26 aug to 1 sep 2024
creative residency
Performing Arts Centre of the Algarve CAPa
o retrato
urso pardo
Portugal
text Miguel Graça
interpretation Miguel Amorim
production management Cláudia Teixeira
light design Pedro Caeiro, Diana dos Santos
set design and execution Rui Casares
costumes Luana Doret
operation and assembly Diana dos Santos
executive production David Esteves, Madalena Almeida
video and photography Luana Doret
supports CAL – Primeiros Sintomas, Teatro Experimental de Cascais, Escola Profissional de Teatro de Cascais, DeVIR/CAPa – Centro de Artes Performativas do Algarve
uma produção Urso Pardo
© painting Self Portrait in Sharp Relief, by Brendan Fitzpatrick
The Portrait is an original text by Miguel Graça inspired by Nikolai Gógol’s short story of the same name, about the rise and fall of the painter Tchartkov. How his soul as an artist is corrupted by success and he ends up dying alone, sunk in regret for not recognizing what he was and what he could have been. Centered on words and interpretation, this monologue thrives on a direct relationship with the audience and on a stage stripping that illustrates its own soul.