Sofia the Show – An Autobiographical Half Hour

February 2011, Islington Metal Works, London
July 2010, Stratford Circus, London February 2011, Islington Metal Works

Sofia the Show – An Autobiographical Half Hour is a devised autobiographical
piece with and about Sofia Marques. It was originally created as a MA
research by practice project, looking into the academic as well as
artistic aspects of the genre of autobiographical performance. In
November 2011 Bacalao will develop Sofia the Show into a
site-responsive, full-length piece. 

  

"An extraordinary and candid piece of autobiographical theatre – a
theatrical playful, engaging and accomplished piece of work with a
powerful honesty at its heart."
(Dominic Hingorani, Writer, Theatre Director and Lecturer)


"Sofia takes the audience on an extraordinary journey of memory, revelation,
dance, song, wine and cigarettes. Listening to Sofia feels like reading a
strangers diary, yet the skill of Sofia’s performance puts the audience
immediately at ease, desperate to find out even more of this woman’s
life. Brave and adventurous, Sofia and director Marianne have created an
extraordinarily moving piece that reminds us that theatre exists to
disturb as well as entertain."
(Joseph Dunne, Visiting Theatre Lecturer)


"I had to run still sniffling and call my mother after the show... She
thought I’d had one too many when I just called... well, to say I love
her... We don’t stop to think and realise who is around us and what we
all go through..."
(Audience member)