Ask about debut emigrants in Coimbra – the Minute News

An autobiographical show about the vacancy of skilled Portuguese immigrants who are not members success stories, based on real testimonies debut on Saturday at Coimbra, a production of the Corner House.

“It’s a spectacle constructed by director and actor Ricardo Correia, who spent six months in London, through a Gulbenkian scholarship to study theater, and collected testimonies of Portuguese who emigrated graduates desperate for work and reasonable living conditions” explained to Lusa producer Sara Seabra.

The play “My country is the sea that does not want to” portrays, according to the producer, “the new wave of skilled migrants who are not part of the cases success reported by the media. “

For Sara Seabra,” the idea that the new wave of skilled Portuguese immigrants is the result of globalization and manifests itself in cases of success falls apart with examples of people who are pushed out of their country and for jobs that do not reflect their academic training. “

” disquieted with the amount of Portuguese immigrants who met in London and with its dramatic testimony, Ricardo Correia Give their body and voice to show that living in a society and culture which are not identified and their harsh experiences of struggle for survival, “he said.

The production of the show believes that,” after all, emigration today will not be so different from other times of emigration “, questioning whether” the troika will only be imposed austerity and in recent years the responsibility of the situation. “

” What country is this that build and not has place for us? Is it still possible to change the country instead of moving country? “, Are the questions posted during the show, lasting one hour, in which the director and lead actor Ricardo Correia bounce around character, transmitting testimonies gathered, a combination sounds and video images projected.

“My country is the sea that does not want” will be on display at Casa da Esquina Saturday to October 26, Tuesday through Sunday, at 21:30 in camera format, is scheduled for release stage for April at Gil Vicente Academic Theatre.

According to producer Sara Seabra, is expected after a digression in the country, with the possibility of at the end of next year, bring the piece to European countries where there are communities of Portuguese emigrants.