Teatro Amazonas receives the play 'Contractions' this weekend

Assembly has in the cast the actresses Débora Falabella and Yara de Novaes.

The play "Contractionsby Grupo 3 de Teatro for the text by English playwright Mike Bartlett. Mike Bartlettwill be presented at Amazonas Theaterthis Saturday (6/29), at 8pm, and Sunday (6/30), at 7pm, with the actresses Débora Falabella e Yara de Novaes. Tickets are available at the theater's box office and cost between R$ 40 and R$ 80 (full price). The event is rated 14 years old.

A critical and public success, Bartlett's work is cruelly comic and shows the most absurd side of a common work situation. In the office of a large corporation, the manager asks her employee Emma to read out loud a clause in the contract that forbids employees to have any sentimental or sexual relationship with another colleague. In the following meetings, the manager unleashes her different facets to manipulate Emma. To keep her job, the employee eventually surrenders and damages her private life.

Directed by Grace Passô, the play won the APCA, APTR, Questão de Crítica, and Aplauso Brasil awards, and, in São Paulo alone, it has already been staged at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (2013), Itaú Cultural, Teatro Porto Seguro (2015), Teatro Shopping Frei Caneca (2016), and at Auditório do Ibirapuera (2017) - Mostra Petrobras Premmia de Teatro, Festival Teatro Vivo. In June, the play was staged in Belém.

Constant creative partners of the Grupo 3 de Teatro collective, Silvia Gomez signs the translation of the text, Morris Picciotto is the author of the original soundtrack, and André Cortez created the set and costumes for the staging. The company was founded by artists from Minas Gerais living in São Paulo: Débora Falabella, Yara de Novaes, and Gabriel Fontes Paiva, who are the artistic directors of the group.

Tickets can also be purchased at www.bilheteriadigital.com.

Mike Bartlett

At the age of 37, English playwright Mike Bartlett is considered one of the most significant writers of contemporary theater. Winner of major awards - such as the Laurence Olivier Award and the Imison Award -, Bartlett focuses his theater on the duel between man and the standards of conduct demanded and marked by society. Working continuously since 2002, among his main works are: "MyChild" (2007), "Contractions" (2008), "Cock" (2009), "Love,Love,Love" (2010) and "13" (2011).

Débora Falabella

Known for her breathtaking performances in soap operas such as "O Clone" and "Avenida Brasil", in the cinema she has acted in the short film "Françoise", by Rafael Conde, which won her a Best Actress award at the Gramado and Brasilia Film Festivals; and in the feature films "Dois perdidos numa noite suja" (Best Actress award at Brasília Film Festival), by José Joffily; "Lisbela e o Prisioneiro", by Guel Arraes; and "Cazuza - O tempo não para", by Sandra Werneck and Walter Carvalho.

Besides her successful trajectory in TV and cinema, she has been on stage in the last 15 years participating in theater shows where she received awards for best actress: Troféu Usiminas/Sinparc and Prêmio Sated-MG. She is currently touring with the show "Contractions", which earned her three awards for best actress - APCA, APTR, and Aplauso Brasil.

Yara de Novaes

Actress, director and theater teacher, she founded in 2005 the Grupo 3 de Teatro, where she alternates her work as actress and director, besides the artistic direction of the company. She has directed, as guest director, 17 plays in the last 12 years, among them "Tio Vânia (Aos que vierem depois de nós)", by Grupo Galpão; "Caminho para Meca", with Cleyde Yaconis; and "Maria Miss", adapted from the work of Guimarães Rosa.

As a mark of his directing, besides a strong corporal work, he has narrative as a starting point for the theatrical creation. He has performed with authors such as Fiodor Dostoiévski, Fernando Bonassi, Móricz Zsigmond, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Murilo Rubião, and Guimarães Rosa, among others. Currently she tours with the show "Contractions" for which she received the APCA award for best actress in 2013 and teaches Theater at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado.

Credits
"Contractions
Text: Mike Bartlett
Translation: Silvia Gomez
Direction: Grace Passô
Cast: Débora Falabella and Yara de Novaes
Set and Costume Design: André Cortez
Light: Alessandra Domingues
Soundtrack: Morris Picciotto
Production Direction: Gabriel Paiva
Conception: Theater Group 3
Duration: 80 minutes

Service:

Play "Contractions

Date/Time: 6/29, Saturday, 8pm; and Sunday, 6/30, 7pm
Venue: Teatro Amazonas (Av. Eduardo Ribeiro, 659, Centro)
Admission: R$ 80 (plateia/frisas), R$ 60 (1st and 2nd floors) and R$ 40 (3rd floor); values referring to the entire
Rating: 14 years old

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