Senhoras e Senhores, Mesdames et Messieurs, Ladies and Gentlemen!
Boa noite, bonsoir, good evening!
Welcome!
Do you feel good?
Of course you do!
We would like to ask you something.
We would like to ask you to leave your troubles outside. Forget about the war, the hunger, forget about the fear. Forget about the bills to pay! Life is disappointing? Forget it! Life here is beautiful! The girls are beautiful! The orchestra is beautiful! The stage is beautiful! The lights are beautiful! The hips are beautiful! The legs are beautiful! The boobs are beautiful! And you are beautiful! Benvindos, bienvenue, welcome! Outside it is winter, but here it is so hot … Here life is a dream, there is room for everyone, everybody has access to everything. The possibilities are unlimited, the prohibitions non-existent. It’s gonna be a great show. We will laugh. We will cry. Big glistening tears will fall onto this stage. Our misery will make your lives happier.
Choose a personality. Be whoever you want to be.
Be happy!

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Noite (Night) e (and) Dia (Day) is a show performed at two different times of the day, with and without natural light. The show explores the relation between experiencing daylight and the lack of it. At NIGHT, the absence of light enhances, in its shadows, privileged ground for expression, imagination and freedom, due to its indefinite nature, anonymous and uncensored. During the DAY, in daylight, the confrontation with memories of the night experience, exposed, definite and possibly censored.

/ credits

conception and interpretation Joana Cotrim, Rita Morais
dramaturgical support Peter Vandenbempt
light design and technique Carolina Caramelo
communication Ana Duarte
production Rita Morais
tour support Fundação GDA
residences, presentations and support wpPianofabriek, Projeto T3/ESMAE, Montignacht/Monty, Atelier Real, Teatro de Ferro/FIMP, wpZimmer, Companhia Olga Roriz, Asas de Palco, TEUC, 23Milhas.
thanks to Inês Lemos, Jorge Madeira, João Fontes, Maria Helena Morais