MARIONET

Mário Montenegro and Nuno Pinho founded MARIONET in October 2000. The groups’ interests are diverse and range from plays about different ways of looking at reality, children’s stories, new media influences in society and science and theatre. MARIONET has successfully written and produced 5 original science and theatre plays. The first play, Revolução dos Corpos Celestes was produced in 2001. It is a reflection about our role in the universe and the evolution of cosmology.

Revolução dos Corpos Celestes, MARIONET

Then followed O Nariz (2003), about anosmia – the loss of sense of smell, Os Lusíadas no Zoológico (2005) – a commissioned work that lead to an adaptation of Lusíadas to the Coimbra’s Zoological Museum, A Bengala dos Cegos – o descobrimento de Pedro Nunes (2006) is about the life and work of the mathematician Pedro Nunes and LED – Viagem ao interior de um computador (2006) is concerned with the inner voyage of an electron inside a computer. MARIONET does not aim to explain science but to make the public reflect on scientific issues.

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