Dende Collective is a registered charity that produces original, inventive and distinctively Brazilian theatre here in the UK. Our work promotes and develops Anglo Brazilian collaborations as well as encouraging diversity and integration. In particular our work also complements educational programmes for young people. To help us continue producing such innovative shows please join our Dende Friends Scheme or talk to us about sponsorship opportunities.
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Unleash your creativity with The Wandsworth Masquerade 2025! Led by Dendê Collective and two experienced mask specialists, this joyful, free project invites Wandsworth residents aged 18+ and 60+ to take part in weekly mask-making and performance workshops.
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Enter the bizarre world of the LUNA CLUB. Meet fugitives and Amazon Indians and hear small communities share enormous secrets. Guided by the hand of Anglo-Brazilian theatre company Dende Collective, the Lyric Young Company invokes a magical world inspired by well-known Latin American writer Isabel Allende. Enter at your own risk!
Macunaíma, a native from the Amazon, was born black and fully-grown amongst his red-skinned people, becomes white and blond and finally black again. We follow the hero's misadventures from birth to death, as he chases after his lost amulet, which has fallen into the hands of a shrewd Peruvian entrepreneur, who in reality is a cannibal giant!
Enter the world of the Club Piranha at your own risk and encounter bandidos, prostitutas, dictadores, and all the characters that inhabit this magical space. Let the famous storyteller Eva Luna guide you through the stories, lives, loves and sometimes deaths in this little part of South America.
Dona Flor’s roguish husband drops dead partying at a carnival. A second marriage gives her stability but not the sensual love she craves. In response to her longing, Dona Flor's first husband mysteriously reappears with the help of the Orixás (Afro-Brazilian Gods), resulting in a very unusual ménage à trois.
Too cool for a panto? Come and see something a bit unusual this Christmas instead! Kwaidan is an extraordinary adventure into the supernatural, guaranteed to put the chill into your winter! Based on four eerie Japanese tales, Dende will introduce you to ghosts, talking heads and Samurai warriors with their special style of shadows, masks, puppetry and physical acting.
Journey to the dusty drylands of the North East Brazilian outback, far away from the exotic beaches of Copacabana. In a world of poverty and ignorance, two people fall wildly in love