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KNOT
FÁBIO OSÓRIO MONTEIRO E HELOÍSA JORGE
19/03 > 11H
20/03 > 17H
GALPÃO RENÉE GUMIEL || FUNARTE SP
GALPÃO ARQUIMEDES RIBEIRO || FUNARTE SP
Alameda Nothmann, 1058 - Campos Elíseos
40min
Free
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS:
Fábio Osório Monteiro
Heloisa Jorge
Gildon Oliveira
Beatriz Barros
Cristina Moura
Audio Transcribed
Hello everyone, how are you? I’m Fábio Osório Monteiro, and I'm here to talk about Knot. Knot is a play written by the Bahian playwright Gildon Oliveira, who is a friend and longtime work partner. Gildon and I have been discussing and thinking about this production for at least two and a half years. Throughout this process, we have also been joined by Heloísa Jorge, a wonderful actress with whom I will share the stage, Beatriz Barros, who will direct the play, and Knot also features the collaboration of artist Cristina Moura.
This play tells the story of a couple, Célia and Sebastião, a Black couple who have just gone through a recent trauma—the brutal loss of their only child, a 13-year-old teenager. But the play is not necessarily about this boy’s death. Instead, it is about how this couple seeks and finds ways to keep standing, and surviving such immense pain—pain that is overwhelming but certainly not greater than the love they share and their desire to keep living.
At this stage of the process, we are working on the scenes, thinking, developing, and experimenting. It is this experiment that we will share at Faroffa, and we invite all of you to join us and reflect together on this work.
Bio:
Beatriz Barros (general director): Beatriz Barros is a transdisciplinary artist whose focus is on the intersection of theater and arts education. She holds a degree in Social Sciences from FFLCH-USP. In 2018, Barros joined the 17th class of the SESI Experimental Theatre Arts Center. In 2015, she was nominated for the Shell Theatre Award in the "Innovation" category with the group she co-founded, Pequeno Teatro de Torneado. In 2018, Barros won the São Paulo Award for Incentive to Children's and Youth Theatre in the "Revelation" category with the children's theater company Cia. MAR. Beatriz was also one of the founders of the company, which has been active for 7 years. As an actress, she appeared in the feature film O Mensageiro directed by Lucia Murat, which premiered in 2023 at the Rio Festival and is currently showing. As a theater director, Beatriz is responsible for the dramaturgy and general direction of the official adaptation of O Avesso da Pele, the book by writer Jeferson Tenório, which won the 2021 Jabuti Award. The play premiered in the first half of 2023 and has been touring different SESC units in São Paulo, had a season at SESI Firjan in Rio de Janeiro, and held a historic performance on Black Consciousness Day at the Theatro Municipal of São Paulo. The play was nominated for "Best Actor" for Vitor Britto's performance at the APCA and Shell Theatre Awards in 2023. Beatriz has also directed other theater productions in recent years, such as Mar Aberto (2024), Bocarra (2024), KHAN (2019), and Amargor (2018). Finally, Barros also works as a production designer, focusing on the creation of sets, costumes, and stage props. She is the production designer for the following shows: DEPOIS DO ENSAIO, NORA, PERSONA (2024), directed by José Fernando Peixoto de Azevedo, nominated for the Shell Award for Best Direction (2024); Meu Pai, Hamlet (2024), directed by Julia Pedreira, João Turchi, and Miguel Antunes Ramos; and Stalking – Um Conto de Terror Documental (2023), directed by Elisa Volpatto and Rita Grillo.
Fábio Osório Monteiro (cast): Black, from the Northeast, LGBTQIAPN+, and Candomblé practitioner, Fábio Osório Monteiro has been developing his career for 26 years in works supported by emotion, humor, faith, and politics. Nominated for the 33rd Shell Theatre Award for Best Actor (2023), Fábio Osório is an artist interested in exploring the black body on stage. Active in different artistic languages, Osório is also a dancer, producer, and a Baiana of acarajé, affiliated with ABAM (National Association of Baianas of Acarajé and Mingau). Born in Salvador-BA, he carries his home-city with him wherever he goes. Osório dances to feed the body and cooks to feed the soul.
Osório is a versatile and independent artist who embraces multitudes and crowds. He holds a degree in Administration (UFBA), a Master's in Dance (PPGD-UFBA), and a doctorate in "molejo and charisma" (Bahia already gave me the ruler and compass!). Fábio Osório Monteiro has collaborated with several internationally recognized artists: Marcio Abreu, Jorge Alencar, Cristian Duarte, Denise Stutz, Cristina Moura, Renato Linhares, Alex Cassal, and Xavier Le Roy. He was a co-founder and member of Dimenti Produções from 1998 to 2022. Currently, he collaborates with the Cia Brasileira de Teatro (PR) and Grupo Foguetes Maravilha (RJ).