Julia

Direction and adaptation Christiane Jatahy

NATIONAL THEATRE D. MARIA II
4th – 6th May
Friday to Saturday, 9pm; Sunday, 4pm
Garrett Room

In recent years, Christiane Jatahy has focussed on audiovisual language. In Julia, an adaptation of Miss Julie, by August Strindberg, the theatre is transformed into a live cinema. With a combination of pre-filmed and on-the-spot scenes, the film is constructed in the presence of the audience. From classic to contemporary. From what can be watched to what can only be gleaned in the actual presence of the actor and the context of the cinema.
The adaptation of the text also introduces conflict to the here and now, on the day when the audience watch the play and asks themselves who Julia and Jean are, and how they are related today. If Strindberg put two people’s relationship under the magnifying glass, Jatahy puts it through the camera lens, a constant presence and witness, invading the present and immediate encounter with the eye of the public.

Performance: Julia Bernat, Rodrigo dos Santos;
Participation in the film: Tatiana Tiburcio;
Set: Marcelo Lipiani and Christiane Jatahy;
Live camera: Paulo Camacho;
Lighting design: Renato Machado and David Pacheco;
Costumes: Angele Fróes;
Music: Rodrigo Marçal;
Sound operator: Felipe Norkus;
Light operator: Leandro Barreto;
Video technician: Bruno Drolshagen;
Stage director: Thiago Katona;
Production manager and tour manager: Henrique Mariano;
International tour production: The Centquatre-Paris

A project by Cia Vértice de Teatro