A Tarumba’s Classics: Mahagonny - Everything is Permitted Here
4 February to 27 September 2026
Museu das Marionetas do Porto
Museu das Marionetas do Porto - Sala de Exposições Temporárias
Wednesday to Friday, 2pm-6pm / Saturday and Sunday, 11am-1pm; 2pm to 6pm
Rua de Belomonte, 61 / Tel. +351 220 108 244 / museu@marionetasdoporto.pt
A Tarumba premiered “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” on 20th November 1998 at Teatro Taborda. For the first time was presented in Portugal an adaptation for puppets of a play by Bertolt Brecht.
“Mahagonny” is a living reliquary, a music box of the human condition under the motto “Here-You-May-Do-Anything”, which goes through time and knows that the same will go on and on eternally.
The puppets in this exhibition are the characters created for this free adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s libretto: Jimmy Mahoney, Leocadia Begbick, Jenny Smith, Fatty, Trinity Moses, Bill, Joe, and Jake Schmidt.
The images trace different stages of the project: construction, rehearsals, and production stills.
Puppets: Luís Vieira * Costumes and shoes: Rute Ribeiro
Photography: Pedro Barros (black-and-white)
Alípio Padilha, Luís Vieira (colour)
Museu das Marionetas do Porto - Sala de Exposições Temporárias
Wednesday to Friday, 2pm-6pm / Saturday and Sunday, 11am-1pm; 2pm to 6pm
Rua de Belomonte, 61 / Tel. +351 220 108 244 / museu@marionetasdoporto.pt
A Tarumba premiered “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” on 20th November 1998 at Teatro Taborda. For the first time was presented in Portugal an adaptation for puppets of a play by Bertolt Brecht.
“Mahagonny” is a living reliquary, a music box of the human condition under the motto “Here-You-May-Do-Anything”, which goes through time and knows that the same will go on and on eternally.
The puppets in this exhibition are the characters created for this free adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s libretto: Jimmy Mahoney, Leocadia Begbick, Jenny Smith, Fatty, Trinity Moses, Bill, Joe, and Jake Schmidt.
The images trace different stages of the project: construction, rehearsals, and production stills.
Puppets: Luís Vieira * Costumes and shoes: Rute Ribeiro
Photography: Pedro Barros (black-and-white)
Alípio Padilha, Luís Vieira (colour)