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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OneFourSeven takes place in the mind of a young immigration officer, Angelo Walker, as he descends into a world of waiting rooms and a journey into his past and future. OneFourSeven is an evening of polyphonic physical theatre, full of strange people, beautiful images, carrots, and lots of numbers.
Paco and Tonho work in a street market in a huge metropolis. Both are young and poor. Tonho is full of dreams, but can't look for a better job with the pair of shoes he's got. Paco has beautiful, brand new shoes. The conflict is established.
Meet Og - he’s a man who just loves too much and can’t stop giving his beloved wife Barbara everything she asks for. Meet Petunia - or perhaps you’d rather not, given her penchant for double-dealing card counting and sideline in sadism. Meet Barbosa - a horny teenage kangaroo who dreams of Baccara
The stage is dark. There is howling wind. Dogs bark in the distance. A shadowy figure enters the stage, holding a candelabra to light his way
She's the wrong side of 60, her husband's having an affair with his lesbian sister & somebody is trying to kill her. It's all in a days work for Brazilian soap queen TIA MARIA. He's 25 & has just arrived in São Paulo to meet his date. So what could go wrong when Matin meets MARIA ALVES?