13.05.2026 at @casa.capitao @mesa.casacapitao, Lisboa
“What if the dinner was the play? Maria-Rapaz (Tomboy) unfolds around a table, where food is the plot and eating is the dramaturgy. This is not theatre about food — it is theatre through food. Set between a pristine fine-dining kitchen and the warm chaos of a home kitchen, this work follows two women as they cook, eat, talk, and reveal what often goes unseen.
Drawing on Portuguese family recipes and queer experience, Maria-Rapaz asks: what counts as art? Who gets recognised? And what kinds of knowledge travel when we share a meal? The audience is invited to sit, to taste, and to witness a story about what it means to be sustained - not just fed — in a world that rewards spectacle over care.” @joanapereiradcosta
The scenography extends this idea by deconstructing the recipes themselves. The ingredients are taken apart and placed directly on the table, becoming the material of the scenography. Nothing is there only as decoration: each element belongs to one of the recipes and can eventually become part of the meal. The table is therefore both the stage and the place where the story is made.
click here for Press (Observador 2026 “e um teatro ou um jantar? Maria-rapaz é a peça onde se come, e onde os chefs afinal são atores.”)
Creator and director
Joana Pereira da Costa
Stage design
Anna Klaine
Recipes by
Marina Garcia
Safia Robinson
Performers
@leonoro_liveira
@mariamarneto
@angelocomarroba
Vídeo
@crv.garcia