8th September 2.15pm & 7.45pm (+ post-show Q&A) 9th September 2.15pm Performed in Portuguese with English surtitles Performed using traditional north-eastern Brazilian masks and music, this darkly comic fairy-tale has won over fifty national theatre awards. A man with no memory and stumbles into a strange city where only the ugliest of women live, and where no man has been seen for hundreds of years. By their rules, he should be killed but curiosity gets the better of the women and they decide to spare his life for one more day. Directed by Marcela Rodrigues Performed by Carolina Garcês, Lílian Meireles, Marcela Rodrigues, Natalíe Rodrigues, Orlando Caldeira, Zoatha David Duration: 60 minutes About Troupp Pas D’argent Established in 2006 and based in Rio de Janeiro, Troupp’s focus is on artistic quality and language research. Working across different branches of art, theatre, circus, music, film and literature, this young ensemble has won numerous national and international awards and performed all over the world. Pre-show Talk: Sunday 9th September at 1pm The CASA 2012 programming team will read a selection of their favourite Latin American fairy-tales. The stories will be read in English.