AMOK THEATRE

Directed by Ana Teixeira and Stephane Brodt, the Amok Theatre is dedicated to continuous research about acting and staging possibilities. Since its foundation in 1998, for its plays, the group has been awarded with several Brazilian theatre prizes and received great recognition from the critics and public alike.

Amok’s work is characterised by the pursuit of a formal rigour and by an intensity that the actor's body affirms as being the place in which theatre takes place. Every new project drives the group to seek different research paths and training based on dialogue with different traditions and cultures. Amok Theatre plays deal with contemporary themes without losing sight of the affirmation of the scene as a poetic and ceremonial space.

Besides the plays, the Amok Theatre develops intense pedagogic activity with emphasis on actor’s training, having constituted its own method of work, diffused in Brazil and abroad.

Creation and training are very closely related in Amok works. The “Casa do Amok”, the group’s headquarter, is a creation and training space that hosts (in addition to the company's activities) a open programming, supporting the work of groups and artists from different segments.

Awards

• Shell Award of Direction (Ana Teixeira) - Letters from Rodez
• Shell Award for Best Actor (Stephane Brodt) - Letters from Rodez.
• Mambembe Award for best performance - Letters from Rodez.
• Rio de Janeiro State Government Award for Best Performance - The Carrasco
• APTR Prize in the special category for music (Beto Lemos) - Kabul.
• Shell Costume Award (Ana Teixeira and Stephane Brodt) - Salina - The Last Vertebra.
• Shell Innovation Award for the training project (Ana Teixeira) - Salina - The Last Vertebra.
• Prize of Criticism by choreography (Tatiana Tibúrcio) - Salina - The Last Vertebra.
• APTR Award for best supporting actress (Graciana Valladares) - Salina - The Last Vertebra.
• Válvula de Escape/Viewpoint Award (POA) for best performance, direction (Ana Teixeira and Stephane Brodt), costumes (Ana Teixeira and Stephane Brodt), dramaturgy (Laurent Gaudé) and supporting actor (Cridemar Aquino) - Salina - A Last Vertebrae.
• Válvula de Escape/Viewpoint Award (POA) for the Best Actor Scene (Thiago Catarino) and best supporting actress (Graciana Valladares) - The Notebooks of Kindzu.
• Best of the Year / O Globo - Letters from Rodez.
• Best of the year / The Globe - The Carrasco.
• Best of the Year / The Globe - Macbeth.
• Best of the year / The Globe - The Dragon.
• Best of the Year / The Globe - Salina - The Last Vertebra.
• Best of the Year / The Globe - The Kindzu Notebooks.

Nominations

• Nomination to the Award Mambembe of direction (Ana Teixeira) - Letters of Rodez.
• Nomination to the Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro Award for direction (Ana Teixeira) - The Carrasco.
• Nomination to the Rio de Janeiro State Government Award in the special category for makeup and costumes (Stephane Brodt) - The Carrasco.
• Nomination for the Shell Award for Best Actress (Renata Collaço) - The Carrasco
• Nomination for the Shell Award in the special category for makeup and costumes (Stephane Brodt) - The Carrasco.
• Nomination for the Shell Award for best costumes (Stepahne Brodt) - Macbeth.
• Nomination for the Quem Award of better actor (Stephane Brodt) - The Dragon.
• Nomination for the Quem Award of better actress (Fabianna de Mello e Souza) - The Dragon.
• Nomination for Shell Award of direction (Ana Teixeira and Stephane Brodt) - Salina - The Last Vertebra.
• Nomination for Shell Award of best actress (Tatiana Tibúrcio) - Salina - The Last Vertebra.
• Nomination for the Cesgranrio Award of direction (Ana Teixeira and Stephane Brodt) - Salina - The Last Vertebra.
• Nomination for the Cesgranrio Award of best spectacle - Salina - The Last Vertebra.
• Nomination for the Critics Award of Best Costume (Ana Teixeira and Stephane Brodt) - Salina - The Last Vertebra.
• Nomination for the Cenym Award for best choreography (Tatiana Tiburcio) - Salina - The Last Vertebra.
• Nomination for the for the Cenym Award of best actress(Ariane Hime) - Salina - The Last Vertebra.
• Nomination for the Cenym Award for Best Theater Company (Amok Theater) - Salina - The Last Vertebra.
• Nomination for the Cenym Award for best costumes (Ana Teixeira and Stephane Brodt) - Salina - The Last Vertebra.
• Nomination for the APTR Award of Best Direction (Ana Teixeira and Stephane Brodt) - Salina - The Last Vertebra.
• Nomination for the APTR Award of best costumes (Ana Teixeira and Stephane Brodt) - Salina - The Last Vertebra.
• Nomination for the Cesgranrio Award of direction (Ana Teixeira and Stephane Brodt) - The Notebooks of Kindzu.
• Nomination for the Cesgranrio Award of best spectacle - The Notebooks of Kindzu.
• Nomination for the Shell Award of direction (Ana Teixeira and Stephane Brodt) - The Notebooks of Kindzu.
• Nomination for the Shell Award of best Music composition (Stephane Brodt and actors) - Kindzu Notebooks.
• Nomination for the Shell award of best actor (Thiago Catarino) - The Notebooks of Kindzu.
• Nomination for the APTR Award to supporting actor (Gustavo Damasceno) - The Notebooks of Kindzu.
• Nomination for the APTR Award to supporting actor (Stephane Brodt) - The Kindzu Notebooks).
• Nomination for the APTR Award to supporting actress (Luciana Lopes) - The Notebooks of Kindzu).
• Nomination for the Botequim Cultural Award to best Show, best actress (Graciana Valladares), best supporting actress (Luciana Lopes), best author/adaptation (Ana Teixeira and Stephane Brodt) - Kindzu Notebooks.
• Nomination for the Válvula de Escape/Viewpoint Award (POA) in the categories: makeup, soundtrack, lighting, set design, supporting actress (3 nominations), supporting actor (4 nominations), actress and actor. - Salina - The Last Vertebrae.
• Nomination for the Válvula de Escape/Viewpoint Award (POA) in the categories: soundtrack, lighting, stage set, supporting actor (2 nominations), actor, dramaturgy, direction and spectacle - Kindzu Notebooks.