PORTUGUESE VERSION

5 e 6 de outubro 2024

ENGLISH VERSION

October 5 and 6, 2024

The emblematic room at Parque Mayer reopens with a party with theater, music and much more, inside and outside.

On the 5th and 6th of October, Saturday and Sunday, the Teatro Variedades opens its doors again, after three decades of closure, giving a stage to the performing arts. It will be a weekend with a great cultural program, with free entry.

To celebrate this return, the party is marked by the premiere of two plays by Ricardo Neves-Neves: Enter This Room and The Swimming Pool Party, with performances on both days. The cast of Enter This Room includes Ivo Alexandre, Manuel Marques, Sílvia Rizzo and Sissi Martins and that of The Swimming Pool Party with Ana Brito e Cunha, Ana Cloe, Ana Marta Contente, Filipe Vargas, José Leite, Marta Andrino, Ruben Madureira, Sandra Faleiro and Santiago Galvão.

The Capitol, another of Parque Mayer’s historic rooms, also joins the celebration, with the concert No Futuro Lisboa, on the 5th. Curated by Dino D’Santiago and musical direction by André Gravata, the artists NBC, Sir Scratch, Jojho , Kady, Sasha, Janeiro, Raissa, Berlok and Wander Isaac reinterpret the Magazine’s greatest hits. The party ends with a DJ Set by Mãe Dela. The following day, the Fado Museum brings Pedro Jóia and José Manuel Neto, accompanied by special guest Aurora.

The Maria Vitória Theater, 102 years old in Parque Mayer, also joins the celebration with the play E Nobody Goes to Prison!. There will be tickets on offer for the sessions at 4:30 pm and 9:30 pm (days 5 and 6). The entertainment also extends abroad, with shows by Tó Trips (5th) and Expresso Transatlântico (6th) and DJ Sets by Nery (5th) and HUCA & João Villas-Boas (6th).

The dance and performance show O Baile dos Candeeiros, which repeats on both days, is presented by the company Radar 360º and promises to be an unconventional intervention with strong plastic contours. The tapes will also be present, with the Cinema no Terraço program, in the Capitol, in partnership with Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema and Cinema São Jorge, showing the classics A Canção de Lisboa (5th) and O Costa do Castelo (day 6).

Throughout the weekend it will be possible to watch the urban art intervention on the Mayer Park wall – with support from the Urban Art Gallery. The Metamorfose project reveals the intervention of artists LS and Mafalda MG that focuses on the nature of theater and how it involves transformation and change, and the spectator’s gaze. With the support of the Santo Antônio Subprefecture, Parque Mayer will also be remembered in the exhibition Parque Mayer seen by Lauro Antônio, with images that served as a remake for an unmade film, and that take us back to a past that reveals its historical and cultural importance from this location.

Entrance to the shows at the Teatro Variedades, at the Capitol and outside Parque Mayer will be free, and tickets will be required for the shows in the rooms. Tickets will be distributed on the same day from 3pm exclusively at the Parque Mayer central ticket office. Each person can collect up to 2 tickets for 2 shows.

This will also be an opportunity to learn about the theater’s renovation work. The project, by Architect Manuel Aires Mateus, turned the room into a performance space adapted to legal and technical requirements, suitable for the new needs of staging shows. At the same time, he sought to preserve the identity of the building and its relationship with the other spaces of Parque Mayer, maintaining the main elements that characterize it: the portico, the foyer, the auditorium and the stage.

This opening represents, in addition to a milestone in the history of Teatro Variedades and Parque Mayer, the presence of a new stage in the city, valuing Culture, Art and Theater in Lisbon. The entire reopening program available at the link.

PORTUGUESE VERSION

Metamorfose. Intervenção de Arte Urbana – Parque Mayer em Festa

Ver, ouvir e sentir expressos no rosto dos espectadores. O olhar de quem conhece o passado, acompanha o presente e espera pelo futuro do Parque Mayer. Pelas mãos dos artistas LS e Mafalda MG, Metamorfose fica permanentemente gravado nestas paredes.

A convite do Teatro Variedades, com apoio da Galeria de Arte Urbana, este projeto debruça-se sobre a natureza do teatro e de que forma envolve a transformação e a mudança. Esta dualidade entre fantasia e o real convida o espectador à reflexão sobre as complexidades da vida e da identidade.

LS é o artista plástico português Luís Santos (n.1985). Foi ainda jovem que Luís Santos descobriu a sua paixão e talento para o desenho, passando longas horas a criar temas e personagens. O artista nascido e criado em Marvila explorou novas técnicas e testou diferentes materiais, o que o torna hoje reconhecido como um artista completo, capaz de abraçar diferentes estilos. O seu trabalho aborda temas como a multiculturalidade, a mulher e a natureza. Através do uso da cor, da triangulação e das rendas tradicionais portuguesas, caraterísticas do seu trabalho, consegue um resultado harmonioso e contemporâneo.

Mafalda MG trabalha maioritariamente em mural, por vezes com temas sociais ou políticos.  É licenciada em Desenho pela Faculdade de Belas Artes de Lisboa e aborda regularmente o retrato através de um estilo figurativo monocromático, utilizando cores vibrantes, obtidas a partir de uma paleta de cores primárias. A preferência pelo trabalho figurativo deve-se ao fascínio de tentar captar a essência de algo tão complexo como um ser humano num local tão efémero e sujeito à sua anulação imediata, como a rua. Os seus projetos são sempre influenciados pelo local onde vão ser integrados, sendo estes, muitas vezes, o ponto de partida para o processo criativo.

Em parceria com a Galeria de Arte Urbana (GAU)

ENGLISH VERSION

Metamorphosis. Urban Art Intervention – Party at Parque Mayer

Seeing, hearing and feeling expressed on the spectators’ faces. The perspective of someone who knows the past, follows the present and looks forward to the future of Parque Mayer. By the hands of artists LS and Mafalda MG, Metamorfose is permanently engraved on these walls.

At the invitation of Teatro Variedades, with support from Galeria de Arte Urbana, this project focuses on the nature of theater and how it involves transformation and change. This duality between fantasy and reality invites the viewer to reflect on the complexities of life and identity.

LS is the Portuguese artist Luís Santos (b.1985). It was at a young age that Luís Santos discovered his passion and talent for drawing, spending long hours creating themes and characters. The artist born and raised in Marvila explored new techniques and tested different materials, which makes him recognized today as a complete artist, capable of embracing different styles. Her work addresses themes such as multiculturalism, women and nature. Through the use of color, triangulation and traditional Portuguese lace, characteristic of her work, she achieves a harmonious and contemporary result.

Mafalda MG works mainly on murals, sometimes with social or political themes. She has a degree in Drawing from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon and regularly approaches portraiture through a monochromatic figurative style, using vibrant colors, obtained from a palette of primary colors. The preference for figurative work is due to the fascination of trying to capture the essence of something as complex as a human being in a place so ephemeral and subject to its immediate annulment, like the street. Your projects are always influenced by the location where they will be integrated, which are often the starting point for the creative process.

In partnership with the Galeria de Arte Urbana (GAU)