In 2022, our director Mário Montenegro published this article analysing Marionet’s journey over two decades, consistently linking the disciplines of theatre and science. It discusses a number of creative strategies, including direct collaboration with scientific researchers and the development of site-specific plays.
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In book: Science & Theatre: Communicating Science and Technology with Performing Arts.
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
DOI: 10.1108/978-1-80043-640-420221011
In this essay we address the work of Marionet, a theatre company of Coimbra, Portugal, which has a consistent 20 years long activity of merging theatre and science. Along with devising or producing pre-existing science plays, Marionet has been developing theatre plays collaboratively with researchers, focusing on the scientific endeavour and its social medium; has been developing site-specific plays in scientific buildings; and is involved as a partner in several scientific projects, and regularly directs workshops with scientific researchers on how to transpose scientific research into a theatrical language. This article is focused on Marionet’s creative work with scientific researchers, where they write and perform theatre plays about their lives and work as scientists.
