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StoneCrabsInternationalTheatreCompany

presents

‘Tieta,TheTrial’

AdaptedandDirectedbyFrankoFigueiredo

NobelPrizenominee'snovelbecomesStagePlayAprovokingandsubversiveplaythatcouldnothavemorecontemporaryrelevance,‘Tieta,TheTrail’willbeonanationaltourintheUKthissummer,showcasedinLondoninJulyatfourdistinctivetheatres.LONDON,MAY2018-‘Tieta,TheTrial’isadark,comicplay,adaptedfromtheBraziliannovel‘TietadoAgreste’byNobelPrizenomineeJorgeAmado.Featuringlivemusic,storytellinganddance,Tietatakestheaudienceonanemotionalrollercoasterwherefactandfictionbecomeintertwined.11yearsafterbeingforcedtoleavehisruraltown,AntonioreturnsasTieta,atranswomanandmillionaire.Tietapromisestotransformthetown’sfortunes,butthereisaconditionattachedtohercharity:herquestforjustice.IsTieta’scallforjustice,alsoanattemptatrevenge?‘Tieta,TheTrial’highlightsissuesthatarestillascurrentandproblematictoday,rangingfrompoverty,wealthandgreedtosocialexclusionandequality.Tieta’simpetuousandquestioningspiritshinesbrightly.Itasksquestionssuchas:isprejudiceinducedbyreligion?Arehumanbeingsinherentlyborntoyieldtoactsofcorruption?Whatcausesthis?Necessity?Greed?Howawareareweofthedamagecausedbyoursmallactions?Andifweareaware,arewejustcompassionfatigued?StoneCrabsdirector,FrankoFigueiredoisdelightedtobebringinghisworktotheUKtour,hesays‘Ilovetoseetheaudience’sresponseandreactionwhentheywatchperformancesthat,hopefully,challengetheirviewsandperception.Itiswonderfultobeabletoadapttheseclassicworksandtoappreciatetheirrelevancetoday.’‘Tieta,TheTrial’issupportedbytheArtsCouncilEnglandandsponsoredbyAspectPlus.TimeOutreviewedthecompanysaying‘StoneCrabsTheatredoesamagnificentjobofintroducingundeservedlyneglectedplaystoUKaudiencesforthefirsttime’

UKTour–LondonDates26June,MaryleboneTheatre,LondonTickets:https://www.regents.ac.uk/events/shafted-at-regents-marylebone-theatre13July2018-SohoTheatre,LondonTickets:https://sohotheatre.com/whats-on#theatre28July2018,ETCTheatre,CamdenTown,LondonTickets:http://www.etceteratheatre.com/31Julyand1stAugust,CamdenPeople'sTheatre,CamdenFringeFestival,LondonTickets:http://camdenfringe.com/Otherdates:15June,QuayArts–UKGayPrideLaunchBall20June,QuayArts7.30pm21June,TheGroundlings,Portsmouth9&10Aug,TheOtherPlace,Ventnor,IOWForfurtherpressinformationpleasecontact:AnaToledo07827324612–press@stonecrabs.co.uk

NOTESTOEDITORABOUTJORGEAMADOJorgeAmado(Bahia,Brazil:1912-2001)wasoneofthemostfamousandtranslatedBrazilianwritersofalltime.HejoinedthecadresofBraziliancommunistintellectualssincetheendofthefirsthalfofthe20thcentury,andin1995helefttheCommunistPartyofBrazil.Jorgeisthemostadaptedauthorofcinema,theaterandtelevision.JorgeAmado'sliterarywork-49booksinall-hasalsobeenthesubjectofsambaschoolsthroughoutalloverthecountry.Hisbookshavebeentranslatedinto80countries,in49languages,aswellasBraille.Jorgewassurpassed,innumberofsales,onlybyPauloCoelho.Butinhisstyle-thefictionalnovel-thereisnoparallelinBrazil.In1994,hisworkwasrecognizedwiththeCamõesPrize.Furtherinformation:https://goo.gl/xeoXseABOUTTIETADOAGRESTEPublishedonAugust17,1977,thebooknarratesthereturnofTietatotheremotevillageofSantanadoAgreste,26yearsafterbeingbeatenandexpelledbyherfatherinfrontofallthetown'speople.Shereturnsrichandpowerful.Thevillage,fullofitstypicalpeople,representativesoftheinteriorofBahia,strugglingforsurvival,defendingorresistingprejudice,aimingforsmallambitionsandformingalivingpanelofprovincialconflictsandconsequencesthatprecedethearrivalofsignsofprogress.JorgeAmadohashadseveralworksadaptedforcinema,televisionandtheater,includingTietadoAgreste.In1989,TVGlobopresentedthetelenovelaTieta,successinBrazilandinothercountrieslikePortugal.In1996thefilmTietadoAgrestewasmade,basedonthenovel,directedbyCacáDieguesandwiththeinternationalBrazilianActressSôniaBraga.

ABOUTSTONECRABSStoneCrabsisaregisteredcharityworkingwithinternationalanddiversepractitionerstobringchallengingandinformativeworktothestage.StoneCrabsparticularlyaimstoprovideupandcomingpractitionersthesupportandspacetodeveloptheirstyleandvoicewhileestablishingthemselvesintheBritishtheatreindustry.Drawinguponthecreativityofartistsandwritersofmanycultures,weseektocreateadeeperunderstandingoftherichnessanddiversityofthesocietyinwhichwelive,makingtheatrebeyondborders.ThecompanywasbasedinLondon(TheAlbany)until2015andhassincebeencreatingworkfromHampshireandtheIsleofWight.Furtherinformation:http://stonecrabs.co.uk/,Facebook@StoneCrabsTheatre,Twitter@StoneCrabsTC.#Tieta#TheTrialCREATIVETEAM:FrankoFigueiredo–DirectorandPlaywrightInesSampaio-PerformerAlmiroAndrade–AssistantDirector/DramaturgSakiToriumi–LightingDesignerPhotos–GrahamReading