The Talking Car

Agnieszka Polska

23 – 15 September 2023

Culturgest, Lisboa

Theatre

Agnieszka Polska addresses topics related to the ecological crisis, environmental and humanitarian catastrophes. The Polish artist, awarded with the renowned National Gallery Prize (Berlin), is the author of hallucinogenic and hypnotic artworks, which propose immersive experiences, making us reflect on language, history, science and activate a critical awareness of the social and individual responsibility in a post-truth world.

Albano Jerónimo
Iris Cayatte
Vera Mantero
Bartosz Bielenia
Aaron Ronelle

Under an invitation from BoCA, Polska creates her first theatre piece, “The Talking Car”, with a mixed cast of Portuguese, Polish and American actors including Albano Jerónimo, Iris Cayatte and Vera Mantero, Bartosz Bielenia and Aaron Ronelle. On stage, we see a group of people trying to find a way out of a speeding vehicle. They are accompanied by singing, large-scale digital puppets, observing their struggles with tender curiosity. The performers inside the car, on their way to an ever-changing destination, explore a variety of roles, genres and emotional states. Atmospheric, repetitive music and hypnotic background animations enhance the melancholy of this immersive tale: a tale about one’s role in the complex system combining human and nonhuman agents and socio-technological infrastructures.

Sessions

23.09.23

Teatro das Figuras, Lisboa

21:30

14 – 15.09.23

Culturgest, Lisboa

21:00
Duration
75 min
Age rating
M/14
Language
Espetáculo em inglês com legendas em português
Tickets
10€ / 5€ -30 years old
Text and direction
Agnieszka Polska
Translation to Portuguese
Joana Frazão
With
Albano Jerónimo, Iris Cayatte, Vera Mantero, Bartosz Bielenia e Aaron Ronelle
Voice over
Jasmina Polak
Dramaturgy support
Olga Drygas
Music
Igor Klaczynski
Light design
Rui Monteiro
Video and sound
André Teixeira
Digital puppet animation
Jeremy Coubrough
Stage videos animation
Ewa Polska
Head of production
Hugo Alves Caroça
Administration
Joana Portela
Commission and production
BoCA
Co-production
deSingel, Nowy Teatr
Artistic residency
Goethe Institut Lisboa
Presentation partner
Culturgest