Cátia Tomé
Biography
Creator and performer. Co-founder of the artistic collective SillySeason (2012), where she develops her work focusing in the field of performing arts and its contemporary languages. Cátia Tomé has a degree in Theatre from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (ESTC – IPL) and the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA – USP). She also attended the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and the Professional Training Centre for Journalists – Cenjor.
Her collaborative work includes projects such as Day for Night (2014) and Fim da Fita (2014), created by Cão Solteiro and André Godinho for Culturgest (Portugal); BAD TRIP (2014), created by Ana Sampaio e Maia for Kunstfestival Begehungen (Germany); Choro Falso (2012), created by brazilian visual artist Bruno Moreschi for the University of Campinas (Brazil); Ensaio (2012), by Dinis M. Costa and Wrathful love line, like love (2011), by A Tua Prima.
She is regularly cast in Marco A. Laureano’s films and has appeared in television productions. She was a lecturer from 2010 until 2019 and part of the artist development residency MAKE, in Annaghmakerring (Ireland). Cátia Tomé was invited as a guest actress and creator by the Institut Français in Lisbon to be part of the NLE sessions (2019-2020).
Ivo Saraiva
e Silva
Biography
Co-founder of the artistic collective SillySeason, where he works as artistic director, performer, and playwright. He has completed the professional course of acting in Balleteatro and has a degree in Theatre, specializing in the field of Dramaturgy, from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (ESTC – IPL). Ivo Saraiva e Silva has a master’s in Communication and Arts from the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of the New University of Lisbon.
His collaborations with other artists include Sonho de Uma Noite de Verão (2010, by Teatro Praga); A Flor do Cato (2011, by Filipe La Féria); A Morte de Danton (2012, by Jorge Silva Melo); Cabul (2016, by Rui Horta); Palhaço Rico fode Palhaço Pobre (2017, by João Pedro Vale and Nuno Alexandre Ferreira); Cisnógrafo (2017, by Luiz L. Antunes) and the opera Peter Grimes (2017, by David Allen).
Ivo Saraiva e Silva has recently directed Dolls, a play created for Radio and Television of Portugal (RTP) and was invited to stage the closing performance of the Festival Set’19. In collaboration with the Secondary School D. Filipa de Lencastre, Ivo Saraiva e Silva participated in the final school project created by the Maria Matos Municipal Theatre, which he co-directed along with Pedro Penim. In 2012, he worked as a critic for FATAL. Ivo Saraiva e Silva has been a guest teacher of theatre in primary and secondary education schools; simultaneously, he has been developing community service projects in collaboration with the Senior University of Amarante. He currently writes for the opinion section of the newspaper Notícias do Tâmega and for the digital platform Coffeepaste.
Ricardo Teixeira
Biography
Ricardo Teixeira studied at the Balleteatro Professional School, which he attended from 2006 to 2009, and has a degree in Theatre, specialising in the field of acting, from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (ESTC – IPL). He participated in projects such as Oil Ain't All, JR (2010) and Sonho de Uma Noite de Verão (2010), created by Teatro Praga; A Morte de Danton (2012), directed by Jorge Silva Melo and O Aldrabão (2013), staged by João Mota. He was a guest artist and performer in the international project TABUROPA (2014, Portugal, Poland, Germany, Belgium), on which he worked with the director and choreographer Arco Renz.
In the creation field, Ricardo Teixeira staged Ps: I Love You, Lady Macbeth (2011) along with Ivo Saraiva e Silva. In 2012, he co-founded the artistic collective SillySeason, where he currently works as an actor, performer, and artistic director. In 2017, he starred in Al Berto, directed by Vicente Alves do Ó.
He has been teaching Interpretation at the Balleteatro Contemporaneo do Porto Professional School since 2018.
Cátia Tomé
Biography
Creator and performer. Co-founder of the artistic collective SillySeason (2012), where she develops her work focusing in the field of performing arts and its contemporary languages. Cátia Tomé has a degree in Theatre from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (ESTC – IPL) and the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA – USP). She also attended the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and the Professional Training Centre for Journalists – Cenjor.
Her collaborative work includes projects such as Day for Night (2014) and Fim da Fita (2014), created by Cão Solteiro and André Godinho for Culturgest (Portugal); BAD TRIP (2014), created by Ana Sampaio e Maia for Kunstfestival Begehungen (Germany); Choro Falso (2012), created by brazilian visual artist Bruno Moreschi for the University of Campinas (Brazil); Ensaio (2012), by Dinis M. Costa and Wrathful love line, like love (2011), by A Tua Prima.
She is regularly cast in Marco A. Laureano’s films and has appeared in television productions. She was a lecturer from 2010 until 2019 and part of the artist development residency MAKE, in Annaghmakerring (Ireland). Cátia Tomé was invited as a guest actress and creator by the Institut Français in Lisbon to be part of the NLE sessions (2019-2020).
Ivo Saraiva
e Silva
Biography
Co-founder of the artistic collective SillySeason, where he works as artistic director, performer, and playwright. He has completed the professional course of acting in Balleteatro and has a degree in Theatre, specializing in the field of Dramaturgy, from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (ESTC – IPL). Ivo Saraiva e Silva has a master’s in Communication and Arts from the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of the New University of Lisbon.
His collaborations with other artists include Sonho de Uma Noite de Verão (2010, by Teatro Praga); A Flor do Cato (2011, by Filipe La Féria); A Morte de Danton (2012, by Jorge Silva Melo); Cabul (2016, by Rui Horta); Palhaço Rico fode Palhaço Pobre (2017, by João Pedro Vale and Nuno Alexandre Ferreira); Cisnógrafo (2017, by Luiz L. Antunes) and the opera Peter Grimes (2017, by David Allen).
Ivo Saraiva e Silva has recently directed Dolls, a play created for Radio and Television of Portugal (RTP) and was invited to stage the closing performance of the Festival Set’19. In collaboration with the Secondary School D. Filipa de Lencastre, Ivo Saraiva e Silva participated in the final school project created by the Maria Matos Municipal Theatre, which he co-directed along with Pedro Penim. In 2012, he worked as a critic for FATAL. Ivo Saraiva e Silva has been a guest teacher of theatre in primary and secondary education schools; simultaneously, he has been developing community service projects in collaboration with the Senior University of Amarante. He currently writes for the opinion section of the newspaper Notícias do Tâmega and for the digital platform Coffeepaste.
Ricardo Teixeira
Biography
Ricardo Teixeira studied at the Balleteatro Professional School, which he attended from 2006 to 2009, and has a degree in Theatre, specialising in the field of acting, from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (ESTC – IPL). He participated in projects such as Oil Ain't All, JR (2010) and Sonho de Uma Noite de Verão (2010), created by Teatro Praga; A Morte de Danton (2012), directed by Jorge Silva Melo and O Aldrabão (2013), staged by João Mota. He was a guest artist and performer in the international project TABUROPA (2014, Portugal, Poland, Germany, Belgium), on which he worked with the director and choreographer Arco Renz.
In the creation field, Ricardo Teixeira staged Ps: I Love You, Lady Macbeth (2011) along with Ivo Saraiva e Silva. In 2012, he co-founded the artistic collective SillySeason, where he currently works as an actor, performer, and artistic director. In 2017, he starred in Al Berto, directed by Vicente Alves do Ó.
He has been teaching Interpretation at the Balleteatro Contemporaneo do Porto Professional School since 2018.
