Fernanda Mandagará

           A mud flood has devasted the world. Only three safe places remain: Himalayas, North Pole and Tropicalia Island. Amanda Ferreira is the native emigration officer receiving refugees (the audience) willing to flee from their submersed countries to seek asylum in her tropical paradise. Of course, there are rules and it won't be easy for the ‘exotic white’ people to fit in.

          Directed by Ramiro Silveira, Tropicalia Island is a modern allegory of our times, full of music, dance, audience interaction and irony. Stereotypes underline real perceptions in a world where the absurdity of the situations provokes laughter and awareness of the crude reality of asylum seekers.

          Tropicalia Island is a warn, a punch of reality. It is musical, contagious and surreal. It is a tropical dark comedy where sexism, xenophobia, homophobia and bigotry are twisted and revisited.

         Tropicalia Island is a show in a set made of inflatables, fake coconut trees and cocktails, where the audience, who is divided in three groups (red, blue and yellow) is invited to participate. An evening of laughter and surprises. A tropical escape to reality.

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“Important advice for man: you do need to protect yourselves and be very cautions here. Always try to go out escorted by a woman. Especially in the evening. And be aware how you dress, you can’t expect respect in Tropicalia Island if you are wearing a micro short or a tight t-shirt.”