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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Viewpoints for Elders has been adapted for stage acting by Anne Bogart and Tina Landau in which they use an improvisational system that trains an actor to use their body in time and space to create meaning.
A safe space for elders to connect, socialise, listen to others, be heard, learn new skills, create, transform and above all have fun and laugh – great weapons against negative consequences of these difficult times.
Commedia dell'Arte by a group of 60yrs+. The shows were partly improvised and reflected issues that concerned the participants, portraying characters inspired by the original types of Commedia dell'Arte that related to their world and Church Street Ward.
Once upon a time in a Jane Austenesque South-American world lust and sibling love in between Vladine and Matias brings turmoil to his marriage with Bianca. To top it all, Vladine who has come to live with her brother due to the mysterious death of her husband has brought her beloved Nataniel with her. This is a blind goat, which becomes the enemy number one of Matias’s wife, the tender Bianca or is it Branca?
The participants from our work at Church Street Library take part in this project, acting out the story and creating improvised movement sequences alongside professional jazz singers and a band who played amazing music by Andrea Vicari. We present the Dende Company of Elders.
Amanda takes 20 seconds to realise she lost her hearing... Luis Guilherme wakes up and realises he has lost 5 teeth and broke 8 bones and Valquiria keeps repeating her mantra 'think of the sea' in order not to quit... Three characters on the verge of a nervous breakdown face the extreme!