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Mar 22
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Wood fairies charm in Machico

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March 24th, this coming Friday, Fórum Machico receives the show “Les Sylphides”, starting at 21h30.

The ballet has as scenery a wood, where a young dreamer is surrounded by dancing fairies. The choreography, created by Foikine, was first used in a show produced by Sergey Diaghilev for the Ballet Russes, in Paris, in 1909, and doesn’t really try to convey a story, the idea being more to recreate an ambiance.

The Madeiran version is a production of ADAM (Associação de Dança e Arte da Madeira), with elements from ADAM (Funchal, Porto da Cruz and Santana) as well as the Conservatório – Escola professional das Artes da Madeira, following a protocol signed by the two entities, thus allowing students from the courses of the Conservatório to take part in the show.

The choreographies, by Sergey Abakumov, Isabel Santos, Leandro Rodrigues, Yury Rykunov and Dalila Rodrigues should be seen as a space of different influences, not only in the sense that there are two institutions taking part, but also because it is a mix of both classic and contemporary dancing.

Tickets can be acquired at the Forum Machico ticket booth in the hour before the show, costing 10 euro, with 50 percent discounts for seniors and students.

The show was produced with the support of DRAC, Secretaria Regional de Cultura, Turismo e Transportes, the Funchal city council, the Conservatório – Escola Profissional das Artes and artists Diamantino Jesus and Zé Diogo DiDiarte. It is worth going to the Forum Machico, as this is sure to be a different experience.

Mar 20
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What are you doing this weekend?

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If you don’t know the answer to this question, there is a place, quite near, where you can enjoy all the beauty of the north shore of Madeira and still do a sort o scientific tourism.

Did you know, for instance, that you can take a cable car ride and visit the parish of Achadas da Cruz, where you will find a kind of rural environment that persists in very few places on the island?

The natural swimming pools, the picnics, all the open air activities, camping, good food, the Porto Moniz sea front, the aquarium, the science centre, are but a few of the attractions offered by the four civil parishes that make out ehat council. But there is more. The well known natural swimming pools start to be an option when the weather heats up a bit, but if that is not your thing you can always take your family for a walk, of which there are plenty – and safe – that can be scheduled for the coming Easter holidays.

We’ll be leaving further suggestions here, for Easter or for a weekend, now that Spring had finally arrived…

Mar 18
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Literary Festival ends today

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The 2017 edition of the Madeira Literary Festival has today its final activities, with the conversations and one musical show, all to take place in the Funchal theatre.

In the morning, starting at 11h, the theme is “everything is allowed, but I will let nothing control me”, with Inputs by Viriato Soromenho Marques and Frederico Lourenço.

In the afternoon, starting at 15h, the talks will be on “lanhuage is one of the most terrible prisons, and keeps waiting for us”, with Eimeen McBride and Tatiana Salem Levi, followed, at 17h by “Madness is not madness if it is shared”, with Adam Johnson and Miguel Sousa Tavares. These talks will have real time translation.

In the evening there is to be a second edition of the musical performance “O Horizone”, by Teresa Salgueiro. Tickets cost 20 euro and may be acquired at the theatre ticket office.

This year’s edition of the festival was dedicated to “Literature and the web: between the fear and the freedom”.

Mar 17
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Father’s Day celebrated in Porto Moniz

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Portugal celebrates Father’s Day on March 19th.

In Porto Moniz, children and youth of the council’s schools will receive a memento they can pass on to their fathers. This was a council’s initiative, with the councilmen going through the various schools of the council of Porto Moniz.

Late in the afternoon, starting at 17h00, there’ll be an added reason to rejoice. Starting at 17h00, at the Centro Ciencia Viva, there’ll a interactive concert with primary school pupils, entitled “Ensemble de Percussão – Escola em Palco (Percussion Ensemble – the School on Stage).

