Carolina Bianchi returns to Vienna with the second part of her sensational trilogy: The Brotherhood tackles male alliances, brotherhoods and their codes that are profoundly marked by misogyny and sexual violence.
Last year, Carolina Bianchi caused a stir with the first part of her Cadela Força Trilogy – The Bride and Goodnight Cinderella. In part two, The Brotherhood, Bianchi examines the performativity of masculinity, the origins of brotherhoods and their codes, which are profoundly marked by misogyny and sexual violence. The Brazilian director and her collective Cara de Cavalo use the means of theatre in order to expose this violence. Why is there such empathy and acceptance for male allegiances and their allegedly community-oriented rituals? Most importantly: how might we address such structural brutality against women? In four acts, The Brotherhood reveals the connections between representation and real trauma, power structures in art and radical poetry, the origins of misogyny and sexuality in crisis.
Concept, Text, Direction Carolina Bianchi With Chico Lima, Flow Kountouriotis, José Artur, Kai Wido Meyer, Lucas Delfino, Rafael Limongelli, Rodrigo Andreolli, Tomás Decina, Carolina Bianchi Dramaturgy, Research partner Carolina Mendonça Dialogue on theory and dramaturgy Silvia Bottiroli Translation to English Marina Matheus Technical direction, Sound design, Original music Miguel Caldas Assistant direction Murilo Basso Set concept Carolina Bianchi, Luisa Callegari Art direction, Costumes Luisa Callegari Light design Jo Rios Videos and screenings Montserrat Fonseca Llach Live camera and artistic support Larissa Ballarotti Graphic design Luisa Callegari
Choreographic resurrection of prologue and movement advice Jimena Pérez Salerno Internship Fernanda Libman Stage manager and production assistance AnaCris Medina Production assistance Zuzanna Kubiak Production direction, Tour management and communication Carla Estefan International relations, Production and Diffusion Metro Gestão Cultural (Brazil)
Production Metro Gestão Cultural (Brasilien), Carolina Bianchi Y Cara de Cavalo Coproduction Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) | Free Republic of Vienna, KVS (Brussels), Theater Utrecht, La Villette – Paris, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Comédie de Genève, Kampnagel Sommerfestival (Hamburg), Les Célestins – Théâtre de Lyon, Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), Holland Festival (Amsterdam), Frascati Producties (Amsterdam), HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), Maillon Théâtre de Strasbourg - Scène européenne Supported by the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government via Cronos Invest, Fondation Ammodo (Amsterdam) World premiere May 2025, Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels)
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