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Little Wimmin, Figs in Wigs
Event by: Teatro do Bairro Alto
Location: TBA - Teatro do Bairro Alto, Rua Tenente Raul Cascais 1 A, Lisboa
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About event
December 19th and 20th
Thursday and Friday 7:30 pm
(theatre)
Main Room
ACCESSIBILITY
Sessions with Portuguese subtitles for deaf people
SPECTATOR CLUB
19 December
Moderated by José Maria Vieira Mendes
Figs in Wigs
LITTLE WIMMIN
Enjoying shameless and absurd satire, the extravagant performance collective Figs in Wigs does everything but revere the 19th century classic [...]. An ode to stories and an anarchic glimpse into how experimental performance can have fun.
Kate Wyver, The Guardian
In a premiere in Portugal that was initially scheduled for February, As Figs in Wigs arrive at TBA with the (historical) period. They bring a performative and feminist “adaptation” of the classic novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Crazy, irreverent and cosmically comical, the show dismantles the traditional canon to make way for humanity's doomed future. We will laugh at the traditions of theater and enjoy people's obsession with “the classics”, while the Figs use history as a Trojan horse, turning it inside out before transforming it into an unrecognizable, cartoonish catastrophe that speaks of climate change, astrology and the infinite nature of the universe.
P.S. Beth dies.
FIGS IN WIGS are a non-hierarchical British performance company made up of five friends. For the past ten years they have been putting on semi-epic, genre-defying shows. Their approach is collaborative and do-it-yourself: they write, stage, choreograph, compose and act in their creations. They use puns, bad jokes and pop culture references to charm and disarm audiences of all ages.
Figs in Wigs come to Portugal for the first time, and they’ve got their period (dresses). A live art, feminist 'adaptation' of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel Little Women: wild, irreverent, and cosmically comedic, this production dismantles the traditional canon to lead the way toward the doomed future of humankind. Prepare to laugh at the traditions of theater and poke fun at people's obsession with 'the classics' as the Figs use the story as their very own trojan horse, turning it on its head and mutating it into an unrecognizable cartoon catastrophe that talks about climate change , astrology and the infinite nature of the universe.
P.S. Beth dies.
Figs in Wigs are
Alice Roots
Sarah Moore
Suzanna Hurst
Ray Gammon
Rachel Porter
Authorship , staging and choreography
Figs in Wigs
Set Design
Emma Bailey
Costume Design
Ray Gammon
Sound
Suzanna Hurst
Alicia Turner
Video
Suzanna Hurst
Wigs and makeup
Rachel Porter
Family portraits
Frances Gibson
Additional set design
Fani Parali< br/>Surprise costumes
Emma Bailey
Saskia Martindale
Technical octopus
Sorcha Stott Strzala
Technical direction
Helen Mugridge
Light design on tour
Rachel Sampley
Outside perspective and source of dramaturgical wisdom
Ursula Martinez
Amateur theater production
Hannah Maxwell
Astrologer
Madeleine Botet by Lacaze
Production
Jenny Pearce
Co-production
HOME Manchester and Cambridge Junction through the Stobbs New Ideas Fund
With support
Horizon
< br />No man was mistreated or paid to do this show
12 Eur. (integrated with the Culture Pass, available only at the TBA Box Office)
Duration 2 hours (with intermission)
In English with subtitles
Over 14
Thursday and Friday 7:30 pm
(theatre)
Main Room
ACCESSIBILITY
Sessions with Portuguese subtitles for deaf people
SPECTATOR CLUB
19 December
Moderated by José Maria Vieira Mendes
Figs in Wigs
LITTLE WIMMIN
Enjoying shameless and absurd satire, the extravagant performance collective Figs in Wigs does everything but revere the 19th century classic [...]. An ode to stories and an anarchic glimpse into how experimental performance can have fun.
Kate Wyver, The Guardian
In a premiere in Portugal that was initially scheduled for February, As Figs in Wigs arrive at TBA with the (historical) period. They bring a performative and feminist “adaptation” of the classic novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Crazy, irreverent and cosmically comical, the show dismantles the traditional canon to make way for humanity's doomed future. We will laugh at the traditions of theater and enjoy people's obsession with “the classics”, while the Figs use history as a Trojan horse, turning it inside out before transforming it into an unrecognizable, cartoonish catastrophe that speaks of climate change, astrology and the infinite nature of the universe.
P.S. Beth dies.
FIGS IN WIGS are a non-hierarchical British performance company made up of five friends. For the past ten years they have been putting on semi-epic, genre-defying shows. Their approach is collaborative and do-it-yourself: they write, stage, choreograph, compose and act in their creations. They use puns, bad jokes and pop culture references to charm and disarm audiences of all ages.
Figs in Wigs come to Portugal for the first time, and they’ve got their period (dresses). A live art, feminist 'adaptation' of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel Little Women: wild, irreverent, and cosmically comedic, this production dismantles the traditional canon to lead the way toward the doomed future of humankind. Prepare to laugh at the traditions of theater and poke fun at people's obsession with 'the classics' as the Figs use the story as their very own trojan horse, turning it on its head and mutating it into an unrecognizable cartoon catastrophe that talks about climate change , astrology and the infinite nature of the universe.
P.S. Beth dies.
Figs in Wigs are
Alice Roots
Sarah Moore
Suzanna Hurst
Ray Gammon
Rachel Porter
Authorship , staging and choreography
Figs in Wigs
Set Design
Emma Bailey
Costume Design
Ray Gammon
Sound
Suzanna Hurst
Alicia Turner
Video
Suzanna Hurst
Wigs and makeup
Rachel Porter
Family portraits
Frances Gibson
Additional set design
Fani Parali< br/>Surprise costumes
Emma Bailey
Saskia Martindale
Technical octopus
Sorcha Stott Strzala
Technical direction
Helen Mugridge
Light design on tour
Rachel Sampley
Outside perspective and source of dramaturgical wisdom
Ursula Martinez
Amateur theater production
Hannah Maxwell
Astrologer
Madeleine Botet by Lacaze
Production
Jenny Pearce
Co-production
HOME Manchester and Cambridge Junction through the Stobbs New Ideas Fund
With support
Horizon
< br />No man was mistreated or paid to do this show
12 Eur. (integrated with the Culture Pass, available only at the TBA Box Office)
Duration 2 hours (with intermission)
In English with subtitles
Over 14