ANDRÉ CARREIRA

André Carreira

Working with real presence and risk as an element of the mise en scène means that we reveal the existing tensions between the performers and the audience. Therefore, to offer the audience as intense an experience as possible, we sought to maintain a close proximity between viewers and performers, and to escalate the sense of intimacy we decided to use on the streets and the stage as way to offer a new perspective of theatre. The feeling of being in the space of the Other – and, moreover, of having this Other so close – would hopefully imbue the audience with a sense of being in contact with something real – or would, at least, create a need to question the reality of the material presented in the scene.