Past projects

LOVE IN A TIME OF WAR

In summer 2004, Heritage conceived a special performance project in association with Grupo Cultural AfroReggae. Designed as an experiment in cultural interventions in sites of conflict, Amor em Tempos de Guerra (Love in Time of War) was a weekly schedule of performances which took place inside favelas dominated by the armed gangs, as well as providing transport and support for favela-residents to attend performances at a traditional theatrical venue.

Paul Heritage directed a cast of well-known professional television actors in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and Measure for Measure, with the opening performance taking place on a border contested by rival drug factions. The project resulted in an eighteen-day ceasefire after 22 years of war (receiving extensive national and international press, including live TV news coverage) and the creation of a new programme called Parada Geral: a 12-month partnership between People's Palace Projects and AfroReggae to create a new cultural strategy for conflict resolution in the favelas of Parada de Lucas and Vigário Geral.

Partners:
Barata Comunicações
Grupo Cultural AfroReggae

Aim:
To reduce levels of violence through high-prestige live performance events in areas of armed conflict in Rio de Janeiro.

Main Activities:
Weekly schedule of performances in favelas dominated by the armed gangs; free transport and support for favela-residents to attend performances at a traditional theatrical venue. Paul Heritage directed a cast of well-known professional television actors in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and Measure for Measure, with the opening performance taking place on a border contested by rival drug factions. Creation of a new programme called PARADA GERAL: 12-month partnership between People's Palace Projects and Afroreggae to create a new cultural strategy for conflict resolution in the favelas of Parada de Lucas and Vigário Geral.

Funders:
Electrobras
Ogilvy's
Prefeitura Rio de Janeiro
TV Globo