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Ni Mi Madre
5 stars – irresistible If Arturo Luíz Soria wants to talk about himself, about his past and his traumas, he does it in a very subtle way, by interpreting a version of his mother. Elisabete is a woman in her 70s, as the performer declares in the very beginning of the show, and from that…
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no no no please no god no, nevermind i’m fine
4 stars – turbulent and energetic though sometimes confusing Buckle up, spectators, fans of psychedelics, microdosers, scientists and those otherwise curious, for Sarina Freda is about to take you on board of her turbulent ride of acid-induced highs and lows, near-death experiences and resolutions. In her hour-long one-woman show, she blends comedic and tragic storytelling…
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RTFM (Read The F****** Manual)
3 stars – interesting metaphor Amidst great confusion, a couple has to build an IKEA wardrobe. Olivia stresses out, while David doesn’t even want to read the manual. They are often interrupted by the sounds of a surrounding war.
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Experiment Human
5 stars – engagingly surreal Who is Monkion? It’s easier to say what they are not. They are not humans, and they aren’t capable of empathy. They move in a funny way, and they are obsessed with… Benedict Cumberbatch! So much so that they have kidnapped him, and they have to figure out what to…
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Accidentally on Purpose
2 stars – accidentally weak The theatre company Studio 212 wants to stage a new version of the 1944 noir movie Double Indemnity, with a queer, feminist and antiracist take on it. But on the day of castings, a disruptive element appears. It’s Piper, a woman who looks quite like the femme fatale from the…
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Catherine Cohen: Come For Me
5 stars (4 for the show +1 for her unscripted quick wit). Objectively speaking, by which I mean listening to the woman next to me right after the show, it feels impossible not to find the comedian Catherine Cohen hilariously funny. The audience was unanimously bursting into laughter approximately every minute during her hour-long, fast…
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Palingenesis
5 stars – absolutely mesmerising Three bodies that aren’t but skin: their masks present folds of stretched surface where the nose, mouth and ears should be. Even their large eyes are covered with a thin layer. Deprived of their senses, the three figures see, smell, hear and taste through skin, the collective skin of the…
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Pretty Delusional
4 stars – pretty funny Gianna Milici has a lot of energy and talent – this is the first thing to be said about this show. Part stand-up comedy, part musical show, Pretty Delusional is a solid creation and a showcase of the young performer’s multiple abilities.
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Teoria das catástrofes elementares, by Rita Canas Mendes
This slim novel turns into a faceted mirror of a present that tries to make sense of itself, and to find answers for the future…
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Se te portares bem, vamos ao McDonald’s!
I have never seen such an audience reaction: everybody came out of the theatre in shock, wide-eyed, wondering what it was they had just seen.
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The PowerBook, by Jeanette Winterson
The PowerBook reads like poetry, as a place to go back to. It is a little volume where to get lost, and then start again from any point. There is a fancy-dress shop in an old London House, near where Jack the Ripper was said to have lived. Masked as such, the shop is the…
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La casa del mago, by Emanuele Trevi
Emanuele Trevi’s elegant writing brings us on the footsteps of the narrator’s father, building a fantastic portrait of the old man. After sharing memories of his lifetime, the symbol for the father becomes his old house, initially set on sale.
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