The long running performance to unveil Anton Chekhov's works by Porto Municipal Theatre and São João Theatre

The marathon show themed "A Vida Vai Engolir-vos" at the Teatro Municipal do Porto (TMP), which means something like "Life Will Swallow You Up", brings back the long theatrical performance to the stages of Rivoli, First Half, on 17th and 19th September, Thursday at 7pm and Saturday at 3pm, and the Second Half, at Teatro Nacional São João, on 18th and 19th September, at 7pm at 8.30pm, respectively.  

This performance summons some of the most relevant plays by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. The performance, which lasts 10 hours, will be staged by Tónan Quito.

This show is held in the framework of the programme "União de Facto", a partnership between TMP and TNSJ, and it is also a co-production and a co-presentation with the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II and São Luiz Teatro Municipal, both in Lisbon.

Anton Chekhov is the master play that will be brought to audiences by stage director Tónan Quito, in charge of this bold scenic venture that will take to the stages of São João and Rivoli some of the most relevant plays by Chekhov, almost in one single breath.

These four plays are the challenge to be met by the acting ensemble and the audience as well.

And maybe the question that Anton Chekhov wanted answered - how will humanity be like in the future? - can find a suitable reply, especially in these estranged times, amid uncertainty and fear, but hope as well.

"Change" is the key word, according to the stage director, "the change from the old to the new, the collapse of old customs, the freeing of old truths".

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