Included in the program of the Cultural and Recreational Association of Tondela (ACERT), which was presented today at a press conference, the concert “A viagem dos capitães” is scheduled for the evening of April 24.
Daniel Nunes, a member of the programming team, explained that the show will feature the Viseu Music Conservatory and texts and performances by José Rui Martins, from ACERT.
The concert is inspired by the movement of the 14th Infantry Regiment between Viseu and Lisbon, combining live music, text, and images, as if it were “the possible soundtrack of that dawn.”
According to Daniel Nunes, the night will continue “in a DJ Set of Freedom format,” with artist Surma, who will blend indie, techno/punk, and exploratory electronics.
Between April and June, ACERT proposes seven theater plays, six concerts, workshops, and the show of “Queima e Rebentamento do Judas,” programs for families and schools, and an international cartoon festival.
Next Friday and Saturday (two sessions), the show “Teatro Paraíso,” by Trigo Limpo Teatro ACERT, which debuted last week in Oliveira de Azeméis, will be presented in Tondela.
“The ticket sales from these three performances will be entirely allocated to the new uniforms of the Banda Filarmónica de Tondelense,” it was announced.
Created within the scope of the new project “Palavra Ambulante,” this show, which pays homage to the old itinerant libraries and celebrates the power of the word and listening, takes place in a van transformed into a stage.
“It has a lot to do with the ACERT project itself, specifically its itinerant nature,” said José Rui Martins to journalists, noting that the New Cycle “is much more the place of hosting, and the country is the place of performance.”
José Rui Martins explained that the van transformed into a stage reflects the experiences that Trigo Limpo has had in terms of street theater.
“The whole system, the adaptation to create this auditorium for 64 people and the performance space, is very versatile and allows for other shows to take place here in the future,” he affirmed.
Regarding theater, Daniel Nunes highlighted “Lá,” a co-production of Trigo Limpo ACERT, Teatro Regional da Serra do Montemuro, and Teatro Meridional “that crosses the 60s and the present,” with a text by José Luís Peixoto, and “Tulpa,” by the theater group of Escola Secundária de Tondela Na Xina Lua, based on a story by Mário Coelho.
Music will also be featured prominently in ACERT’s programming, occupying different spaces, from the stage to the patio, from intimate concerts to dance floors.
Valter Lobo will present his latest album, titled “Melancólico Dançante,” and the Vila Real band Can Cun will offer a café-concert where “synthesizers, riffs, and dreamy melodies intersect with influences from dream pop, shoegaze, and psychedelic rock.”
Daniel Nunes added that the family and school audience was not forgotten, highlighting specific shows such as “Ninho,” by the company Partículas Elementares, “Robertos,” by the company Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora, and “O Cubo,” by Estação das Letras.
On May 23, in partnership with the Cândido de Figueiredo school group, the International School Cartoon Festival will return to ACERT’s gallery, with over three thousand works received from students and artists from more than 70 countries, with the theme of health.
