“The Sidereal Messenger”, presented on October 12th, 2018, in commemoration of the day of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra, is an adapted excerpt from the play “Revolution Of The Celestial Bodies”, which Marionet premiered in 2001 in the former Museu Nacional da Ciência e da Técnica (National Museum of Science and Technology), in Coimbra.
“Revolution of the Celestial Bodies” dives into the evolution of knowledge concerning our position in the universe. Anchored in the scientific breakthroughs by three of the men responsible for our present knowledge of the field – Ptolemy, Copernicus and Galileo -, it focused on the personal, social, political, religious and scientific issues that flooded their quests for truth. Profoundly human issues, and therefore wonderfully theatrical, which often touch on the ultimate and first question: why?
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Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra | Coimbra
12 October 2018 | 9:00pm
Age rating | 12+
Running time | 20 minutes
Tickets | Free entrance
Photographs courtesy of Paulo Amaral.
Playbill
That quest continues today, as it always has. What are we? What is our role? Where was the beginning? And How? Are we alone in the Universe? We do have one answer, though. Here, in theatre’s space-time, we are not alone. We are a whole, stage and audience. Rolled together into one common question mark. And this answer brings with it new questions. Could this be our role? To question and to share our questions with others? To propagate this questioning? Do we move around the sun?
Playwright and Direction Mário Montenegro
Cast Pedro Lamas (Galileo), Filipe Eusébio (Conservative Spirit)
Executive Production Francisca Moreira
Acknowledgement
TEUC
- Productions
- Revolution of the Celestial Bodies
