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Tiago Rodrigues

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Since he started as an actor, Tiago Rodrigues (Lisbon, 1977) has always looked at theatre as a place where people meet, like a cafe, a place to share their thoughts and time together. Whether it is mixing true stories and fiction, rewriting classics or adapting novels, Tiago Rodrigues’ theatre is deeply rooted in the idea of writing for and with the actors, seeking a poetic transformation of reality through theatrical means. As director of the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II in Lisbon since 2015, Tiago Rodrigues has become a builder of bridges between cities and countries, both a host and advocate of a living theatre. This desire is especially apparent in projects like Occupation Bastille, an artistic occupation of Théâtre de la Bastille in Paris by nearly a hundred artists and spectators in 2016. From September 2022, Rodrigues has been the artistic director of Festival d’Avignon. In recent years, Rodrigues’ poetic Antony and Cleopatra (Holland Festival 2019) Sopro (2020, Brandhaarden/ITA) and The Cherry Orchard (Holland Festival 2022) were staged in the Netherlands.

  • Tiago Rodrigues

    © Filipe Ferreira

Major work

2014 By Heart

2015 Antony and Cleopatra (Holland Festival 2019)

2016 Bovary

2017 The way she dies

2017 Sopro

2019 Please Please

2020 Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists


Prizes and awards

2018 XV Europe Prize Theatrical Realities

2018 Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters)

2020 Italian Golden Globe

Past events

  1. 2024

    theatre |Internationaal Theater Amsterdam - Grote zaal
  2. 2022

    theatre |Internationaal Theater Amsterdam - Rabozaal
  3. 2019

    theatre |Frascati