Plays
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Based on Mário de Andrade’s seminal 1928 novel Macunaíma- o herói sem nenhum caráter. Since July 2006 we have been developing our Macunaíma cycle through a series of workshops and various months of intensive research in different fields and with different collaborators. Our aim is to investigate how to adapt this iconic Brazilian Modernist novel from the 1920s to a contemporary context involving different artists, institutions and artforms, and how to feed directly from our educational work into our artistic process. More »
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THE LUNA CLUB - a play with young people
West London’s most talented young performers join forces with Dende Collective to present the debut season of the Lyric Young Company. Witness the future of UK theatre in action!
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Dende Collective bring the work of the acclaimed Brazilian playwright, Newton Moreno to the UK with the English premiere of the hit play AGRESTE (DRYLANDS) . Blending physical performance, masks, poetry and live music, Dende create an intimate tale of mystery, prejudice and enduring love. More »
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Dende Collective is inspired by four Japanese ghost stories presented in the book Kwaidan – Stories and Studies Of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn. The company presents the stories using its trademark mix of styles (shadows, projections, masks, puppets and physical theatre), creating a highly visual and accessible play for audiences young and old. More >>
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CLUB PIRANHA - a play with young people
Dende Collective and Contact Young Actors Company (CYAC) presented CLUB PIRANHA from 22 - 29 April 2006 at Contact Theatre in Manchester. Club Piranha is a new play loosely based on the novel Stories of Eva Luna by the Chilean writer Isabel Allende, devised by Dende Collective in collaboration with the CYAC and directed by André Pink and Montserrat Gili. More >>
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DONA FLOR AND HER TWO HUSBANDS was originally presented on 6 Nov 2004 as the result of a one week research at Lyric Hammersmith as part of theMIX season. More »
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ONEFOURSEVEN, devised by the company was seen first as the result of an ACE-funded research period of three months at Oval House Theatre in late 2003. It was re-worked to tour the UK in the spring of 2005 thanks to another ACE grant. Dende Collective showed its inventive type of theatre outside London for the first time. Using inventive design, which places the audience in the centre of the action, OneFourSeven takes place in the mind of a young immigration officer, Angelo Walker, as he descends into a world of waiting rooms and a journey into his past and future. More »
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THE PIRANHA LOUNGE was based on the stories of Murilo Rubião, the first Brazilian writer of the genre magical realism. The play transformed a small studio theatre into a seedy after-hours club where audience members, sitting at dimly lit tables, meet the strange characters of Rubião's stories. It premiered at the Oval House Theatre in December 2002. The show was then invited for another three-week run at the Oval where it performed to packed houses and received Time Out Critics' Choice. It was also performed at The Bull in High Barnet in November 2003 and at The Lyric Studio in March 2004. More » |
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VIVA MARIA! was a double-bill by Mark O'Thomas presented at The Oval House Theatre in 2001 and toured the state of São Paulo - Brazil in 2002. The two plays -Tia Maria and Maria Alves - explored the myths Brazil holds about Europe and Europe holds about Brazil. It was described by Time Out as "a fresh, bold venture with a raw and thrilling aesthetic". More >>
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TWO LOST SOULS ON A DIRTY NIGHT by Plínio Marcos at the Grace Theatre in 2000. The founding father of a Brazilian proletarian theatre, Marcos' naturalistic two-hander deals with two street kids who fight over a new pair of shoes. The play was Critics' Choice in The Metro newspaper and established the company's reputation as a "terrifying force with universal relevance". More >>
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OTHER PLAYS:
CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE PIRANHA INN - Cabaret
Oval House, December 2004
GUERNIKA by Fernando Arrabal - rehearsed reading
Oh!Art in the War Stories Festival, November 2004
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