e-Portfolio
(2005-present) Performer, facilitator, producer, director
Besides science, João’s other passion is acting and theatre performance. He has been part of several amateur theatre shows, happenings and performances in Portugal, Germany and Ireland for the last 15 years.
Co-founder of Manifesto Galway
Acting, Theatre and Performance
Endemic
Director: Hanahazukashi Mai, Xenia Cruz, João Frias, and Katya Radovanova
Acting: Hanahazukashi Mai, Xenia Cruz, João Frias, and Katya Radovanova
Film recording: Kevin Lennon
Film editing: Hanahazukashi Mai
Produced for Theatre Room Galway
2020
Endemic - a digital play about pandemic confinement
“Pain is necessary to remind us we are human”
The body is present and the heart is at play
Director: John Rogers & Zita Monahan-McGowan
Scenography: Galway Actors Workshop
Acting: Emer, Nikki, Jess, Phillipa, Siobahn, David, João, Sajad.
Production: Galway Actors Workshop (Contact Sarah O’Toole)
2018
The Body is Present and The Heart is at Play
Final presentation in Galway Town Hall Theatre
Não se paga! Não se paga!
Director: Luciano Amarelo
Scenography: Teatro de Giz
Acting: David Figueras, Isabel Areosa, João Borges, João Frias, Pedro afonso, Susana Salema, Tomás Melo, Vanessa Santos.
Production: Teatro de Giz
2016
Não se paga, não se paga
From Dario Fo
Film noir - narrativas negras sobre rupturas na ordem das coisas
Director: Joana Craveiro (TdV)
Scenography and text: Joana Craveiro
Acting: Andreia Botelho, Elói Barros, Joana Mendes, João Frias, Lia Silva, Mariana Queiroz, Marta Vieira, Teresa Meira, Tiago Varanda
Production: NNT
2011
FILM NOIR - Dark narratives about rupture in the natural order of things
De Heróis está o Inferno cheio
2010
Twelve Works by Lara Portela @ Plataforma Revolver
Photos: Lara Portela
Feinprobe Honigsüss
As part of the European Roots Movement 2010 | Wbmotion
Summer Residence in Lutherstadt-Wittenberg, Germany
Acting: João Frias, Nia Hudges
2008 & 2010
Music Box
Feinprobe Honigsuss
Zonas
2010
Zona #3 - Geografias
As Cidades Impossíveis
Director: Joana Craveiro (TdV)
Scenography and text: Joana Craveiro
Acting: Andreia Botelho, Bruno Couto, Bruno Tibúrcio, Jorge Elias, Lia Silva, Maria Assunção, Mário Monteiro, Marta Vieira, Miguel Mota and Tiago Varanda
Production: NNT, João Frias
2009
Impossible cities
Based on Italo Calvino
Chez Kantor
Director: Pedro Manuel
Scenography: NNT
Acting: Bruno Couto, Bruno Tiburcio, João Frias, Lara Reis, Lia Silva, Teresa Meira, Tiago Varanda
Photos: Tania Araujo and Rute Martins
Production: NNT
2008
Chez Kantor
A Erva Vermelha
Director: João Cleto
Video: Jorge Vaz
Music: NuSI, Ricardo Leota and Marco Andre
Scenography: NNT
Acting: João Frias, Daniel Mendes, Susana Castro, Hugo Costa, Marta Timoteo, Carolina Guibentif, Micaela Fonseca, Alexandre Lisboa, Ana Rita Almeida
Special Guest: Claudia Veiga
Poster Design: João Frias
Production: NNT
2006
The Red Grass
(L’herbe rouge by Boris Vian)
