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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In a 1950s radio station, somewhere in Latin America, Pedro Camacho writes and directs a series of novelas, radio soap operas, which capture the mood of the times as well as his own fascination with others. Witness both the comedy and tragedy of Camacho and his regular cast of actors as the stories gradually reflect their own relationships in ways that are both surprising and ultimately life-affirming.
Make way for Exu - the trickster, Ogum - the warrior god of Iron, Iemanjá - the goddess of the sea, Xangô - the warrior god of fire and lighting and Oxum - goddess of rivers. All the way from Brazil and Cuba the orixás have taken the streets of Norwich!
Dende Collective and Contact Young Actors Company create a world where dark forces and evil spirits interact with humans and change theirs destinies forever
Anyone for LA BIBLIOTECA this way please. The John Rylands Library is very excited to have you here: we have discovered a rare book with the secrets of the Commedia dell'Arte: I Segreti Meravigliosi di Commedia Dell’Arte, by Flaminio Scala. I am very proud to show it to you today for the first time." It all starts as a boring lecture on this dead theatrical form, but mayhem starts when Arlecchino and co show up for real, steal the rare book and install chaos
In the darkness evil waits / Hungry for our blood / But beyond the spirit gates / Lies a force for good / Demon that torments this place / Sink beneath the mud!
