Review: Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists – Dorfman Theatre

Review: 'Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists'

The Festival d’Avignon production which has sparked audience walkouts plays the National Theatre’s Dorfman Theatre for one week only. The post ‘Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists’ review – Controversial and confrontational question of totality appeared first on Liam O'Dell.

Review: Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists – Dorfman Theatre

Every year, a family gathers in Southern Portugal; they drink wine, eat pig trotters and, when their palates have been sated, they kill a fascist, writes Frankie Jenner.  The tradition carries generations of family lore, following the death of Catarina Eufémia in 1958 at the hands of a policeman, during a strike by rural workers in Southern Portugal. Catarina Eufémia’s killer becomes the first fascist to have been killed by the family. In commem…

Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists – National Theatre, London

Writer and Director: Tiago Rodrigues Mired in controversy back in Portugal, Tiago Rodrigues play comes to the National Theatre for a single week. Its examination of the rise of far-right politics is all too easily comparable to the success of parties like Reform in the UK. In recent tours across Europe, audience members have stormed [...]

Review: Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists (Dorfman Theatre)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A compelling, provocative and even exhausting watch proves powerful and thought-provoking, albeit divisive