Celebração (celebration) is a play with an irreverent text by Harold Pinter, resulting in a agile, vibrant and acidly comic show. The play is adapted to Brazil and is being performed until December 20th at Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil.

In a refined restaurant three couples meet to celebrate their personal and professional achievements. At the same scenery the Maitre and the Waitress may be found, as well as a mythomaniac always making strange interferences with mentions of a supposed granddad.

Venue: Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil
Where: Setor de Clubes Sul, facing the golf club, near Academia de Tênis.
When: From December 11 to 20, Thursdays and Fridays, 9pm. Saturday, 7pm and 9pm. Sunday, 8pm.
Price: R$ 15,00 and R$ 7,50 (half price for students and senior citizens)
Rate: 14 years old
Information in portuguese: 3310-7224

Brazilian Classic Short Stories (Contos Clássicos Brasileiros) is a project that presents re-reading of Brazilian literature’s great authors, mixing theater and music to tell stories and contextualize references of the Brazilian culture, in an instructive and playful universe for the children. The presentations will be accompanied by musicians that will execute the soundtrack created especially for each show.

            The next stories of this project are:

            Histórias Pintadas (Painted Stories)
            From November 27 to 29

            A selection of popular short stories collected by Barky Camera, published in the book Contos Tradicionais do Brazil (Traditional Stories of Brazil). In the show, played by Rebeca Queiroz and accompanied by the piano and accordion of Rainer Oliveira, the short stories are presented to the public through paintings that fill the scenery with reference to the popular culture. The musical direction is done by itiberê Zwarg.

            Passarinho à Toa (Lazybird)
            From December 4 to 6

            Based on the poems of Manoel de Barros, of the books Cantigas por um passarinho à toa e Exercícios de ser criança (Ballads for a BIRD lazing around and Exercises of being a child), this show is presented by the group os Tapetes Contadores de Histórias (The Rugs storytellers) and accompanied by Luciano Camera’s guitar (Group Agua Viva (Lives Water)). A big rug full of narrative elements gives life to the works, in an extraordinary opportunity to present to the children the work of one of the most important poets of the Contemporary Brazilian literature.

Venue: Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - CCBB
Where: SCES, Trecho 2, Conjunto 22, Setor de Clubes Sul, Asa Sul, Brasília (facing the Golf Club, near Academia de Tênis)
When: From November  20  to December 6th, Friday at 4pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 3:30pm and 6pm
Price: R$ 15,00 and R$ 7,50 (half price for students and senior citizens)
Rate: Free for all ages

The famous European theatre company Mummenschanz will be in Brasília next December 3 and 4 for two performances at Sala Villa Lobos of teatro Nacional.

            Founded in 1972 by Bernie Schuerch, Andreas Bosshard and Floriana Frassetto, Mummenschanz presents interesting forms and magic creatures in a dark room. With a lot of humor, cubes dance in the air, giant mouth and hands appear and also big geometrical forms, creating a colorful world in permanent movement.

            The spectacle has the participation of John Charles Murphy and is called Mummenschanz Parade, already been in many countries and with a strong success.

Venue: Sala Villa Lobos of Teatro Nacional (National Theatre)
Where: Teatro Nacional, Esplanada dos Ministérios, near the Metropolitan Bus Station
When: December 3 and 4, 9:00pm.
Price: R$ 100,00 and R$ 50,00 (half price for students and senior citizens). The production informs that the price might change with no previous notice.
Rate: free for all ages
Information in portuguese: 3325-6256

Improvisation comedy with Cia. Anônimos da Silva. With no script, direction and actors that enter the scene without any trial, the play begins to mount when the audience comes to the theater.

Venue: Teatro dos Bancários - EQS 314/315.
Where: - Asa Sul.
When: Until December 10th, alternate Thursdays (October, 1st, 15th, 29th, November 12th, 26th and December 10th)
Price: R$ 30,00 (1kg food donators pay half price)
Rate: 14 years old.
Information (in Portuguese): (61)3262-9090 or (61) 9312-0678.