Rafa Jacinto & Roberto Terra / Ardemente

Ardemente is a company based in Viseu, which permanently explores different artistic languages and issues that the team relates to, and which are often under-represented in the cultural panoramas in which they are part of. Its artistic approach delves into questions of identity and belonging, with a special focus on queer experiences. As a structure for theatrical creation, it recurrently establishes a bridge between local artists and the rest of the country, with the aim of developing and presenting productions in the interior, while at the same time taking these creations to other places. It is one of the resident companies at the CCCV - Polo II, a space provided by the Municipality of Viseu.

Rafa Jacinto (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist who graduated in Theatre from the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema and specializes in Storytelling from IADE. Rafa has written several books, coordinates editorial projects and is the host of MESCLA, the podcast of Teatro Municipal do Porto, DDD - Festival Dias da Dança and CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva. They also studied Cultural Communication, Documentary Film and won the 3rd edition of the International Residency for Theatre Creators, a partnership between the D. Maria II National Theatre and Camões - Portuguese Cultural Centere (Paris).

Roberto Terra (he/him) was born in Viseu in 1992. He began his training in Theatre- Acting at the Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo in Porto, in 2010, and completed it at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema in Lisbon. As an actor, he has worked with names such as Nuno M Cardoso, Maria Duarte, Sara Barros Leitão, Alex Cassal, Gonçalo Amorim, Luís Miguel Cintra and Teresa Coutinho. With the company Ardemente, of which he is a director, he works as a director, actor and playwright. At the same time, he works as an audiodescriber.