FΛRSΛ
FΛRSΛ is a scenic creation by Catarina Miranda for three performers and a stage machine inspired by 19th-century optical illusion devices. The piece explores perception, deception, and transmission as forces that shape contemporary experience.
Drawing on Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, FΛRSΛ unfolds as a composition of moving materials — a choreography of light, sound, and matter, exploring illusion and manipulation, and reflecting on how disinformation shapes our sense of truth and reality.
The piece dismantles the idea of a single narrative and examines how perspective and framing transform facts into perception.
Artistic dossier
TEAM & CREDITS
Artistic Direction: Catarina Miranda
Performance: Ángela Diaz Quintela, Beatriz Valentim, Bruno Brandolino
Co-creation: Ángela Diaz Quintela, Beatriz Valentim, Bruno Brandolino, Carlos Azevedo Mesquita, Catarina Miranda, João Brojo, João Ferreira, Jonathan Saldanha, Sérgio Coutinho
Research Support: Nuno Preto, Junis Becherer, Maria Antunes
Light Design: Joana Mário
Light Design Assistance: Rita Conde
Music Composition: Jonathan Saldanha, Artiaga Mirada
Space Conception: Carlos Azeredo Mesquita, Catarina Miranda, Joana Mário, João Brojo, João Ferreira, Sérgio Coutinho, Jonathan Saldanha
Prosthetics and Scenography: Júlio Alves, Hugo Flores
Costumes: Catarina Miranda
Dramaturgical Support: Maria Inês Marques, João Fiadeiro
Production Management: Teresa Camarinha
Executive Production: João Brojo
Production House: RÁRA
Booking: Inês Le Gué | jardin&cour
Co-production: 23 Milhas, OOPSA, Pôle-Sud (FR), Teatro Municipal do Porto, Teatro Viriato, Theater Freiburg (DE)
Support for Creation: BoraBora, Estúdios Victor Córdon, O Espaço do Tempo, Grand Luxe Dance Network [Grand Studio (Brussels, BE), L’Abri (Geneve, CH), Pôle-Sud (Strasbourg, FR), CCN — Ballet de L’Opéra National du Rhin (Strasbourg, FR), Maison TROIS C-L (Luxembourg), Theatre Freiburg (DE)]
NEXT SHOWS
February 27, 2026 > 23 Milhas, Ílhavo (Portugal) [open rehearsal]
April 10-11, 2026 > DDD Festival / Teatro Municipal do Porto (Portugal) [PREMIERE]
April 24, 2026 > 23 Milhas, Ílhavo (Portugal)
April 30, 2026 > Teatro Viriato, Viseu (Portugal)