Marlene Monteiro Freitas
Marlene Monteiro Freitas
On one side, a wall of people; on the other, a wall of stones. As though "caught between the sword and the wall": a stage. In this enchanted valley, a miniature spectacle, NÔT (from The Thousand and One Nights), is crafted to fit into vast spaces. It takes the shape of a fable, the result of the accumulation of many tales—some of love, others of war, some of journeys, others of beasts. These are weapon-tales that ensure the survival of their narrator, in a duel between imagination and a petrified heart. These are lament-tales that honour the absent, in a duel between life and death, prison and freedom, vice and virtue, reality and desire.
An architecture of stone-upon-stone, and person-upon-person, an imaginary mirror. An artifact of multiplication, projection, alienation, and enchantment that, night after night, will turn the stage into an onion. Layer by layer, cloaked in scents and invisible splashes, this oral storytelling offers itself to the sword and the wall, adding yet another tale to the infinity of tales.
11 SEP 2025
THU 21:00
12 SEP 2025
FRI 21:00
13 SEP 2025
SAT 19:00
14 SEP 2025
SUN 17:00
Choreography
Marlene Monteiro Freitas
Choreography assistance
Francisco Rolo
With
Ben Green, Henri “Cookie” Lesguillier, Joãozinho da Costa, Mariana Tembe, Marie Albert, Miguel Filipe, Rui Paixão, Tomás Moital
Set design
Yannick Fouassier, MMF
Lighting and technical direction
Yannick Fouassier
Light operation
João Chicó
Costumes
MMF, Marisa Escaleira
Sund
Rui Antunes
Stage management
Ana Luísa Novais
Special stage prop
Cláudio Silva
Set design internship
Emma Ait-Kaci
Artistic consultancy
João Figueira, Martin Valdés-Stauber
Production
P.OR.K
Diffusion
Key Performance
Coproduction
Festival d’Avignon, Berliner Festspiele, International Summer Festival Kampnagel, Culturgest, MC2 Maison de la Culture de Grenoble Scène nationale, Le Quartz Scène nationale, La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand Scène nationale, Maison de la danse Lyon Pôle européen de création, Parc de la Villette, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, PACT Zollverein, Comédie de Genève, La Bâtie de Genève
Support
Dançando com a Diferença, Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
Residences
O Espaço do Tempo, Alkantara, OPART/Estúdios Vítor Cordon
NÔT's dramaturgical research was supported by the Onassis AiR in 2025
