Event Nora Helmer
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DescriptionNora Helmer, the latest creation from Teatro Aberto, is a performance that combines cinema and theater – precisely in that order – which contrasts the Past and the Future of the protagonist. João Lourenço and Vera San Payo de Lemos come together to create a dialogue between A Doll’s House (1879) by Henrik Ibsen – a piece of bourgeois drama, a precursor to Modern Theater – and A Doll’s House, Part 2 (2017) by Lucas Hnath – a 'response play' that picks up the dramatic action 15 years later and formalizes a resolution for the characters. The proposed staging is audacious: the two plays are presented in diptych, within 1 hour and 50 minutes. The performance successfully recapitulates the Past, condensing the Ibsenian play into a black-and-white film (set in the 1950s), while bringing the Future to the forefront, by eliminating the screen and continuing the representation on stage of Hnath's text by the actors, Carolina Picoito Pinto (Emma), Cleia Almeida (Nora), Patrícia André (Ana Maria), and Renato Godinho (Torvald), accompanied by the music of Ernesto Rodrigues.
VenueTeatro Aberto, R. Armando Cortez, 213 880 086, Lisbon, Portugal
First Date8th March 2025
Opening Night8th March 2025
Last Date20th April 2025
StatusProfessional
Primary GenreStage production: Derivative Work
Secondary Genre
    • Multimedia
Source
Resources
MovingImage: Promo videoLink to Resource
Text: PosterLink to Resource
Organisations
Contributors
_CONTRIBIDSORT_NameName_contfunctIONIDFunctionCharacterNotes
531132André, PatríciaPatrícia André379Actor
531138Correia, RitaRita Correia379ActorFilm Actor
531137Damião, MiguelMiguel Damião379ActorFilm Actor
531131Godinho, RenatoRenato Godinho379Actor
531136Pereira, BeneditaBenedita Pereira379ActorFilm Actor
531133Picoito Pinto, CarolinaCarolina Picoito Pinto379Actor
531135Vargas, FilipeFilipe Vargas379ActorFilm Actor
531139Fernandes, MarisaMarisa Fernandes387Costume Designer
480185Lourenço, JoãoJoão Lourenço375DirectorFilm and Theatre Show Director
531130Neves, NunoNuno Neves375DirectorFilm Director
480188San Payo de Lemos, VeraVera San Payo de Lemos383DramaturgDramaturg and Playwright
531140Gaspar, AnabelaAnabela Gaspar380Lighting Designer
531134Rodrigues, ErnestoErnesto Rodrigues392Musician
522444Hnath, LucasLucas Hnath386Playwright
426902Ibsen, HenrikHenrik Ibsen386Playwright
Works
Production NationalityPortugal
Performance languagePortuguese
Further InformationNora Helmer is a film and theatre show, a creation developed from the rewriting of the plays Doll's House (1879), by Henrik Ibsen, and Doll's House, 2nd Part (2017), by Lucas Hnath. Nora Helmer's action takes place in the 50s and 70s of the twentieth century and is first presented on film and then performed live on stage
Event Identifier102731
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