In this show, four clowns take the audience on a journey through the narratives of dreams and poetics that define the symbolism of the ladder. A ladder that leads to nowhere and at the same time offers the spectator a limitless framework for dreaming and creating their own reality. Four women who comically, grotesquely and absurdly trace narratives in the field of migration from their different realities and everything that has repercussions from this fragile and vulnerable context to which women have been subjected in recent decades.

The cast is made up of Eva Ribeiro, Miriam Freitas, Rafa Santos and Rosí Ferr and the staging is by Ricardo Puccetti (LUME Teatro/Brazil). The costumes are by Graça Pires and the technical direction/sound design is by Álvaro Pires. The project also includes the participation of illustrator Jupi in the creation of the show’s visual identity.

The show’s creative process took place at the Oficinas do Convento facilities in Montemor-o-Novo, in the form of an artistic residency, between June and August 2023, and its premiere took place at the Xarivari Festival in Lousã on 12 August 2023.