BEYOND THE SEAS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (2020)

A young writer’s odyssey through his family archive, in search of a grandfather he never met. Through the words of Bernardo Santareno, and his grandfather’s photographs, letters, scattered memories, and stories, the writer seeks to reconstruct in his imagination what a cod fishing trip through the North Sea might have looked like.

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ALÉM DOS MARES DO FIM DO MUNDO no Festival do Bacalhau, Ílhavo (2022)
Fábio Batista em ALÉM DOS MARES DO FIM DO MUNDO no Festival do Bacalhau, Ílhavo (2022)
Pedro Peças, Valter Teixeira e Andreia Valles em ALÉM DOS MARES DO FIM DO MUNDO no Festival do Bacalhau, Ílhavo (2022)
Afonso Molinar e Fábio Batista em ALÉM DOS MARES DO FIM DO MUNDO no Festival do Bacalhau, Ílhavo (2022)
Afonso Molinar em ALÉM DOS MARES DO FIM DO MUNDO no Festival do Bacalhau, Ílhavo (2022)
Afonso Molinar e Fábio Batista em ALÉM DOS MARES DO FIM DO MUNDO no Festival do Bacalhau, Ílhavo (2022)
Andreia Valles e Valter Teixeira em ALÉM DOS MARES DO FIM DO MUNDO no Festival do Bacalhau, Ílhavo (2022)
Fábio Batista em ALÉM DOS MARES DO FIM DO MUNDO no Festival do Bacalhau, Ílhavo (2022)
Fábio Batista em ALÉM DOS MARES DO FIM DO MUNDO no Festival do Bacalhau, Ílhavo (2022)
Afonso Molinar em ALÉM DOS MARES DO FIM DO MUNDO no Festival do Bacalhau, Ílhavo (2022)
Afonso Molinar em ALÉM DOS MARES DO FIM DO MUNDO no Festival do Bacalhau, Ílhavo (2022)
Afonso Molinar em ALÉM DOS MARES DO FIM DO MUNDO no Festival do Bacalhau, Ílhavo (2022)

This show was born from the desire to honour and pay homage to the author Bernardo Santareno in the year of the centenary celebrations of his birth. The idea for the show comes from the combination of the photographic archive of Augusto Boffa-Molinar, a doctor on board the hospital ship Gil Eannes between 1955 and 1959, and Nos Mares do Fim do Mundo, by António Martinho de Rosário, under the name Bernardo Santareno.

These materials, together with letters, family memories, excerpts from other works by Bernardo Santareno and real testimonies, allow us to glimpse what the violence of a campaign aboard a ship in the Portuguese cod fleet would be like.


Beyond the Seas at the End of the World aims to arouse in the public the same creative impetus as a child imagining one of the many voyages these sailors took, involving them in this narrative through the reconstruction that arises from stories and photographs that were lost over time.

TECHNICAL AND CREATIVE TEAM

Created by: Afonso Molinar, inspired by Bernardo Santareno e Augusto Boffa Molinar

Starring: Afonso Molinar, Fábio Batista, Andreia Valles, Laura Ribeiro e Valter Teixeira

Set Designer: Rita Capelo

Costume Supervision: Ensemble

Producer: Diana Especial

Assistant Director: Laura Ribeiro

Lighting Designer: Diana Especial

Imagery: Tiago Marquez

Video: Eduardo Breda

Photography: Afonso Molinar, Inês Machado and Pedro Mostardinha

Documental Assistance: Museu Marítimo de Ílhavo

with production support by Fundação GDA and Centro Nacional de Cultura.

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The second version of the show also featured:

Starring: Pedro Peças

Marketing and Press: Marta Batista


The first version of the show also featured:

Starring: Mário Coelho

Original Soundtrack: Hera

Musicians: Beatriz Almeida, Miguel Galamba and Pedro Moldão

Lighting Design: Gonçalo Morais

SHOWS

  • 20th-23rd July 2023, Centro Cultural Malaposta, Odivelas

  • 10th June 2023, Rua, Proença-a-Nova

  • 2nd-4th June 2023, Avenidas - Um teatro em cada bairro, Lisboa

  • 11th-13th August 2022, Navio-Museu Santo André, Ílhavo

  • 2nd-13th September 2020, Escola de Mulheres (Clube Estefânia), Lisboa (premiere)