A Tarumba – Teatro de Marionetas

Portugal

Mironescópio: A Máquina do Amor

CAMa – CENTRO DE ARTES DA MARIONETA

18 May at 9.30pm and 10.30pm 19 May at 9.30pm

Artistic direction and construction: Luís Vieira and Rute Ribeiro Puppeteers: Catarina Côdea, Luís Hipólito, Luís Vieira, Miriam Faria, Raquel Monteiro and Rute Ribeiro Adaptation and scripts: Rute Ribeiro Lighting design: Zé Rui Sound design: Catarina Côdea Photographs: Graziela Costa e LV Technique: Objects, shadows and paper figures For audiences over: M/16 Time: 60 min. Language: Portuguese or English Company supported by: Ministério da Cultura/Direcção-Geral das Artes Co-production: FIMP – Festival Internacional de Marionetas do Porto Limited audience

A Tarumba-Teatro de Marionetas the puppet company that produces every year the International Festival of Puppetry and Animated Forms – FIMFA Lx, in Lisbon, presents in CAMa – Centro de Artes da Marioneta (Puppetry Arts Centre), the new show, Mironescópio: The Love Machine.

A show of little forms inspired by the old Peep Shows and in the first motion pictures experiences of the nineteenth century with the use of devices like Kinetoscope or Mutoscope.

The great erotic experts, Dr. Erotikone, Madame Gigi and Madame Mimi, among other hosts, will present you their valuable Mironescópios. There are no barriers, love is free! Come to discover what really happened in Paradise ... and many other surprises never seen before.

Several Mironescópios will be waiting for you, inside each one there are visual effects, moving images, shadows ... that will create emotions never experienced before. An intimate show, pedagogic, relaxing and erotic ... ... a yé-yé soirée. Bring your partner and your friends!

Optical boxes and multiple variations. Inside opaque, coloured, translucent, singular images... Come and meet another universe through the keyhole...

In Art immorality can not exist. Art is always sacred.

August Rodin

A Tarumba - Teatro de Marionetas is a Portuguese professional theatre company, created in 1993, with artistic direction of Luís Vieira. Its particular purpose is to spread and promote puppet and visual theatre. In accordance with its name, Tarumba, it pursues multiple artistic projects...

Tarumba means to be confused or perplexed, astounded, fascinated, stunned, astonished… and expresses how the company generally envisions puppetry art. The artistic project comprises: creation and artistic experimentation; the International Festival of Puppetry and Animated Forms - FIMFA Lx organization; training and research with the creation of a Puppetry Arts Centre, Centro de Artes da Marioneta - CAMa.

The company has been performing all over Portugal and abroad, in many international festivals. Since 2001 organizes annually the International Festival of Puppetry and Animated Forms - Festival Internacional de Marionetas e Formas Animadas - FIMFA Lx, that has been known by the quality of its programme and multiplicity of proposals, where the puppets have a special role (shows, workshops, conferences, artistic residences, exhibitions).

During these 17 years of activity, beyond all the acquired experience, Tarumba created an important artistic collection, consisting of puppets made by the company, for each play, old and ‘historical’ puppets, Toy theatres (originals from 19^th century and beginnings of 20^th century), theatre books, especially about puppet theatre, photographs, programs and posters, that are present in the Puppetry Arts Centre, Centro de Artes da Marioneta - CAMa.