Theatre

I’m OK…

31/08/2017TheatreAndre Godinho, Cao Solteiro, Culturgest, We're Gonna Be Alrightandercover

This is why I don’t usually shave… but it’s alright, we’re gonna be alright.
WE’RE GONNA BE ALRIGHT is a theatre performance by Cão Solteiro & André Godinho
september 7 – 10 at Culturgest

Working on the different features that audiences look for in blockbusters, Cão Solteiro & André Godinho continue their research into the relationship between theatre and cinema, making a show about the most spectacular component of films: the special effects. Here the effects are not placed at the service of narrative, they replace it, indefinitely postponing it and ceasing to be special. Just as in early cinema, which was a fairground attraction, what we see here is the spectacle for its own sake, the effect without a cause, a montage of attractions. We’re Gonna Be Alright is a blockbusted with sex, blood and violence.

Do you want to seat down?

07/12/2016TheatreAndre Godinho, I Want to Remain Standing, Istanbul, Pedro Penim, Turkeyandercover

The turkish play Ayakta Durmak Istiyorum/ I Want to Remain Standing directed by Pedro Zegre Penim (and video by me) will be performed in Istanbul at Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, this thursday, december 8th. More info HERE.

Talkin’ bout a revolution.

25/10/2016TheatreAndre Godinho, I Want to Remain Standing, Istanbul, Pedro Penim, Turkeyandercover

Today, at the Hungarian Cultural Center in Istanbul, is the premiere of Ayakta Durmak Istiyorum/ I Want to Remain Standing, a play about the hungarian revolution of 1956.
Directed by a portuguese in turkish. I’m doing the international language of video.

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Next week I’ll be bartending at the Sing Sing Karaoke Bar!

26/05/2016TheatreAndre Godinho, Gulbenkian, Sónia Baptista, Sing Sing Karaoke Barandercover

Sing Sing Karaoke Bar is a performance for kids by Sónia Baptista, that will be performed May 30th and 31st at the Gulbenkian Foundation included in the program O Pequeno Grande C.

Do you know Shakespeare? He’s dead.

22/04/2016TheatreAndre Godinho, Nuno Fonseca, Paula Garcia, Rewind with Sound and Fury, Sónia Baptista, Shakespeareandercover

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On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, Paula Garcia, Sónia Baptista and Nuno Fonseca are presenting a conference-performance in Aveiro: “Rewind With Sound and Fury”. I collaborated for the rewinding with a video.

Bow Wow!

20/03/2016TheatreAndre Godinho, Cao Solteiro, CNB, Morceau de Bravoure, Prémio Autores, SPAandercover

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MORCEAU DE BRAVOURE, the show I co-directed with Cão Solteiro for CNB, the National Ballet Company, was nominated for Best Theatre Performance at the Prémio Autores 2016.
This prize is awarded by SPA, the Portuguese Authors Society.

This weekend I’ll be home.

27/01/2016Film, TheatreAnabela Mota Ribeiro, Andre e Teodosio, Andre Godinho, Cao Solteiro, La Chambre Jaune, Play The Film, São Luizandercover

This weekend I’ll be part of the program “Estar em Casa” at S. Luiz theatre in Lisbon.
A program curated by journalist Anabela Mota Ribeiro and artist André e. Teodósio, around the idea of “Home”, transforming the whole theatre into their home.

Saturday, january 30th at 16h, you can watch my film “La Chambre Jaune“.
Sunday, january 31st at 21h, you can see “Play, The Film“, the theatre play I co-created with Cão Solteiro.

Les derniers Morceaux

19/11/2015TheatreAndre Godinho, Cao Solteiro, CNB, Morceau de Bravoure, Rui Lopes Graçaandercover

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P1010080 This week we finish our Morceau de Bravoure, the show I’m directing with Cão Solteiro for the National Ballet Company, CNB.
Until November 22 at Teatro Camões in Lisbon.

Preparing our fight!

07/11/2015TheatreAndre Godinho, Cao Solteiro, CNB, Morceau de Bravoure, Rui Lopes Graçaandercover

Last rehearsals before the opening of Morceau de Bravoure, the show I’m co-directing with theatre company Cão Solteiro for the portuguese national ballet CNB, with choreography by Rui Lopes Graça.
From November 12 to November 22 at Teatro Camões.

To Be or Not To Be’yoncé

18/10/2015TheatreAndre Godinho, Beyoncé, DNA Lisboa, Rua das Gaivotas6, Teatro Pragaandercover

Two weeks ago at the opening of Teatro Praga‘s new home, Rua das Gaivotas,6, I did a 5 minute workshop on “How to make your selfie look like a Beyoncé video”. Before and after there were other 5 minute workshops about things as different as folding t-shirts, learning the art of flattering, learning how to disappear or how to make a painting without getting your self dirty. This is the place where everything can happen.

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André Godinho is a director working in film and theatre