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Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists review – It caused fury across Europe. In the UK? Laughter and coughing

Tiago Rodrigues’s play has incensed audiences abroad with one character’s hellfire rightwing invective. But its combination of boredom and shocks ultimately feels confusing

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22

Jeers, walkouts, stage invasions: will Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists trigger British audiences too?

It has inspired violent protests from Norway to Rome – and now it’s hitting the UK. Playwright Tiago Rodrigues explains why the far-right speech at the drama’s climax has proved so incendiary

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27

Far-right character’s monologue prompts violent scenes at German theatre

Actor shouted down and pelted with fruit during Catarina, or the Beauty of Killing Fascists

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16

Strong turnout for the 2023 Avignon festival positive sign for theatre industry

After a packed month of theatre and dance, organisers of the Avignon Festival are preparing for their final evening on Tuesday. Attendance was strong for the 77th edition, held under new director Tiago Rodrigues.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 25, 2023

Social justice and British voices take centre stage at 77th Avignon theatre festival

We bring you a special edition from the 77th international theatre festival in the southern French city of Avignon, where change is in the air under its new Portuguese director Tiago Rodrigues. As the first non-French leader to take the reins of the festival, Rodrigues has brought in a majority…

France 24 · Jul 14, 2023

Avignon festival ‘a pocket of utopian resistance’, says new director

Actor, writer and director Tiago Rodrigues, from Portugal, is the first foreigner to head up the Avignon Festival, now in its 77th year. In addition to maintaining the tradition of presenting innovative performing arts projects from around the globe to the diverse public that attends the festival, he is also…

Radio France Internationale · Jul 5, 2023

'Unacceptable' - Liverpool fan-group urge UEFA to conclude Champions League final report

Liverpool supporters union Spirit of Shankly implore UEFA to conclude their investigation into the 2022 Champions League final debacle

Liverpool Echo · Jan 4, 2023

On my radar: Claire Denis’s cultural highlights

The French director on being mesmerised by the film Memoria, and her love of Tindersticks, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and the Mediterranean

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2022