Day #8 - I hope the show’s not late

Thursday, March 14, 2024
Praia da Rocha, Faro District, Portugal
I try to partake of local theatre whenever I travel.  Fortunately last evening we were able to enjoy (?) it from the comfort of our own balcony.  A short one-act play was performed in the street below us.  It involved only 2 characters, both middle aged men, although I’d be guessing at the age as we’re 7 floors up. Definitely a local production, because it was not performed in english.  Anyway, character 1 was the star of the show.  He was the veteran actor.  He projected well although was getting a bit carried away with the limelight as he seemed to be embellishing his lines quite a bit.  They were laced with profanity...that was in english!!  He also accentuated his script with a lot of hand gestures involving his frontal crotch area.  I figure this was done for the benefit of the hearing impaired?  Character 2 must have been a newbie at this cause he wasn’t nearly the performer.  He stood stock still and delivered his occasional line but he just couldn’t project like the other guy.  He’s gotta work on being heard.  But his presence was enough to drive Character 1 into a frenzy, so, job done, I guess.
                                          
Patrons at street level seemed to be enjoying the show as several got their phones out to film clips.  For posterity, I guess?  Perhaps the performers were famous in the area?  Not being from around here, we didn’t recognize them.
It was possible that Character 1 returned to the area at around 4:30 am to perform his encore.  I think I’ll try to determine who the production company was for the play and maybe write a review telling them how encores are best performed directly AFTER the play has concluded.  Returning 7 hours later, in the wee hours of the morning, people just don’t want to get up out of bed to watch!
But…I’m thinking this play was more of a ‘bar production’.  The bouncers likely decided that this performance was just too good to be kept inside and ‘suggested’ that the characters take it to a broader audience in the street.
Maybe they’ll perform it again tonight completely in english!  Hope it’s not on too late for me to see it!!
                                           
Tomorrow I’ll tell you about our next ‘roady’…Silves.
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