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At the Torre do Tombo archive, Tiago Rodrigues found a vast compilation of material related to censorship on theatre during the fascist regime of the Estado Novo. Among thousands of theatre texts, subject to examination by the censors of the Secretariado Nacional de Informação, Tiago Rodrigues was particularly interested in the reports written by censors where they explained the cuts or bans from the texts and scenarios.
Ironically in a grand reversal of parts, Três Dedos Abaixo do Joelho turns the censors into playwrights, using their reports as the text of a venue where the actors form a poetic and absurd censorship machine. In a certain way, the legacy of those who oppressed artistic and political freedom becomes an instrument for rediscovering the danger and importance of theatre in society.
At the Torre do Tombo archive, Tiago Rodrigues found a vast compilation of material related to censorship on theatre during the fascist regime of the Estado Novo. Among thousands of theatre texts, subject to examination by the censors of the Secretariado Nacional de Informação, Tiago Rodrigues was particularly interested in the reports written by censors where they explained the cuts or bans from the texts and scenarios.
Ironically in a grand reversal of parts, Três Dedos Abaixo do Joelho turns the censors into playwrights, using their reports as the text of a venue where the actors form a poetic and absurd censorship machine. In a certain way, the legacy of those who oppressed artistic and political freedom becomes an instrument for rediscovering the danger and importance of theatre in society.
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Stage direction Tiago RodriguesText collage by Tiago Rodrigues, from reports by various SNI censors, written between 1933 and 1974, including fragments of censored dramatic texts by several authorsWith Isabel Abreu and Gonçalo WaddingtonProduction Mundo PerfeitoCoproduction alkantara, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, Helsinki Stage Festival, Rotterdam Theaterfestival De Internationale Keuze, Brussels kunstenfestivaldesarts
Photo Magda Bizarro
Photo Magda Bizarro