Ei! Marionetas / Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora
Ei! Marionetas - Encontro Internacional de Marionetas de Gondomar 2026
Os Mostrengos - Parade of the seven seas [ PERFORMANCE ]
- Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora
- all audiences . 45mins . free access
- thinking about the giant, the street, the public space, the performance
| 1 JUL 10h00 . WED | Parque Urbano de São Cosme + Largo do Souto |
| 1 JUL 14h00 . WED | Parque Urbano de São Cosme + Largo do Souto |
Os Mostrengos - Parade of the seven seas
These monstrosities spring from the popular imagination. They also arise from the illusions and small illustrations that adorned ancient nautical charts, when a sailor might wonder whether a sea creature capable of capsizing his boat—and ending his life—lay in wait in those waters.
This is a journey through the imagination. Various fish, large-scale creatures, will occupy the public space and create here a symbolic image of a fish out of water. They invite us to observe the aquarium where the density of the air is the only element separating us and, in this way, to cross languages and blend worlds, lending everyday reality a poetic dimension.
Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora
Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora is a professional puppet theater company with artistic direction by Clara Ribeiro and Filipa Mesquita and art direction by enVide neFelibata. The company was founded on April 2, 2002. In the symbiosis of a symbolic language that combines heritage and traditional legacy with contemporary society's thought and dynamics, often in a not-so-peaceful dialogue, a fundamental element emerges: the puppet. This element supports us in the search for our own cultural identity.
Our goal is to discover the aesthetic, visual, scenic, and dramatic potential of the puppet itself, as well as in its relationship with the actor, and in this discovery, explore the dramaturgy that characterizes us: to explore culture, belief, and legend allied with the city, technological exploration, and the speed of the global village. Throughout our artistic journey, we have presented various proposals to different audiences, including adults, youth, school, and family groups, as well as in basic and specialized training. One of our major commitments is the national and international tour of our projects. Decentralization, community work, partnership creation, and social and inclusive value are predominant concerns in our daily activities.
Over these couple decades, we have established the company as a contemporary artistic creation structure through dozens of show proposals presented nationally and internationally, whether they are our own creations or collaborations with other national and international cultural structures and entities. Our premise is to provide space for the creative freedom of our artistic team, ensuring the existence within the structure of various languages and diverse visions that unite in the common goal of developing the art of puppet theater. Reflection on social fragility issues and a keen eye on traditions and heritage form the basis of the Company's dramaturgy, consolidated in distinct yet simultaneously convergent perspectives.
Dialogue with diverse audiences and the involvement of creation in different contexts and spaces, as well as the intersection between entities and structures, is fundamental, creating multidisciplinary proposals aimed mainly at artistic communication with audiences. Noteworthy is our collaboration with numerous educational services in the implementation of activities in institutions such as monuments, museums, and heritage buildings.
links
- ei.marionetasmandragora.pt
- loja.marionetasmandragora.pt
- marionetasmandragora.pt
- facebook.com/marionetas.mandragora
- instagram.com/marionetas_mandragora
- youtube.com/@MarionetasMandragora