Ribeira da Madrigueira was a beautiful stage!

«Is this what you want?!… That’s it, we’re done.» And so we brought the ‘Play for Rivers‘ to a close, which we’ve been staging at Ribeira da Madrigueira for the past three Saturdays. And now it’s time for some heartfelt and well-deserved thanks:

 

To the partner organisations of the OneAquaHealth project, with whom we share the aim of raising awareness of the importance of urban streams, as well as their positive impact on people’s health and the ecosystems in which they are embedded.

 

To the scientific consultancy of Maria João Feio and to everyone we interviewed during the conception of the show. Their testimonies contributed to a greater fluidity in the writing of the script, penned by our Mário Montenegro, who also directed.

 

To the artistic team who, with their talent, took this play to its river mouth: Carolina Costa Andrade, Inês Dias and Zé Ribeiro (performance), Marcelo dos Reis (sound design), Pedro Andrade and Joana Sarnadas (poster and graphic design), Jéssica Ferreira (Portuguese Sign Language), Carlos Gago (hairstyles) and Tiago Cerveira (promotional video). Not forgetting, of course, all those who worked on the production and who, discreetly behind the scenes — in this case, behind the vegetation —, accompanied the entire process and the performances, upstream and downstream.

 

To the public and private institutions that also funded or supported the production: Portuguese Republic – Culture / Directorate-General for the Arts, Coimbra City Council, MAFIA – Federação Cultural de Coimbra, Ilídio Design Cabeleireiros, Antena 2 and Rádio Universidade de Coimbra, MARE Freshwater Ecology Group – UCoimbra and Gil Vicente Academic Theatre.

 

It was wonderful to share this experience with you in such a rich natural setting, to which we have also added, to the best of our ability, theatre and science.