Poperópera Transatlântica
[PumpitoperaTransatlantica]

Continuing the collective’s investigation into topics connected to the theater of the real and documentary theater, MEXA connects personal stories from the group’s performers with Homer’s epic poem Odyssey. In an opera that revisits 1990s dance music, the artists experiment ways of enacting this Greek narrative today and build their own mythology based on their individual journeys and the group’s journey, crossing the ocean to present the show on an international tour.  

MEXA is a performance group that has been active for nine years in the city of São Paulo, doing research on the borders between reality and fiction, autobiography and documentary theater, blurring the lines between art and life. Its latest shows, Poperópera Transatlântica [Pumpitopera Transatlantica] (2023) and A Última Ceia [The Last Supper] (2024), made their debut at the Kunstenfestivaldesarts, in Brussels. Since 2016, MEXA members are also working as artists-in-residence at Casa do Povo. 

CAST AND CREW
Created by: MEXA
Playwright and direction: João Turchi
Original conception: Daniela Pinheiro
Performers and cocreators: Aivan, Alê Tradução, Anita Silvia, Daniela Pinheiro, Dourado, Patrícia Borges, Suzy Muniz and Tatiane Arcanjo
Video performer, video creation, technical direction: Laysa Elias
Soundtrack and sound design: Podeserdesligado
Production: Lu Mugayar
Production management (phase 1): Leonardo Birche
Original set design and lighting conception: Luzco
Set, lighting design, projections: Fabio Riff and Juliana Bucaretchi 
Costume design: Anuro Anuro e Cacau Francisco
Assistant director and local production: Lucas Heymanns
Vocal training: Mário Sevílio
Choreography and body guidance: Daniela Pinheiro
Press office: Nossa Senhora da Pauta
Special thanks to: Amy Letman, Carol Mendonça, Duda Devassa, Dudu Quintanilha, Edu Fukushima, Esponja, Fábio Kawallys, Francesca Tedeschi e toda a equipe da Casa do Povo, Gabi Gonçalves, Guilherme Giufrida, Leandro Nerefuh, Mamba Negra, Olivia Ardui and Ricardo Frayha
Show production: Casa do Povo, São Paulo State Government (through its Department of Culture, Creative Economy and Industry), Ministry of Culture of the Federal Government, and Transform Festival (UK)  

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