Um olhar estrangeiro, sete anos depois, sobre o processo criativo da Companhia do Chapitô, do Teatro Meridional e do Visões Úteis

Abstract

This article refers to the post‑doctorate project on “Aspects of the Portuguese contemporary narrative scene”, developed at Lisbon University in 2010. The study has observed the creation processes of two plays, Cemitery of Pleasures by the Companhia do Chapitô, and 1974, by the Teatro Meridional, both groups being based in Lisbon. The Visões Úteis, based in Porto, was not rehearsing at the time, so the chosen line of research was to analyse their more significant previous pieces of work, as well as the ones in the repertoire at that moment. Although there are quite remarkable differences between the languages and approaches worked by each of the three collectives, one common aspect that stands out in all three of them is the predominance of an improvisational creation mode, in which actors, at different levels, become co‑creators of the scene.