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2023

2023, our biggest year yet, saw the inaugural edition of JáFest, our own extravaganza of onstage theatre, workshops, walking tours, our first-ever poetry film competition and an exhibition and panel discussion dedicated to four brave women journalists. JáFest in April 2023 was made possible by the support provided by the European Union through the Theatre in Palm platform. We had no sooner recovered from the festival than Suresh was back in the rehearsal room for Jean-Paul Sartre’s classic “No Exit”. We followed that up in November with a show dedicated to Roma culture.

2023 JÁ EVENTS

ZZZZ adapted from Qqqqqqqq

ZZZZ

Directed by: Suresh Nampuri
Date: 12 November 2023
Venue: Museu Sa

LAGO. BLUES MAKETH THE ROAD. ROMANI STORIES

Last Beam of Sunlight

“LAGO” performed by: Martina Kosta Diankova
“BLUES MAKETH THE ROAD” directed by: Suresh Nampuri
Date: 20 October 2023
Venue: Centro Artes Marvila, Lisboa

IORGENNALE culture in the home

IORGENNALE

Concept by: Jean-Lorin Sterian
Date: 6-8 October, 2023
Venue: people’s apartments in Lisboa

NO EXIT! adapted from Jean-Paul Sartre

NO EXIT

Directed by: Suresh Nampuri
Date: 7-17 June, 2023
Venue: Museu de História Natural e da Ciência, Lisboa

JA 2023 POETRY FILM COMPETITION

JA 2023 PF COMPETITION

Curated by: Tania Kumeda
Date: 12 Dec 2022-16 April 2023
Venues: Casa Fernando Pessoa & Cossoul, Lisboa

“4 JOURNALISTS” exhibition

4J EXHIBITION

Curated by: Dan Cotterall
Date: 13-18 April, 2023
Venue: Estúdio Prisma, Lisboa

GILGAMESH – MORTAL kinesthetic puppets

Gilgamesh

Directed and choregraphed by: Maiju Tainio
Date: 15 April 2023
Venue: Teatro do Bairro, Lisboa

MANOBRAS DA CARNE peça em português

Manobras da Carne

Directed by: Henrique Gomes
Date: 14 April 2023
Venue: Teatro do Bairro, Lisboa

FRAGMENTED REALITIES & SINUO musical event

Fragmented Realities

Concept by: Arnis Aleinikovas
Date: 12 April 2023
Venue: Teatro do Bairro, Lisboa

MULTIPLEX REALITIES by Noah Hellwig

Multiplex Realities

Performed by: Noah Hellwig
Date: 12 April 2023
Venue: Teatro do Bairro, Lisboa

FROM ABOVE/DE ALTO by Sílvia Almeida

From Above do Alto

Performed by: Sílvia Almeida
Date: 12 April 2023
Venue: Teatro do Bairro, Lisboa

CYRCELS – Work in Progress

Cyrcels

Performed by: Zaher Hamzat & Issam Zemmouri
Date: 11 April 2023
Venue: Teatro do Bairro, Lisboa

HISTÓRIA by Issam Zemmouri

História

Written & performed by: Issam Zemmouri
Date: 10 April 2023
Venue: Teatro do Bairro, Lisboa

FIXE 2 bodies from the future

FIXE

Performed by: Maeve Lambert & Elena Vertegel
Date: 10 April 2023
Venue: Teatro do Bairro, Lisboa

WALKING AROUND LISBON with JÁ

Walking Around

Tours created and led by: Chiara Crisafulli
Date: 10-16 April 2023
Venue: Lisboa

2023 JÁ ACADEMY

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Theatre Fighting

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CHANGE THROUGH THEATRE Romani project

NO EXIT

European Theatre Lab led by: Suresh Nampuri
Date: 16-20 October, 2023
Venue: Centro Artes Marvila, Lisboa

GALILEO Os Mortos Riem Silenciosamente

Galileo

Workshop led by: Suresh Nampuri
Date: 2 June 2023
Venue: Museu de História Natural, Lisboa

