TAHITI!

9 October | 21:30

Location: Centro Cultural de Lagos - Auditório Duval Pestana Organised by: Fadas e Elfos - Cultural Association and CM Lagos with support from DGArtes/RTCP Duration: 95 min Age rating: M16 Tickets available at the CCL reception or through BOL

The performance is in English with Portuguese subtitles.

Tahiti! is a double bill featuring Leonard Bernstein's opera Trouble in Tahiti (1952) and Pacific Pleasures (2016-17) by Alannah Marie Halay with a libretto by Jorge Balça. Pacific Pleasures had its national premiere with this production.

Set in a typical suburban neighbourhood, Tahiti! tells the story of a young couple, Sam and Dinah, who discover that everything they ever wanted has not brought them happiness. They still need to find their Tahiti.

This production employs a variety of dramatic strategies and tools, such as physical theatre and puppetry, inspired by the work of Paula Rego in collaboration with MAC/CCB. Tahiti! imagines a life for the two main characters before Bernstein's opera begins with an argument. How did Sam and Dinah become so unhappy? To what extent were their lives already mapped out before they began living them? And how much control do they really have over their lives?

Free parking - The Centro Cultural de Lagos and the Biblioteca Municipal de Lagos offer free parking at the Frente Ribeirinha car park (Avenida dos Descobrimentos) for attendees of their events. To qualify for this discount, users must present a stamp obtained at the ticket office of the Centro Cultural de Lagos or the entrance of the Biblioteca Municipal de Lagos. This offer is valid only one hour before and up to one hour after each event.