Tiago Rodrigues
Tiago Rodrigues
This family kills fascists. It’s a tradition that everyone in the family has followed for over 70 years. They have all got together today in a house in the country near a village called Baleizão in the south of Portugal. One of the youngest members of the family, Catarina, is to kill her first fascist, who has been kidnapped for this very purpose. It’s a day to celebrate, a day of beauty and death. However, Catarina finds herself unable to kill him or else she’s refusing to do so. A family fight breaks out and a lot of questions arise. What is a fascist? Is there a place for violence in the struggle for a better world? Can we violate the rules of democracy when we seek better ways to defend it?
12 JAN 2026
MON 21:00
13 JAN 2026
TUE 21:00
14 JAN 2026
WED 21:00
15 JAN 2026
THU 21:00
16 JAN 2026
FRI 21:00
17 JAN 2026
SAT 19:00
English subtitles
15 JAN
THU 9:00pm
Audiodescription and descriptive subtitles
17 JAN
SAT 7:00pm
with stage recognition at 6:00pm
Due to high demand, tickets for the session with audio description and descriptive subtitles (17 JAN) have been set aside for those who require the resources.
Booking
culturgest.bilheteira@cgd.pt
(+351) 21 790 51 55
Text and staging
Tiago Rodrigues
With
António Parra, António Fonseca, Beatriz Maia, Carolina Passos Sousa, Isabel Abreu, João Vicente, Marco Mendonça, Romeu Costa
Artistic collaboration
Magda Bizarro
Scenography
F. Ribeiro
Costumes
José António Tenente
Light design
Nuno Meira
Sound design and original music
Pedro Costa
Choir and vocal arrangements
João Henriques
Voiceover
Cláudio Castro, Nadezhda Bocharova, Paula Mora, Pedro Moldão
Support for the movement
Sofia Dias, Vítor Roriz
Fighting support and weapons
David Chan Cordeiro
English translation
Daniel Hahn
Subtitles
Patrícia Pimentel
Executive production
Festival d’Avignon
Production
Teatro Nacional D. Maria II
Co-production
Wiener Festwochen, Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione, ThéâtredelaCité – CDN Toulouse Occitanie & Théâtre Garonne Scène européenne Toulouse, Festival d’Automne à Paris & Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Teatro di Roma – Teatro Nazionale, Comédie de Caen, Théâtre de Liège, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, BIT Teatergarasjen, Le Trident – Scène-nationale de Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Teatre Lliure, Centro Cultural Vila Flor, O Espaço do Tempo
Support
Vinhos Almeida Garrett, Cano Amarelo, Culturgest
Acknowledgements
Mariana Gomes, Rui Pina Coelho, Margarida Bak Gordon, Rita Mendes and the entire team at the D. Maria II National Theatre. We would also like to thank Sara Barros Leitão, Pedro Gil and Rui M. Silva who, even though they're no longer with us on stage, will always be Catarina.
Music
Hania Rani (Biesy e Now, Run), Joanna Brouk (The Nymph Rising, Calling the Sailor), Laurel Halo (Rome Theme III e Hyphae) e Rosalía (De Plata)
