Margem, winner of the award Autores 2019 for best choreography, by the Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores, is inspired by the 1937 novel by Jorge Amado, Capitães da Areia, which describes a group of abandoned children and adolescents who live on the streets of São Salvador da Baía, stealing to eat, sleeping on a pier — a warehouse where, like a makeshift of family, they protect each other and survive one day at a time. 80 years after the book’s publication, one asks who are the new capitães da areia, looking to the social reality of these children, and conscious of the fact that there aren´t always happy endings.
Margem
© Bruno Simão
© Bruno Simão
© Bruno Simão
Victor Hugo Pontes interviewed by Raquel Ribeiro dos Santos 
Direction Victor Hugo Pontes Text Joana Craveiro Scenography F. Ribeiro Music Marco Castro e Igor Domingues (Throes + The Shine) Technical Direction and Lighting Design Wilma Moutinho Artistic Consultancy Madalena Alfaia Performance Alexandre Tavares, André Cabral, David S. Costa, Hugo Fidalgo, João Nunes Monteiro, José Santos, Magnum Soares, Marco Olival, Marco Tavares, Nara Gonçalves, Rui Pedro Silva, Tiago Ferreira and Vicente Campos Production Management Joana Ventura Production Assistance Mariana Lourenço Partners Centro de Educação e Desenvolvimento de Pina Manique - Casa Pia de Lisboa e Instituto Profissional do Terço Residency Support Centro Cultural Vila Flor Co-production Nome Próprio, Centro Cultural de Belém - Fábrica das Artes e Teatro Aveirense Nome Próprio is a structure supported by República Portuguesa – Cultura | Direcção-Geral das Artes and resident at Teatro Campo Alegre, under the Teatro em Campo Aberto programme.