In the new and final part of her trilogy on violence, Brazilian theatre maker Christiane Jatahy looks at how racism and capitalism are interwoven. From the transatlantic slave trade to the contemporary politics of the likes of Jair Bolsonaro, little if anything appears to have changed. There are those who possess land, freedom and their own identity, and those whose existence is of no value. In the award-winning novel Torto Arado by Itamar Vieira Júnior, the source material for the play, the female protagonists are engaged in a struggle against such a world order – and for an opportunity for change. Jatahy and her actors delve deep into Brazil’s history and, by extension, into that of European profiteers, too. To tell the story of the unresolved colonial violence that endures to this day, in After the Silence she blends a surprising mix of two art forms, theatre and film, allowing reality and fiction to overlap. Within the discourse on structural racism and geopolitical realities, the theatre maker has firmly established her place in Europe’s theatre landscape. Her stories are those of resistance.
- Artistic Team
Artistic direction, Text Christiane Jatahy Based on the book Torto arado by Itamar Vieira Júnior With Gal Pereira, Juliana França, Lian Gaia, Aduni Guedes Film with residents of the communities of Remanso and Iúna (Chapada Dimantina/Bahia/Brazil) Artistic collaboration, Set, Light design Thomas Walgrave With music by Vitor Araujo, Aduni Guedes Photography, Camera Pedro Faerstein Sound design, mixing Pedro Vituri Editing (Film) Mari Becker, Paulo Camacho Sound (Film) João Zula Costumes Preta Marques Video system Julio Parente Body preparation Dani Lima Collaboration text Gal Pereira, Juliana França, Lian Gaia, Tatiana Salem Levy Interlocution Ana Maria Gonçalves Translation Igor Metzeltin (German, English) Direction assistance Caju Bezerra Camera assistance Suelen Menezes Stage management, Sound operation Diogo Magalhães Light operation Leandro Barreto Video operation Alan de Souza Production management Claudia Marques Production assistance Divino Garcia Production coordination, Tour management Henrique Mariano Administration Claudia Petagna References to and images from Cabra marcado para morrer von Eduardo Coutinho, Mapa Films production
- Production
Production Cia Vertice de Teatro (Rio de Janeiro), Axis productions Coproduction Wiener Festwochen, Schauspielhaus Zürich, CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe (Paris), Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Arts Emerson (Boston), Riksteatern (Norsborg), Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne – CDN, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Théâtre populaire romand La Chaux-de-fonds – Centre neuchâtelois de arts vivants, DE SINGLE (Antwerpen), Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt a. M.), Temporada Alta – Festival de tardor de Catalunya (Salt), Centro Dramático Nacional (Madrid)
Christiane Jatahy is an associate artist of CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Schauspielhaus Zürich, ArtsEmerson (Boston) and Piccolo Teatro de Milano. Cia Vertice is supported by Direction régionale des affaires culturelles d'Île-de-France - Ministère de la Culture France.
This show is on tour with the CENTQUATRE on the road.
Premiere June 2022, Wiener Festwochen
