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Children's & YAAugust 2017Planet Shift and the Shifters
by Rita Vilela, Sofia Paulino
Did you know? There is an unknown planet in our Solar System called Planet Shift! And the inhabitants of that planet are called Shifters! Can you imagine if they are that different from us? What if the Shifters day-to-day habits were very similar to ours? It seems possible, alright, but things are not going well in Planet Shift, because when the Shifters get really angry, something unusual happens… unusual as we have never seen in our planet…
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Children's & YAOctober 2020The Legend of the Carrion crow’s Boy
by Julieta Aurora Santos
The story is told by an oneiric character, Maresia, a central figure that holds an island on the waistline of her long, wide skirt. She is the embodiment of the landscape, an inspiration and the starting point for this dramatic creation. As a witness of all the events, it is the spirit of the sea that tells us the adventures of the boy and his friend, the Carrion crow, on Pessegueiro’s Island. A story about the desire for freedom and peace in a world whose existence is at stake. The fort’s ruins and the island’s real threat of submersion appear as symbolic elements of a memory that is intended to be retrieved and preserved by sharing it with the new generations.The narrative, aided in its interpretation by puppets, is defined through a language of great visuality, oneiric ambiance and poetry, capable of being understood by all audiences.As Teatro do Mar’s director, Julieta Aurora Santos, by pursuing her project of retrieving elements of Sines’ cultural identity, and by developing a dramaturgy inspired in the history, myths and traditional tales of this region, has based herself on a legend from parish of Porto Covo, the Pessegueiro Island, to be more specific – The legend of the Carrion crow’s boy – to create her own show, therefore recovering part of the immaterial legacy of the district for the new generations, in several performances all over the country, and recently, in Brazil
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FictionApril 2016In The Name Of The Order - The Knights Of The Fig-Tree
Os Cavaleiros da Figueira
by Norberto Horta
Portugal. It is 1546, and after an entire life of sole dedication, Master João da Piedade (John Piety) departs on a final mission in the name of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword. Sent to the plain lands of Além Tejo in an apparently easy task, Master John, with his eternal horse companion Thunder, puts at risk his own life on his Majesty’s service.Unexpectedly, Master John ends his days in the village that would turn out to become Knight’s Fig-Tree (Figueira dos Cavaleiros), after a hard existence powered with exciting adventures and full of emotions. This is the path to cross... In The Name Of The Order!An outstanding novel with an engaging plot and excellent characters. A stirring adventure full of dramatic battles, slavery, treachery and intrigue, but also love, loss and friendship, that reveals the legacy of a man forever connected to the origins of a village.Peopled with characters both fictional and historical, this debut novel of Norberto Horta is the author’s description of the still unknown origins of Knight’s Fig-Tree (Figueira dos Cavaleiros), a beautiful country village in the heart of Alentejo, in Portugal. Possibly, a true story!