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN EUROPE

Funding Opportunities

Masterclass led by: Alexandra Thomaidou
Date: 13 April 2023
Venue: online

YOGA FOR DANCERS workshop

YOGA FOR DANCERS

Workshop led by: Martina Kosta Diankova
Date: 13 April 2023
Venue: Polo Cultural Gaivotas, Lisboa

POETRY FILM workshop with Janet Lees

POETRY FILM WORKSHOP

Workshop led by: Janet Lees
Date: 13 April 2023
Venue: Cossoul, Lisboa

SET DESIGN workshop

SET DESIGN

Workshop led by: Miguel Sá Fernandes
Date: 11-13 April 2023
Venue: Polo Cultural Gaivotas, Lisboa

Puppetry workshop

Puppetry Workshop

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Workshop led by: Maiju Tainio
Date: 11-13 April 2023
Venue: Teatro do Bairro, Lisboa

Hinge On workshop

HINGE ON

Workshop led by: Elena Vertegel
Date: 11-12 April 2023
Venue: Polo Cultural Gaivotas, Lisboa

2022

In April, Suresh, Tania and Dan began plotting the innumerable moves, sallies and conversations that would lead to Já Festival twelve months later. In June, we were involved in the True Reflections festival. In October Tania gave a Coffee Talk for the “Theatre in Palm” program. Workshops with psychologists from the U.Lisboa were a big feature of our work in 2022, including a four-month workshop on playback theatre run with Ultim’acto which began in November.

Psychodrama & Playback Theatre

Psychodrama Playback

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Workshop led by: U.Lisboa Psychology Dept
Date: 28 October 2022-21 February 2023
Venue: Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência

Hamlet in Limbo: Grief & Time in Theatre

HAMLET IN LIMBO: GRIEF & TIME IN THEATRE

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Workshop led by: Suresh Nampuri
Date: November 24-25, 2022
Venue: U.Lisboa

TIP Digital Coffee Talk Tania on JÁ’s first show

TANIA DCT

Digital Coffee Talk by: Tania Kumeda
Date: 14 October 2022
Venue: Online

JÁ: THE WAY AHEAD brainstorming JáFest

JÁ: THE WAY AHEAD

Talking: Dan Cotterall & Suresh Nampuri
Date: July 25, 2022
Venue: Jardim Botânico de Lisboa

TRUE REFLECTIONS a collective experience

True Reflections

Performers: Carina A. Stiefel, Sam Fromkin, Queen Queerlysh & Laurence Alliston-Greiner
Date: June 4-5, 2022
Venue: Prisma Estúdio

BLEED TRUE European Theatre Lab

True Reflections

Workshop led by: Suresh Nampuri
Date: May 17, 2022
Venue: Auditório Carlos Paredes, U.Lisboa

2021

In April, we ran a successful online workshop. In May we took part in the annual FEATS competition with an original work by our own Suresh Nampuri. His Shakespearean medley “Shaken & Stirred” featured at the Setúbal Theatre Festival in August.

Shaken and Stirred by Suresh Nampuri

Shaken and Stirred

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Directed by: Suresh Nampuri
Date: August 19, 2021
Submitted to: Festival Internacional de Teatro de Setúbal

At Zephyr’s Turn by Suresh Nampuri

At Zephyr's Turn

Directed by: Suresh Nampuri
Date: May 14-16, 2021
Submitted to: FEATS 2021 Festival
Venue: online

ACTING WORKSHOP Love & Vengeance in Drama

Love & Vengeance

Facilitated by: Carmo Bebiano & Suresh Nampuri
Date: April 17-18-24-25, 2021
Venue: Zoom online

2020

Impossible alas for us to do live theatre in the Year of Covid. We responded by moving online. In April, we filmed short plays by Harold Pinter and our very own Suresh Nampuri, then in August Chekhov’s SwanSong with Mick Greer in full cry.

SWANSONG by Anton Chekhov

SWANSONG

Directed by: Suresh Nampuri
Date: Aug 1, 2020
Venue: online

EQUINOX 2 short plays. Pinter. Nampuri.

