As Far As Impossible
Tiago Rodrigues
CREDITStranslation Thomas Resendes
lighting Designer Rui Monteiro
costume designer and artistic collaboration Magda Bizarro
assistant director Lisa Como
with the help of CICR – Comité international de la Croix-Rouge
Performed in English, French and Portuguese, with English and French supertitles
As the son of a doctor and a journalist, director Tiago Rodrigues has often wondered why he chose to tell stories about the world rather than attempt to save it in a concrete way.
Rodrigues is a virtuoso in the art of blending personal stories with wider history. Inspired by their testimonies, he met staff from the International Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders to create this work.
In a multilingual performance, the show exposes the dilemmas of those who come and go between troubled areas of intervention and their own peaceful homes. It questions how this double life changes the way we look at the world and our personal lives.
“The heartfelt, considerate way in which [Rodrigues] approached characters melted my heart”
The New York Times
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Press reviews
Viviana Raciti, Tiago Rodrigues. Tendere all'impossibile - Teatro e Critica,3 marzo 2022 [1137 Kb]Massimo Marino, Tiago Rodrigues - doppiozero, 25 febbraio 2022 [213 Kb]Antonio Audino, C'è sempre spazio per tendere una mano - Il Sole 24h, 20 febbraio 2022 [945 Kb]Mario Brandolin, L'umanità di chi lavora per gli altri "Ecco il mio teatro documentato" - Messaggero Veneto, 17 febbraio 2022 [1911 Kb]Roberto Canziani, Tiago Rodrigues: "Porto in scena chi si occupa di crisi umanitarie" - Il Piccolo, 16 febbraio 2022 [817 Kb]Laura Zangarini, Le parole per dire le crisi umanitarie - Corriere della Sera-La Lettura, 13 febbraio 2022 [1614 Kb]Tour
debut
1-13 February 2022
Genève, Comédie de Genève, Grande salle
tour
18-19 February 2022
Teatro Contatto 40 ITALIAN PREMIERE
Udine, Teatro Palamostre, Sala Pasolini
24 February - 5 March 2022
Théâtre national de Bretagne, Rennes (F)
10-11 March 2022
L’Equinoxe - Scène nationale de Châteauroux (F)
15-17 March 2022
CDN Orléans - Val de Loire (F)
25-26 March 2022
TPR - La-Chaux-de-Fonds (CH)
29-31 March 2022
CDN Besançon Franche-Comté (F)
5-7 April 2022
Théâtre de la Cité - CDN Toulouse Occitanie (F)
12-14 April 2022
La Coursive Scène nationale La Rochelle (F)
26-27 April 2022
Théâtre d’Arles (F)
29 April 2022
Théâtre des Salins, Scène nationale de Martigues (F)
4-6 May 2022
Maillon Théâtre de Strasbourg - Scène européenne (F)
10-13 May 2022
Théâtre du Nord, CDN Lille - Tourcoing (F)
18-19 May 2022
Scènes du Golfe - Théâtre Anne de Bretagne - Vannes (F)
25-27 May 2022
Piccolo Teatro di Milano - Teatro d’Europa
17 September - 14 October 2022
Festival d’Automne
Paris, Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe
19-22 October 2022
Lyon, Théâtre des Célestins
15-16 November 2022
Malraux - Scène nationale Chambéry Savoie
26-27 November 2022
Festival de Otoño
Madrid, Teatros del Canal
6-9 December 2022
Digion, Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne
14-15 December 2022
Pau, Espaces Pluriels
24-25 January 2023
Annecy, Bonlieu Scène nationale
1-2 February 2023
Bayonne, Scène nationale du Sud Aquitain
9 February 2023
Le Préau, CDN de Normandie-Vire
16 February 2023
Delémont, Théâtre du Jura
17-19 March 2023
Taipei, National Theatre
25-26 May 2023
Clermont-Ferrand, Comédie - Scène nationale
31 May - 3 June 2023
Bordeaux, TnBA
15 June 2023
Mulhouse, La Filature - Scène nationale
23-24 June 2023
Sibiu International Theatre Festival (RO)
13-22 July 2023, ore 16
Festival d'Avignon
Avignone, Opéra Grand Avignon
11-14 August 2023, h 19.30
Edinburgh International Festival (UK)
Edinburgh, The Lyceum
10-11 January 2024
MAC - Créteil (FR)
18 January 2024
Théâtre-Sénart, Scène nationale (FR)
24-25 January 2024
Château Rouge – Annemasse
21-22 February 2024
Le Rive Gauche, Scène nationale de Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray (FR)
1 March 2024
Théâtre Le Reflet - Vevey (CH)
12-15 March 2024
Le Grand - T, Théâtre de Loire-Atlantique - Nantes (FR)
4-5 April 2024
Châteauvallon-Liberté, Scène nationale (FR)
17-25 April 2024
Culturgest - Lisbona (PT)
9-11 October 2024
La Comédie de Valence, Centre dramatique national Drôme - Ardèche
20 October 2024
Girona (ES), Teatre Municipal
7-9 November 2024
Saint-Denis (La Réunion), TEAT Champ Fleuri
26-27 April 2025
SPAC Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (Japan)
