Teatro do Montemuro (Montemuro ´s Theatre)

Teatro do Montemuro is a professional theatre company. We have only six people permanently, but every new artistic projet as around 12 people, we always invite writters, set designer, musical diretors, news energies for the projets searching for new methods and new languages. We are funded by the gourvernement and by selling our shows. We present around the counrty and outside near 100 shows a year. Besides touring we have a Festival that gathers theatre, music, plastic arts, dance and others experiences. The Festival has been happening since 1998 and groups from Portugal and abroad had present their shows here. We also have a projet with schools.It is necessary to demystify the arts, stimulate the taste for the theater and critical sense of youth. It's been ten years since Theatre Montemuro began to invite schools to visit Espaço Montemuro. The project has grown and the number of schools that integrate this activity grows from year to year to live this experience. The company makes this kind of theatrical experience so than young do not just watch a show on stage but make them to think, form opinions about the show and express them in words, actions , images or sounds. This initiative aims to show the reality of the theater to new audiences, young people, showing and explaining the creative process, since the creation of the text, props, till the moment it’s presented to the public, all in a very intense day hat begins with the presentation of the piece. The discussion about the project between actors, director, students and teachers is followed by a visit to the various departments: backstage, offices, storage, technical parts. After a lunch break, the afternoon work begins with several games, exploring the dramatic expression. The workshop ends with a presentation of games, exercises and improvisations made ​​by the students. For many young people who come to our village this is the first contact they have with the theater, for others, it’s now an usual visit.The connection between Teatro do Montemuro and the community of the small village of Campo Benfeito has always been and will continue to be very close. The lifestyle of the local population has contributed to enrich the company's performances. People that are present in the ante-premieres and at the festival, people who follows the work of the group ever since the beginning. The work of the company requires that the group passes most of the time on tour, so these gatherings keeps us together and we do not want to miss these important moments. The gatherings aim to combat isolation and loneliness and to promote unity among the villagers, friends and employees of Teatro do Montemuro. For TRSM is a return to the origins. These meetings are always around the holidays, according to the availability of the company and with the will of the people of the village.