MARTIM PEDROSO

“Filhos das Mães” [Mothers’ Children] is the follow-up to “Consegues ver os teus pés?” [Can you see your feet], an original idea by Flavia Gusmão for six pregnant actresses, premièred in Teatro Taborda in May 2014, directed by Martim Pedrosa and produced by Nova Companhia. While the first show was a poetic-dramatic digression about how the gestational state directly and indirectly influences the acting of the six pregnant actresses, this next show now addresses, after the birth of all the children, a poetic and political monument to filiation and responsibility. How do these same actresses position themselves in the theatre after the experience of becoming mothers? What do their children add to these mothers? And what does this show add to theatre itself?


Martim Pedroso was born in Lisbon, in April 1979. He has a university diploma in Actor Training and a degree in Theatre Directing from Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema de Lisboa. Between 2001 and 2006 he worked as an actor and co-creator with various Portuguese and international companies. He began working as a theatre director in 2005 and his work has included the following: “Seres Humanos” (2006); “Dream Play”, a triptych (2008 and 2009); “Purgatório” (2009); “A Philosophia do Gabiru” (2011); “O Grande Salão” (2012); and “Lúcia Afogada” (2015). In 2013 he founded the Nova Companhia production structure with the producer Bruno Reis. He is currently a lecturer for the MAs Theatre Directing I and Theatre Directing II at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema de Lisboa.