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It was the second and last marathon in Lisbon of Life will swallow you, an ambitious 11-hour play in which director Tónan Quito simultaneously dissects four of Anton Chekhov’s great texts (Seagull, Three sisters, Uncle Vânia me Or kidneys). The first part began at 7 pm on Saturday at the São Luiz Municipal Theater, running until 11:30 pm. At midnight, the public was at the D. María II National Theater (TNDMII) for the denouement, which would last until 6:00 am this Sunday. But the show ended later: five minutes before 4:00 am, the time originally scheduled for the start of the last act, two elements of the police entered the Garrett room of D. Maria II, freezing the resumption of the recitation during about 30 minutes. .
“The agents wanted to make sure that the social distance regulations were complied with and that we had the necessary license from the General Inspection of Cultural Activities to present shows at this time. It was an intervention that was resolved in a peaceful and cordial way ”, explained Tiago Rodrigues, artistic director of the institution.
After being heard by the PUBLIC, the official speaks of a “perfectly understandable fact.” “It is not usual for D. María II to have the lights on and be in operation at four in the morning. The authorities realized that there was an audience, saw that the last of the presentation intervals was ending and approached the institution. They wanted to check that everything was going in order. The exceptional nature of the situation attracted attention ”, he reinforces.
“We explained that everything was perfectly within the rules and that the marathon we were doing was public knowledge,” continued the artistic director of TNDMII, which had already hosted, on September 5, a first recital of Life will swallow you “into the night”. “An interval that would have lasted 40 minutes ended up being an hour and ten minutes. But, taking into account the limitations of the pandemic, it is perfectly normal and laudable for the security forces to take this type of care, ”he insists, highlighting the non-hostility of the patrol action.
Noting that Tónan Quito “previously trained” the transition from São Luiz to D. Maria II to “avoid crowds”, Tiago Rodrigues says that no law was broken in the different breaks of Life will swallow you. “Concert halls must create the conditions for, in need of a break, and it is obvious that a show that goes from 7:00 pm to 6:00 am the next day needs breaks, the public must be able to comply with safety distances and avoid crowding on the road. public. It happened, some people went up to the balcony of the theater and others went to Praça Dom João da Câmara, right in front of D. Maria II. All this was solved ”, he maintains.
“The intervention took a while, but we had no complaints from anyone, especially since we were explaining everything to the viewers. It was a small mishap that in no way interfered with the public service we were providing. In the end, the work went ahead and received a well-deserved ovation ”, he concludes.
Life will swallow you, which has Álvaro Correia, Gonçalo Waddington, João Pedro Mamede, Leonor Cabral, Miguel Loureiro, Mirró Pereira, Mónica Garnel, Rita Cabaço, Sílvia Filipe and Tónan Quito in the cast, arrives in Oporto on September 17 and will have two presentations. The first will take place in a staggered manner, on the 17th and 18th, at the Rivoli Theater (17, starting at 7 pm) and at the São João National Theater (18, also starting at 7 pm). The second will take place as a marathon with the same equipment, with the departure scheduled for 15:00 in Rivoli.
