Parque Mayer: Teatro Variedades reopens on Saturday with free entry (and Maria Vitória and Capitolio join the party)
On Saturday, Teatro do Elétrico premieres two shows at Teatro Variedades, marking the recent rehabilitation and reopening of this theater in Parque Mayer, in Lisbon.
The plays that Teatro do Elétrico presents in that space are “Entraria essa sala”, with its premiere scheduled for 5 pm and performances by Ivo Alexandre, Manuel Marques, Sílvia Rizzo and Sissi Martins, and “The swimming pool party”, at 8 pm :00, with Ana Brito e Cunha, Ana Cloe, Ana Marta Contente, Filipe Vargas, José Leite, Marta Andrino, Ruben Madureira, Sandra Faleiro and Santiago Galvão.
The texts and staging of the shows, on stage until October 27th, are by Ricardo Neves-Neves, artistic director of Teatro do Elétrico.
Throughout the weekend it will be possible to celebrate the reopening of the Teatro Variedades in free entry activities, such as, for example, at the Capitol, with the show “No Futuro Lisboa”, curated by Dino D’Santiago, musical direction by André Gravata and the participation of artists NBC, Sir Scratch, Jojho, Kady, Sasha, Janeiro, Raissa, Berlok and Wander Isaac.
At Teatro Maria Vitória, the play “And Nobody Goes to Prison!” There will be tickets offered for the 4:30 pm and 9:30 pm sessions.
Concerts by Tó Trips (Saturday) and Expresso Transatlântico (Sunday) and DJ sets by Nery (Saturday) and HUCA & João Villas-Boas (Sunday) are planned.
According to the EGEAC website, “entrance to the shows at the Teatro Variedades, at the Capitol and outside Parque Mayer will be free, with tickets required for the shows in the rooms”.
“Tickets will be distributed on the same day from 3pm exclusively at the Parque Mayer central ticket office. Each person will be able to collect up to two tickets for two shows”, the text reads.
In July, the Mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Moedas, announced that Teatro Variedades would reopen on October 5th, after rehabilitation works.
Carlos Moedas added that Variedades will “bring together independent companies that have no ‘home’ and have nothing to do with each other.”
“We’re going to have Artistas Unidos, Marina Mota, the revue theater”, said Carlos Moedas at the time, declining to add further details about the program.
At the time, Carlos Moedas also said that Teatro Variedades’ programming will be carried out in conjunction with cultural spaces in the area, namely the Capitol and Cinema São Jorge, “fostering a very active nucleus for the universe of theater, cinema, music and shows”.
