From Marlowe to Shakespeare theatre A Tarumba

From Marlowe to Shakespeare: A Tarumba – 25 Years, a celebratory exhibition marking a quarter-century of work by A Tarumba – Teatro de Marionetas, one of Portugal's most distinguished puppet theatre companies. The puppets on show reveal the characters created for texts by major dramatists including Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, Federico García Lorca, and Bertolt Brecht — reflecting the company's deep-rooted taste for the classics, explored through the intimate scale of miniature stages. The title itself encapsulates A Tarumba's journey: "tarumba" conveys a sense of being confused, perplexed, astonished, and fascinated — words the company uses to describe its own feeling towards the puppetry arts. A Tarumba – Teatro de Marionetas is a Lisbon-based professional theatre company established in 1993, under the artistic direction of Luís Vieira and Rute Ribeiro, founded by practitioners from theatre, cinema, sculpture, and art history who shared a passion for puppetry and a conviction that the form needed revitalising in Portugal. Since its founding, the company has produced productions such as Dr. Faustus by Marlowe, The Tempest by Shakespeare, and Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by Brecht, targeting primarily an adult audience and working with string puppets as well as more contemporary techniques. Beyond performance, the company's artistic project encompasses training, research, and the annual organisation of FIMFA Lx — the International Festival of Puppetry and Animated Forms — whose work has earned recognition across Europe and as far afield as India, Pakistan, Argentina, and Brazil