The story is told by an oneiric character, Maresia, a central figure that holds an island on the waistline of her long, wide skirt. She is the embodiment of the landscape, an inspiration and the starting point for this dramatic creation. As a witness of all the events, it is the spirit of the sea that tells us the adventures of the boy and his friend, the Carrion crow, on Pessegueiro’s Island. A story about the desire for freedom and peace in a world whose existence is at stake. The fort’s ruins and the island’s real threat of submersion appear as symbolic elements of a memory that is intended to be retrieved and preserved by sharing it with the new generations.
The narrative, aided in its interpretation by puppets, is defined through a language of great visuality, oneiric ambiance and poetry, capable of being understood by all audiences.
As Teatro do Mar’s director, Julieta Aurora Santos, by pursuing her project of retrieving elements of Sines’ cultural identity, and by developing a dramaturgy inspired in the history, myths and traditional tales of this region, has based herself on a legend from parish of Porto Covo, the Pessegueiro Island, to be more specific – The legend of the Carrion crow’s boy – to create her own show, therefore recovering part of the immaterial legacy of the district for the new generations, in several performances all over the country, and recently, in Brazil