The 21st instalment of Reading Theatre with Science takes place on 18 September (6:00 pm), at Sala da Cidade, the former refectory of the Monastery of Santa Cruz (Olímpio Nicolau Rui Fernandes, 54, 3000-274 Coimbra).

The text to be read is “Rain Dance“, by Lanford Wilson, translated as part of the Projeto de Tradução Colaborativa, a team for which we are always recruiting more people. As always, the original text, as well as the aforementioned translation, are available for consultation or loan at the Performing Arts and Science Documentation Centre. Anyone interested in taking part, either by reading or just watching, simply has to sign up via the following email address: ler@marioneteatro.com

Here’s a brief synopsis of the play: «In a ramshackle cantina (a typical Latin snack bar) in Los Alamos, New Mexico, on the night of 15 July 1945, four people await the test of the atomic bomb. Each of them is connected directly or indirectly with the top-secret Trinity project, and over the course of the evening the horror of what is about to be unleashed on the world begins to dawn on them. As tensions mount, and questions of science, religion and morality collide, “Rain Dance” makes palpable the thrilling and terrifying journey of our first steps into the atomic age.»