Marco Mendonça
Blackface
April
2025
Fri
4
Sat
5
Sinopse
Blackface is a solo performance written and directed by Marco Mendonça, a musical conference between stand-up comedy and fantasy, between satire and physical theatre, between burlesque and documentary. Drawing on personal experiences and the history of blackface as a racist theatrical practice—from its roots in the USA to Portuguese cases—, Marco Mendonça looks at the limits of what can and cannot be depicted on stage. Considering the extensive gallery of events in which this racist practice has been used to portray black people as inferior members of Portuguese society, is it possible to think that racism does not exist in Portugal?
This performance contains references to racial violence.
This performance contains references to racial violence.
story
blackness
belongingness
racism
© Diana Tinoco
© Diana Tinoco
© Diana Tinoco
© Diana Tinoco
© Diana Tinoco
Aditional info
- Price
9€
-
Duration
1h30
- Age rating
14+
- Additional information
Spoken in Portuguese with descriptive subtitles in Portuguese and English
Acessibilidades do espetáculo
Descriptive subtitling for deaf or hard of hearing people
More limited access
Text
Author's bio text
Marco Mendonça was born in Mozambique in 1995 and has lived in Lisbon since 2007. He has a degree in theatre from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. He regularly works with the company Os Possessos. He was a trainee at the D. Maria II National Theatre, where he worked with João Pedro Vaz, Tiago Rodrigues and Faustin Linyekula. He participated in pieces by Liesbeth Gritter (Kassys), Tónan Quito and mala voadora. He made his debut as an author and co-creator alongside João Pedro Leal and Eduardo Molina in Parlamento Elefante [Elephant Parliament], a project that won the Amélia Rey Colaço Scholarship. In 2021, he won the support of Rede 5 Sentidos with the project Cordyceps, also co-authored with João Pedro Leal and Eduardo Molina. He is part of the cast of Catarina e a Beleza de matar Fascistas [Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists], by Tiago Rodrigues, and has written and translated theatre plays.
Ficha Técnica
- Artistic direction, creation and performance
Marco Mendonça
Creation support
Bruno Huca
Dramaturgy support
Gisela Casimiro
Musical composition and sound design
Mestre André
Lighting design
Rui Monteiro
Set design
Pedro Azevedo
Costume
Aldina Jesus
Video
Heverton Harieno
- Produced by
Alkantara (Sinara Suzin, Carolina Gameiro)
Co-produced by
Alkantara, Teatro do Bairro Alto, Teatro Viriato
Co-production residency
O Espaço do Tempo
Residency support
Moussem Nomadisch Kunstencentrum
Acknowledgements
Ana Cristina Mendonça, André e. Teodósio, Artistas Unidos, Bernardo Peixoto, Catarina Amaral, Cidália Espadinha, Cleo Diára, Eduardo Mendonça, Eduardo Molina, Gio Lourenço, Isabél Zuaa, Márcia Mendonça, Marcos Cardão, Maria Jorge, Nádia Yracema, Nuna, Nuno Lopes, Soraia Tavares, Raquel S., Tiago Bartolomeu Costa, Vanessa Coelho
