O Rinoceronte Tickets and Dates

The Rhinoceros returns to the stage as an urgent fable of contemporary times: the metamorphosis spreading through the city, transforming humans into creatures that advance en masse, is a figure of the political slippage of our time. The play makes visible the rise of de-democracy—easy consensus, diffuse extremism, the fascination with unanimity. The staging deepens the conflict between the person and the face. The face appears as the guarded surface of the present time: a place where identity is demanded, molded, or devoured. In this silent combat, the person tries to keep intact an inner space that does not surrender. With lucid gentleness, Ionesco's humor becomes a critical tool: laughter illuminates danger, undoes rigidity, and prevents thought from closing in. Fluidity permeates the performance: everything changes before we know it has changed. At the heart of the play resonates a tender irony, which recognizes human fragility without ridiculing it. The question then arises: How to remain human in a time that is becoming accustomed to dehumanization? And, in a subtle gesture that transcends affections and choices: How to love without being crushed by the intensity of love itself?

Technical sheet:
DIRECTION: Carlos J. Pessoa
BASED ON: Eugène Ionesco
DRAMATURGY: Cláudia Madeira
ASSISTANCE DIRECTION: Luís Puto
SOUND DESIGN AND SOUND OPERATION: André Carinha
LIGHTING AND VIDEO DESIGN AND STAGE OPERATION: Carlos Vinícius
CAST: Dai Ida, Pedro Lacerda, Rita Loureiro, Rui Maria Pêgo
PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO RECORDING: Carlos Porfírio | Puro Conceito
SEAMSTRESS: Ana Mateus
PRODUCTION DIRECTION: Raquel Matos
EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION: Luís Puto and Rita Soares

Creation Teatro da Garagem

With support of Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, EGEAC, Junta de Freguesia de Santa Maria Maior
Financed by Direção-Geral das Artes, Governo de Portugal | Ministério da Cultura

More information:
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producao@teatrodagaragem.com

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