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OFF by Romain Beltrão Teule, 2025

Off: In English, it means “turned off” or “out.”
In Portuguese, we can use the word “off” to indicate a day without work, that we are on vacation, or that we won’t be answering emails. If we say something “off,” it’s probably confidential information.

OFF explores a universe of invisible things and situations—what is out of frame, hidden, not official, what cannot or does not want to be placed in the center of attention—and engages with situations and objects in a state of absence-presence.

OFF begins with a research on voice-over (voz-off in Portuguese), addressing the concepts of phantasmagoria and spectrality. OFF is a reflection on voice-over as a tool capable of influencing a gaze, manipulating discourse, or altering what we are observing.

OFF questions the way we see the world, what we believe we see, and what we speculate is there, out of frame.

Credits

Creation, Interpretation, Voice
Romain Beltrão Teule

Light and Space
Santiago Rodriguez Tricot

Sound Design and Soundtrack
Suse Ribeiro

Dramaturgy Support
Paula Caspão

Artistic Support
Márcia Lança, Bruno Brandolino, Bibi Dória

Production
Rumo do Fumo

Executive Production
Patrícia Teixeira / O Rumo do Fumo

Production Support
Le Vertige

Support
Polo Cultural Gaivotas | Boavista, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Artistic Residencies
DeVIR CAPa, crl - central elétrica, OSSO Associação Cultural, Programa Em Trânsito/Materiais Diversos, Rua das Gaivotas, Cão Solteiro . Residências 120, Campus Paulo Cunha e SilvaO Rumo do Fumo is financed by República Portuguesa - Cultura | Direcção-Geral das Artes

Special Thanks
Vera Mantero and Nadia Lauro (for the loan of the curtains used in the play We'll miss everything we don't need, 2009), Sara Vieira Marques, Ana Dinger, Patrícia Portela, Agapi Dimitriadou, Elisabete Paiva, Ida Cwojdzinski, Patrícia Nunes, Forum Dança

Timeline

Premiere 13-15 March 2025, Rua das Gaivotas 6, Lisboa/Portugal

OFF

by Romain Beltrão Teule

Teatro Municipal de Vila do Conde, Vila do Conde/Portugal

Friday at 9.30pm
As part of Circular Festival

© Bruno Brandolino