ULISSES’ ANGST
A theater project by Rui Catalão
Artist residency and public presentation
October 15th to 20th, 2023, Vouzela

Local support: Municipality of Vouzela and Vouzela Vocational School

The artist residency of Rui Catalão’s dramaturgical project, entitled “Mal de Ulisses” (Ulysses’ Angst), has come to an end. Students from the Vocational School of Vouzela worked on texts related to two migratory experiences: those who left the country during the Portuguese dictatorship and those who arrived in the era of the European Union.

“Mal de Ulisses” deals with the experience of those who left their countries of origin in search of another future, both old emigrants and young immigrants who tell their story: why they left their family, their way of life, and the problems of adaptation they faced.

Photographs by Liliana Silva and Ana Margarida Ferreira.
Conception, dramaturgy, staging: Rui Catalão
Interviews: Madiu Furtado
Production: Irreal/Produções Independentes
Support: GDA Foundation
Co-productions: Teatro Municipal do Porto, Festival Todos (Lisbon), Futurama – Ecossistema Cultural e Artístico do Baixo Alentejo (Beja), Teatro Oficina (Guimarães), Binaural Nodar (Vouzela) and Teatro das Figuras (Faro).

Binaural Nodar is supported by the Portuguese Government – Culture | Directorate-General for the Arts.