Marlene Monteiro Freitas

Marlene Monteiro Freitas

NÔT

Marlene Monteiro Freitas

NÔT

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.

Anus artificiel lombaire gauche, détail, in Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery et Nicolas Henri Jacob (lithographies), Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme: comprenant la médicine opératoire, Paris, C. Delaunay, vol. 7, "Atlas", 1840, pl. 42.

11 SEP 2025
THU 21:00

12 SEP 2025
FRI 21:00

13 SEP 2025
SAT 19:00

14 SEP 2025
SUN 17:00

Buy Tickets
Emílio Rui Vilar Auditorium
20€ (discounts)
Duration 1h45
M/12

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

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