'Terror and Misery in the Third Millennium – Improvising Utopias',
intermedia theater
2019
art direction, scenery and video projections
SESC Bom Retiro
Bartolomeu Testimonial Center
photos by Sergio Silva
some images with emphasis on video projection
Terror e Miséria no III Milênio
Bartolomeu Testimonial Center
Directed by: Claudia Schapira
Art direction: Bianca Turner and Claudia Schapira
Video and set design: Bianca Turner
With dramaturgy inspired by Terror and Misery in the Third Reich, by German playwright Bertolt Brecht, the play discusses the violent social and political situation we live in today, drawing a parallel with the years leading up to the Second World War and the rise of fascism and Nazism
Nine actors and two DJs rehearse confined in a theater that serves as a kind of fortress. Sitting on two benches, they wait to go on stage and talk about the times in which they live; based on some scenes from Bertolt Brecht's Terror and Misery in the Third Reich (which acts as a trigger), they create a scenic reflection on these times. In a game between actors and characters, in each scene, different worldviews confront each other, making clear what unites them and what separates them.