Agenda

Part of the programme of FESTIAMA - V Amateur Theatre Festival of Esposende

Based on the play "Gennariello" by Eduardo de Filippo

Geninho is a pensioner married to Conceição, who likes to dedicate his time to useless inventions. With them live their son Toninho, retarded and full of tics, and his sister Dorinha, an old maid who longs to be a painter. Also living with them at the moment is Mr. Mateus, a drawing teacher who usually doesn't pay the rent for the rented room. However, Eugenio forgives him since in exchange he makes the technical drawings of his inventions. One day Geninho chats with Ana, a young typist who lives across the street. They are jokes, but they hide a certain male interest and the young woman, with her attitudes, provokes the protagonist of the play, giving the illusion that he is still an interesting man. Conceição, a typical housewife on whose shoulders falls all the weight of household care, hasn't been able to stand the fuss with Miss Ana for a long time. One afternoon, Geninho, pushed by his friends, courts Ana, but is caught by Conceição: and an argument breaks out between the two. He is offended, for he considers what he did was an innocent joke, and leaves the marital roof to end a life of misunderstanding. Faced with the sight of her husband disconsolate and humiliated by the mocking of the two, she reacts violently by expelling them and defending her man's dignity, welcoming him back into the house.

Artistic and Technical Record

• Staging: Eva Fernandes and Jorge Alonso
• Screen Painting: Manuela Araújo
• Scenery: Forjães em Cena and Divisão de Conservação e Munutenção do Municipio de Esposende
• Costumes: Forjães em Cena
• Music selection and operation: Jorge Alonso and Eva Fernandes
• Production: FORJÃES EM CENA
• Cast: Amândio Sá, Ana Beatriz Carvalho, António Vale, Isabel Moura, Joaquim Silva, Olga Dias, Patrícia Dias, Ricardo David Sá
• Promoter: Esposende Municipality / CREARTE Project
• Support: Esposende 2000

Age classification: M/ 6 years

The holding of municipal fairs always had a strong tradition in Minho. On the defined calendar day, especially the people who lived in the villages, they soon became accustomed to moving to the fairs, either to market their products or to stock up on products for themselves, the family, the home or their work . Farmers, seamstresses, housewives and marketers have become accustomed to living in this secular space.

This space is organized by sectors, with more than 100 places for non-sedentary retail trade.

The fair is held on Monday, every two weeks and has a free public car park. There is a food and beverage establishment inside the Bus Station and public toilets in the immediate vicinity of the premises, which serve as support for merchants and consumers.

Brass Quintet of the Atlantic Coast Orchestra

In the 2023 season, the chamber music cycle of the Atlantic Coast Orchestra develops under the motto "PORTUGAL and the WORLD: Encountering Cultures in Classical Music". With the artistic curatorship of the maestro Luis Miguel Clemente, the cycle presents a mixture of composers and authors of various styles and nationalities. In February, the cycle explores the sound of the brass quintet and contemplates the interpretation of works by truly contrasting composers: William Byrd, Ewald, António Vitorino d'Almeida, Samuel Scheidt and Richard Roblee.

Performers: João Sousa and Luis Campos, trumpet | Nádia Meireles, horn | Emanuel Rocha, trombone | Eduardo Pereira, tuba

Artistic direction: Luis Miguel Clemente

Co-production: Esposende City Council and Atlantic Coast Orchestra