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Programme

Marlene Monteiro Freitas

NÔT

German Premiere in cooperation with Berliner Festspiele
in cooperation with Internationales Sommerfestival Kampnagel (Hamburg)

14.+15.8.

Age recommendation: 12 years

Duration 1 h 45 min

In “NÔT”, Marlene Monteiro Freitas shows a world where clear identities and boundaries fade. Inspired by 1001 Nights, she tells stories of love, freedom, and struggle — like an onion with many layers.

In her work, choreographer Marlene Monteiro Freitas explores metamorphosis as a space where identity and alterity blur. With a desire to unravel the boundaries of the fixed and the familiar, she invites the audience into shifting terrains of perception. Her new piece, “NÔT”, (Cape Verdean Creole for ‘night’) draws from 1001 nights to create a fable-like structure built on accumulation, interruption and suspense. Tales of love and war, imprisonment and freedom, vice and virtue unfold in layered succession. “NÔT” becomes an artefact of survival and imagination, where, as Freitas writes, “night after night, the stage becomes an onion.”

Tickets

Full 38 / 33 / 25 / 17 €
Reduced 25 / 17 / 10 / 9 €

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German Premiere
  • Cast

    Choreographer

    Marlene Monteiro Freitas

    Assistant Choreographer

    Francisco Rolo

    With

    Marie Albert, Joãozinho de Costa, Miguel Filipe, Ben Green, Henri ʻCookieʼ Lesguillier, Tomás Moital, Rui Paixão, Mariana Tembe

    Set Designer

    Yannick Fouassier, Marlene Monteiro Freitas

    Lighting Designer & Technical Director

    Yannick Fouassier

    Lights Operator

    João Chicó

    Costume Design

    Marlene Monteiro Freitas, Marisa Escaleira

    Sound Designer

    Rui Antunes

    Stage Management

    Ana Luísa Novais

    Special Stage Prop

    Cláudio Silva

    Set Design Internship

    Emma Ait-Kaci

    Artistic Consultancy

    João Figueira, Martin Valdés-Stauber

    Diffusion

    Key Performance

  • Credits

    Production P.OR.K

    Co-production Festival d'Avignon, Berliner Festspiele, Internationales Sommerfestival Kampnagel, Culturgest, MC2: Maison de la Culture de Grenoble – Scène nationale, Le Quartz – Scène National de Brest, La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand scène nationale, Maison de la Danse Lyon – Pôle européen de création, La Vilette, Comédie de Genève & La Bâtie – Festival de Genève, Onassis STEGI, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, PACT Zollverein

    Residencies support O Espaço do Tempo, Alkantara, OPART, E.P.E. / ESTÚDIOS VÍTOR CORDON. Onassis AiR, MC2: Maison de la Culture de Grenoble – Scène nationale, Internationales Sommerfestival Kampnagel

    Institutional support Dançando com a Diferença

    Acknowledgements Carlos Duarte, Atelier MC2 Grenoble

    The dramaturgical research of NÔT was supported by Onassis AiR in 2025.

    With the kind support of CAMÕES BERLIM.

    In cooperation with Berliner Festspiele

Dates of production

Location

Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Schaperstr. 24, 10719 Berlin

The Haus der Berliner Festspiele in Schaperstraße 24 has wheelchair access without steps to the foyer and to the auditorium on the ground floor. A wheelchair accessible lift is available for the upper foyers. This lift is equipped with tactile lettering. There is a WC on the ground floor for persons with restricted mobility.

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