This is my love story

Synopsis

This is my love story is a documentary theatre performance in which real people tell their life stories of fighting against fascism and Portuguese colonialism. We look at this recent past of resistance, but focus our attention on the love and romantic relationships that were born in the midst of these struggles, analysing how these relationships were able to survive the persecution of the Estado Novo and at the same time were the basis for the sustainability of these political and military struggles. Both love and resistance will be viewed in a broad and comprehensive way, seeking stories between couples, but also between parents and children, between comrades and the most disadvantaged. In relation to the struggle against dictatorship and Portuguese colonialism, we will investigate the testimonies of people who were in hiding, in exile, but also those who were part of the liberation movements of the former Portuguese colonies and also of small acts of resistance in everyday life.

This work follows the 1st chapter, the video Now that we cannnot be together, made for the commemorations of the 25th of April 2020, commissioned by the Official Residence of the Prime Minister with artistic curatorship by the 4 directors of the national theaters Tiago Rodrigues (TNDMII), Nuno Cardoso (TNSJ), Elisabete Matos (TNSC), Sofia Campos (CNB).

Creative Team

Creation André Amálio
Co-creation and Movement Tereza Havlíčková
With André Amálio, Mariana Camacho, Armando Morais, Mariana Morais, Isabel do Carmo, Margarida Tengarrinha (video), Gouveia de Carvalho (video)
Musical Creation and Interpretation Mariana Camacho
Stage Design and Costumes Ana Paula Rocha
Light Design and Technical Direction Joaquim Madaíl
Creation Assistant Ana Rita Ferreira
Video Lydie Bárbara
Executive Production Ana Lage, Ruana Carolina
Production Hotel Europa

Co-production Teatro Nacional D. Maria II