital platforms and also HERE. Since 2017, this night scream-se has presented, in its five seasons, 27 texts in 77 presentations in different places in Lisbon/rest of the country, with the participation of about 100 actors, with an audience that has been increasingly adhering to this initiative. If you already know, come and bring friends, if you still don't know what this Feast is then it's time to come see and hear it!! This Night Screams awaits everyone, starting on October 14th, with the reading of the first text: The Presidents of Werner Schwab.