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The First Ever LP movie

WE CAME TO LISBON
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Premiere: Nov 1 @ 21.00 – Anniversary of the 1755 Earthquake

Nov. 2 @ 21.00

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Theatre is and always has been about telling stories that explore what it means to be human . However in these tumultuous times,  the human condition is being exposed in all its terrifying vulnerability off stage. There are an increasing number of stories of people who being caught in the merciless wake of the economic consequences of the pandemic,  are unable to put food on the table for themselves or their families. They need all the help they can get at the moment. Therefore The Lisbon Players  welcome any donations you can make, a part of which will be donated to charity organizations such as Caritas doing their valiant best to help those in need, a sadly increasing number by the day.

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WE CAME TO LISBON

fragments of a city

An impressionistic documentary about visitors and exiles who have found themselves in the Portuguese capital over the past 500 years.

We came, we were assimilated, we complained, we created parallel lives, we were loved, we were hated, we were honoured, we were expelled, we were treated with suspicion, we were welcomed.

From conquerors to crusaders, from refugees to migrants of all sorts, from lords to shopkeepers .

From the English Queen Philippa in the 14^th century to Lord Byron in the 19^th, from Henry Fielding in the 18^th century to pop-icon Madonna in the 21^st, from Boer prisoners of war at the beginning of the 20^th century to a new generation of Nepalis now injecting life into the city’s economy, Lisbon has always had a complex relationship with incomers, not always easy, but almost always enriching.

Shot in the British Cemetery in Estrela, Lisbon in September 2020

We Came To Lisbon Trailer

A film by Jonathan Weightman Camera: Luís Estarreja Original music: David Personne

with Celia Williams, Inigo Galiano, Maria Romana, Laurence Alliston-Greiner, Keith Esher Davis, Louise Kakoma, Prapti Adhikari, Jonathan Weightman

production assistants: Vicky Shearn, Guilherme Bonito, Amanda Barata, Elizabeth Day

a Lisbon Players production