Cleo Diára

Using theatre and film, myth and biography, Please, Love Me! offers a reflection on memory, power, and gender.

Please, Love Me! tells the story of Klió, a pop singer acclaimed by audiences but ignored by critics, who decides to document her own story as she prepares to celebrate ten years of her career.

Haunted by an enigmatic entity and guided by a profound faith, Klió becomes convinced that the only way to free herself from the pain that permeates her existence is to make an offering to the gods. How far will she go to break the cycle of violence?

Drawing on Yoruba cosmology and mythical figures such as Medusa, Medea, and Lilith, Cleo Diára — and her alter ego Klió — offers a reflection on what it means to be a Black Cape Verdean woman in a patriarchal world.

Accessibility
In Portuguese and Cape-Verdian with surtitles in Portuguese and English.
Session with interpretation in Portuguese Sign Language and with audiodescription (with stage recognition at 6.30pm) on 29 November.
The venue is accesible for people with reduced mobility.

Credits

Text and Direction Cleo Diára Cast Cleo Diára Video appearance Mário Coelho Dramaturgical Support Melissa Rodrigues, Pedro Barbosa Assistant Director Roxana Ionesco Set Design Marine Sigaut Costume Design Eloisa D’Ascensão Lighting Design Renato Marinho Video Heverton Harieno Live Video Max. Original Music Cachupa_psicadelica, Henrique Silva Music Consultant Carolina Varela Choreography Piny Orchidaceae, Jorge Cipriano Communication Maria Tsukamoto Production Manager Joana Flor Duarte Production: CAMA a.c. Strategic and Financial Consultancy Maria Tsukamoto Promotional Photography Carolina Maya Co-production Alkantara, Teatro do Bairro Alto, Lagos City Council, Cine Teatro Constantino Nery Co-production Residency O Espaço do Tempo Residencies AJIDANHA, Alkantara, Moussem (Brussels) Support Associação Mundu Nôbu

Performance funded by República Portuguesa – Cultura, Juventude e Desporto I DGARTES – Direção-Geral das Artes