Premiere
Thu
15
—
Sat
17
Sinopse
Erma, the feminine form of “ermo”. In this performance, Erma takes the form of a puppet girl who inhabits a space between the past, present, and future. Lost in situations she does not recognise and cannot remember, she wanders between memories and encounters with objects, her only friends. A journey unfolds through a visual poem that reflects loneliness in times of war. Following a simple narrative thread, the character’s inner voice introduces micro-narratives, whilst her journey across a map – marked by brief encounters with herself and other characters – gradually awakens her memory. With a unique aesthetic, the performance blends visual arts and the reuse of materials, exploring different techniques and scales of manipulation, and their relationship with the body. — Catarina Falcão
memory
trip
solitude
© Pedro Moura
© Pedro Moura
© Pedro Moura
Info sobre horário e bilhetes
Thu
15.10
10:30
14:30
Fri
16.10
10:30
Sat
17.10
16:00
Campo AlegreCafé-Teatro
Aditional info
Price
2.50€
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Duration
30min
- Age rating
6+
Acessibilidades do espetáculo
Accessible to wheelchair users
Text
Author's bio text
Catarina Falcão holds a degree in visual arts from ESAP – Porto School of Art. Since 2002, she has been working in theatre, focusing her research on the poetics of the puppet as an object and its relationship with the body. She attended the Marionette School – Centre for Puppetry Research and Promotion at the Mandrágora Theatre – and has collaborated with companies such as Cão Danado, Teatro Plástico, Teatro de Ferro, Teatro de Marionetas do Porto, Teatro da Didascália, Teatro da Rainha, Jangada Teatro, Teatro da Palmilha Dentada, Dançando com a Diferença, Trupe Fandanga and Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora. She co-organised the Marionetas Vadias events. Since 2011, she has been part of the team at the Porto Puppet Museum and, since 2020, has also worked as a puppet-maker. In 2025, she was a guest artist at the Tadeusz Kantor Cycle at the University of Granada and took part in the group exhibition Because We Were Right Here, with the installation Erma, in Norway.
Ficha Técnica
- Creation, puppets and performance
Catarina Falcão
Text
Regina Guimarães
Voz off
Rosa Afonso, Amarante Abramovici, Catarina Falcão
Music
João Grilo
Light design
Mariana Figueroa
Set design
Marta Figueroa, Catarina Falcão
Executive production and project management
menosmuitomais
Technical support
Sonoscopia
Creative support
Teatro de Ferro
Co-produced by
Festival Internacional de Marionetas do Porto, Figur i Fossekleiva Festival
Artistic residency support
Teatro de Marionetas do Porto, Junta de Freguesia de Milheirós de Poiares
Acknowledgements
Carlos Barros, Aurélia Babi, Maio Afonso, Diana de Oliveira, Eduardo Mendes, João Pedro Trindade, Inês Mariana Moitas, Livraria Utopia, Rui Sousa