Mar 14
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The best chocolate cake in Funchal…

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That a visit to the Funchal city market is worth your while is something we all know. But as an added bonus, and until tomorrow afternoon, one may enjoy heaps of chocolate is something else. The third edition of the Mercado de Chocolate (chocolate market) as been sweetening the ground floor of the market since yesterday, but today it deserves a visit by the Funchal mayor, Paulo Cafofo.

In this edition of the Mercado de Chocolate there will be twelve Madeiran brands, two more than on the previous edition. And this year there is an added attractions, and a sweet one. One will find, through a competition, the best chocolate cake in Funchal. With prize and public announcement, all scheduled for tomorrow, the last day of the event.

The competition is open, for free, to all bakeries, as well as people interested in baking. And the Funchal council challenges all Madeirans to visit the event…

Mar 10
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What are Elvio Camacho and Paula Erra doing?

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The anniversary of the Funchal Theatre will be closed in a grand manner. The programme ends with the play “As barrigas também têm dentro”, by Teatro Feiticeiro do Norte, an intimist show, on stage, from texts by Manuel Antonio Pina (a reference in children’s literature), with Elvio Camacho and Paula Erra.

The play’s synopsis is thus presented by the actors: a few moments of the life of a kindergarten teacher and an actor doing an audition, little more. “For adults, if seen by adults, for children if seen by children”. As barrigas também têm dentro “is perhaps one of the last chances of doing youth theatre. We no longer move as we used to. We like to play what we are”.

Which means it is probably better to go and enjoy this opportunity to see these two Madeiran actors.

 

Programme for the 129th anniversary of the Theatre

12h – Duet Tiago & Elisa (music, street in front of Theatre, free)

13h – Projecto Vertice (music, street in front of Theatre, free)

14h – Dançando com a Diferença “Menina da Lua” and “Endless” (dance, street in front of Theatre, free)

14h30 – Malabaristas e Andas do Sorriso Encantado (jigglers and stilt walkers) (street in front of Theatre, free)

15h – Baltazar Junior (theatre, dressing room activity) (Theatre, free, for 25 children per session)

16h – Conversations on theatre, with Carlos Avilez and João Mota (Theatre formal room, free, moderated by Valentina Jesus)

19h – Play “As barrigas também têm dentro” (Tummies also have na inside) (Theatre stage, 6 euro for adults, 3 euro for children)

20h – Cocktails (foyer, free, promoted by Associação Barmen da Madeira)

Mar 03
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São Martinho’s anniversary

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The civil parish of São Martinho celebrates its 438th anniversary, since it was created by royal decree by cardinal-king D. Henrique.

There’ll be a solemn celebration starting at 17h00, with inputs by all political forces represented in the parish council, followed by speeches by Thomas Dellinger, president of the parish assembly, Duarte Caldeira, president of the civil parish, and Paulo Cafofo, mayor of Funchal. The civil parish is one of the most populous in Funchal.

Fundação Cecilia Zino, David Ruben Sousa Fernandes (Olympic athlete, canoe rowing) and Agostinho Encarnação Patricio, overseer of the Nazaré borough and president of Casa do Povo de São Martinho.

The ceremony is to take place at the São Martinho centre, and is open to all.

Mar 01
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Let us improvise tonight

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Funchal city theatre has already announced its March programme and it has plenty of suggestions for a different night. On March 1st, for instance, it receives a concert of Chamber and Percussion Music, promoted by Associação de Notas e Sinfonias Atlânticas. An opportunity to see what the Madeira Classical Orchestra can do, accompanied by the Piano & Percussion Trio, with Rui Rodrigues and Jorge Garcia, with percussion instruments, and Duarte Andrade, with the piano.

The session is scheduled to start at 21h00 and has the title “Improvisação” (improvisation).

Tickets are available at the Teatro ticket office: adults 10 euro, children 5, youth from 13 years old 7,5 and 5 euro per person for groups of five and more.

Tonight’s concert is for people older than six.