Penelope, based on the unpublished work of the same name by writer Alice Sampaio, is an artistic object that begins with a question: what if we sow hope? We are organising two agri-cultural encounters between artists and the public - one and the other, united by time and care. The first, which we call Penelope: Volume I  summons everyone's hands to sow. Then Ulysses speaks to us like rain: the sowing will blossom and travel to the theatre... As part of a series of shows designed for all children, Penelope can be a visual poem whose roots sprout love stories.

Artistic Direction - Cátia Terrinca
Dramaturgy - Ricardo Boléo
Scenography - Bruno Caracol
Light - João P. Nunes
Props and Fugurines - Raquel Pedro
Voice - Bruno Huca
Movement - Sara Afonso
Design - David Costa
Interpretation - Cátia Terrinca, Cheila Lima, Elizabeth Pinard, Inês Sousa, Joana Martins, Júlia Zinga, Maria João, Mariana Bragada, Mariana Correia, Patrícia Andrade, Sara Brandão, Teresa Machado
Executive Production - A COLLECTIVE
Co-production - UMCOLETIVO, CAEP - Portalegre Arts and Entertainment Centre, RTP and São Luiz Municipal Theatre

José Oliveira

'Penelope', based on Volume II of Alice Sampaio's novel of the same name, is a disruptive artistic object that proposes two encounters between artists and the public. Here, Ulysses speaks to us like the rain. As part of a series of shows designed for all children, 'Penélope' is a visual poem whose roots appeal to interdisciplinary knowledge of agriculture and education, enabling the creation of an affective relationship between spectators and the land - with the ultimate aim of bringing them face to face with cross-cutting contemporary issues related to new forms of sustainable agriculture, whose hydroponic techniques make it possible to intervene in the most water-stressed soils.

A collective creation with Cátia Terrinca
Support for creation - Miguel Moreira
Dramaturgy - Ricardo Boléo
Scenography - Bruno Caracol
Light and sound design - João P. Nunes
Costumes - Raquel Pedro
Landscape intervention - Herdade do Freixo do Meio
Design - David Costa
Production - A COLLECTIVE
Co-production - D. Maria II National Theatre in partnership with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, CAE Portalegre, Guarda Municipality
Support - Cape Verde's General Directorate for the Arts and Creative Industries

Penelope III is a performance that begins with the memories that some users of CERCI (Cooperative for the Education and Rehabilitation of Disabled Children of Portalegre) collected during the Penelope project, the first and second stages of which were presented in April and June of this year. Through memory and love, we have reconstructed a performance space that was once only for contemplation: on stage we see seven actors who are not. The theatre that lives in their bodies is that of strangeness, side by side with all the learning that has been cemented over almost seven months of work, the last few days of which have been more intense. This performance, which we're still learning, talks about what it's like to be a spectator and the scars of being entirely in the place you're seeing from.

Performance - Workshop coordinated by Cátia Terrinca with Pedro Serrote, Leonardo Sousa, Miguel Pires, José Maria Tremoço, Marco Fragoso, Paulo Carrajola, Duarte Martins
Costumes and Props - Workshop coordinated by Raquel Pedro with Paula Lopes, Maria do Rosário Matos, Tiago Henrique and Beatriz Henriques
Light and sound design - Workshop coordinated by João P. Nunes with André Serrote and Marco Fragoso
Production - A COLLECTIVE

Project supported by Teatro Nacional D.Maria II through the ATOS programme of ODISSEIA NACIONAL
UMCOLETIVO is a structure supported by the Portuguese Republic / Dgartes and Portalegre City Council