EQUINOX

Directed by: Suresh Nampuri
Date: April 21, 2020
Venue: online

2019

In 2019, venues were as scarce as hen’s teeth. Despite this, in July, we performed a triple bill called Jagged: a short play by Harold Pinter and two short and shocking pieces by Neil LaBute. In September we did a test-read of a new play set in the Algarve called In a Foreign Country and then took part in the 5th edition of the Lisbon REVERSO festival. In November we put on Insomnia, a poetic tale of three Russian writers.

INSOMNIA 3 writers in Moscow 1912-1916

INSOMNIA

Directed by: Tania Kumeda
Date: November 20, 2019
Venue: Ler Devagar, LX Factory, Lisboa

Monochrome & Aftermath 2 short plays

2 short plays

Written & directed by: Suresh Nampuri
Date: Sept 28, 2019
Venue: Cossoul, Lisboa

AUTHOR WORKSHOP: IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY

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With author: David Hutchinson
Date: Sept 14, 2019
Venue: Polo Cultural Gaivotas, Lisboa

JAGGED 3 short plays by Harold Pinter & Neil LaBute

JAGGED

Directed by: Suresh Nampuri
Date: July 3-7, 2019
Venue: Ler Devagar, LX Factory, Lisboa

2018

In 2018, we focused on Staged Readings and workshops. Workshops are an opportunity for experienced and aspiring actors to exercise and hone their craft… as well as an opportunity for Já to meet new talent.

JÁ Staged Readings give actors and audience the opportunity to plunge into exciting scripts stripped to their central core – very few props, little costume, minimal set, just words and gestures. A chance too for directors to workshop a pet project, and for writers to see their plays free of the stress of an impending full production…

III: 3 short plays. Pinter, Williams

III: 3 short plays

Directed by: Suresh Nampuri
Date: Dec 6 & 8, 2018
Venue: Ler Devagar Bookshop, LX Factory, Lisboa

Acting Workshop ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE

DJ workshop

Led by: Deborah Jeanne Weitzman
Date: Oct 15-16, 2018
Venue: Polo Cultural Gaivotas, Lisboa

CELEBRATION by Harold Pinter

CELEBRATION by Harold Pinter

Directed by: Dan Cotterall
Date: Sept 7-8, 2018
Venue: Studio 3.11, LX Factory, Lisboa

Acting Workshop LOVE AND LONGING IN THE CLASSICS

Weekend Acting Workshop: LOVE & LONGING IN THE CLASSICS

Led by: Suresh Nampuri
Date: July 14-15, 2018
Venue: Polo Cultural Gaivotas, Lisboa

PESSOA, FIRST PERSON PLURAL by Margarida Rocha

PESSOA, FIRST PERSON PLURAL by Margarida Rocha

Written & directed by: Margarida Rocha
Date: June 29 & July 1, 2018
Venue: Studio 3.11, LX Factory, Lisboa

Acting Workshop PLAYING SHAKESPEARE WITH CONFIDENCE

Weekend Acting Workshop: PLAYING SHAKESPEARE

Led by: Candace van der Walt
Date: April 14-15, 2018
Venue: Polo Cultural Gaivotas, Lisboa

MEMORY LANES Stories by Vladimir Nabokov & Photography

MEMORY LANES. Stories by Vladimir Nabokov & Photography

Directed by: Tania Kumeda
Date: March 16-17, 2018
Venue: Studio 3.11, LX Factory, Lisboa

2017

In November 2017, a few months after registering “Já International Theatre – Associação Cultural e Recreativa”, we staged our first show – a double bill – at Teatro do Bairro in Chiado!

A FLORENTINE TRAGEDY inspired by Oscar Wilde

A FLORENTINE TRAGEDY inspired by Oscar Wilde

A STORY OF CHOICE, PASSION AND CRIME

Directed by: Tania Kumeda
Date: November 22-26, 2017
Venue: Teatro do Bairro, Lisboa

THE BEAR by Anton Chekhov

THE BEAR by Anton Chekhov

A DUEL IN ONE ACT

Directed by: Tania Kumeda
Date: November 22-26, 2017
Venue: Teatro do Bairro, Lisboa

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2017: THE GESTATION PERIOD

These clips date from 2017 when Já International Theatre was being ushered into the light!

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