
TEATRO
MUNGANGA
PROGRAM
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CASA CONCERT
Sat 02 Dec 2023, 20:00 – Brazilian Popular Music and own compositions by Antonio Villeroy
€ 15,00 -
CASA KINDEREN
Sun 03 Dec 2023, 11:00 – Brazilian songs for children & parents
€ 8,50 -
CASA SALON
Mon 04 Dec 2023, 20:00 – Little Tango Orchestra – Concert & Milonga
€ 15,00 -
CASA CONCERT
Thu 07 Dec 2023 – 20:00 – From MPB to Brazilian Rock by Ray Dias Quartet
€ 15,00 -
CASA CONCERT
Fri 08 Dec, 20:00 – Piotr Lipowicz Trio
€ 15,00 -
CASA CONCERT
Sat 09 Dec 2023, 20:00 – Brazilian music by Marcelo Café Quartet
€ 15,00 -
CASA KINDEREN
Sun 10 Dec 2023, 11:00 – Marcelo Café & Nelson Latif A Family Concert
€ 8,50 -
Programma Actueel
Zo 10 Dec 2023, 16:00 Tango Orkest Amsterdam
€ 16,00 -
CASA CONCERT
Thu 14 Dec 2023, 20:00 – Mariandoro Trio featuring Pablo Nahar en Pablo de Haas
€ 15,00 -
CASA CONCERT
Fri 15 Dec 2023, 20:00 – Rincón de las Penas, by Gustavo Pazos – Concert en CD presentatie
€ 15,00 -
CASA CONCERT
Sat 16 Dec 2023, 20:00 – On a Winter Evening, by Kat Carson
€ 12,50 -
CASA CONCERT
Sun 17 Dec 2023, 16:00 – The Lonely Coyote – Guitar Tales, Marc van Vugt – akoestische gitaren
€ 15,00 -
CASA CONCERT
Mon 18 Dec 2023, 19:30 – Roda de Choro, by Choro Clube do Rio Amstel
€ 10,00 -
CASA KINDEREN
Sun 07 Jan 2024, 11:00 – School of Rock by Andrew Laureth Trio
€ 8,50 -
CASA CONCERT
Sun 07 Jan 2024, 16:00 – Cubaanse Son, by SonPatí
€ 15,00 -
CASA CONCERT
Sat 13 Jan 2024 – 20:00 – Viver e Viver by FADOpelos2
€ 15,00 -
CASA CONCERT
Sun 14 Jan 2024, 16:00 – CRUA, CD launch, by Jacque Falcheti (Eurotour)
€ 15,00 -
CASA CONCERT
Fri 19 Jan 2024, 20:00 – Olaiá music in concert, Roxane, Breno & Daniel
€ 15,00 -
CASA CONCERT
Sat 20 Jan 2024, 20:00 – Juliana Martina Latin jazz Quartet
€ 15,00 -
CASA KINDEREN
Sun 21 Jan 2024, 11:00 – Son Huasteco, Mexican songs by Zorzal
€ 8,50 -
CASA CONCERT
Sun 21 Jan 2024, 16:00 – Country pop, by Where On Earth
€ 15,00 -
CASA CONCERT
Fri 26 Jan 2024 – 20:00 – “Vento do Mar ” by Cacha Mundinho – Debut Album
€ 16,00 -
CASA KINDEREN
Sun 28 Jan 2024 11:00 Moussé Dansê by Moussé Dramé
€ 8,50 -
MUNGANGA TANGO
Mon 29 Jan 2024, 20:30 – Tango concert & Milonga by La Maquina Invisible
€ 15,00 -
CASA CONCERT
Thu 01 Feb 2024, 20:00 – Gente, music by Leo Middea
€ 15,00 -
CASA CONCERT
Sun 11 Feb 2024, 16:00 – PIPOCA by Brazil Jazz Ensemble Sorrindo
€ 17,50
RENT OUR SPACE

A theatre hall and workspace
Teatro Munganga is the theater hall of Munganga: a multidisciplinary forum for artists and art lovers. This monumental building – the former horse tram depot on the Schinkelhavenstraat – is located a few meters from the entrance to the Vondelpark, on the Amstelveenseweg.
With a capacity for 60 people it’s a cozy space for all sorts of activities: concerts, theatre performances, parties, lectures and much more. Do you want to know more?
MUNGANGA
HOUSE OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS
Claudia Maoli and Carlos Lagoeiro
Artistic Directors
TEATRO
MUNGANGA
From Brazil originating theater group
From Brazil originating theater group Munganga (pronounced: moen-gang-gaa) is a Brazilian word, derived from Mganga, a tribe in Africa. The priests of this tribe make great and exuberant gestures during their rituals. Their way of communicating consists of expressive faces, grimaces and dancing.
Since its founding in 1987, Teatro Munganga has given the visual language a major role in its performances. By mixing and combining theatre with music, dance and puppetry, the theater group wants to show the poetry of life. The miracle of the everyday. Theatre group Munganga deals with universal themes, in which different cultures and their contrasts form the most important guideline in the projects.
“During our 30-year existence we have create performances with a critical view of society and as artists we are aware of our influence in the world. Our involvement with people regardless of their social class or origin extends beyond the theatre stage. In addition to performing in theaters, we also develop projects for schools, retirement homes, asylum seekers’ centers, psychiatric institutions and other non-conventional stages. In June 2013, we launched ‘Busganga’ (the theater on wheels) and in June 2014 we opened the doors of CASA Munganga; a charming and cozy theatre in the southern part of Amsterdam. Besides presenting the theatre’s own performances, we share a stage with other artists, activists and dreamers. A new phase.”
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VIDEOS
MUNGANGA DOCUMENTARY
The documentary MUNGANGA (2022) shows the theatre’s significance as a site of crisis and regeneration, memory and heritage, community solidarity and growth, and a key venue for independent, night-time culture in Amsterdam. It charts the journey of this important reference for bridging diverse cultures and communities in the city. The production is an output of the HERA https://heranet.info/projects/public-spaces-culture-and-integration-in-europe/night-spaces-migration-culture-and-integration-in-europe
funded transdiciplinary collaborative research project Night Spaces: migration, culture and IntegraTion in Europe
(NITE) https://www.nightspace.net/. This project aimed to answer how night spaces are imagined, produced, experienced, and narrated by migrant communities in Europe.
MUNGANGA (2022) tells the story of Amsterdam theatre MUNGANGA, founded in 1987 by Brazilian actors and artistic directors Cláudia Maoli and Carlos Lagoeiro.
MUNGANGA is a Brazilian word of African origin that means communicating through exuberant gestures, expressive faces, grimaces, and dance. The name captures the vision of MUNGANGA, which combines theatre with music, dance and puppetry. In the 90s and ’00s, MUNGANGA theatre company enjoyed government support and created, produced, and presented around 115 shows a year for children and youth, often with elements of social critique and influences from Brazilian literature and culture.
Following the 2008 financial crisis and its impact on the cultural sector, Carlos and Claudia had to seek alternatives to their artistic journey. In 2014, they turned their rehearsal space into a theatre venue, housed in an old horse-drawn tram station in South Amsterdam that had been occupied by the squatter movement. MUNGANGA is a charming and cosy theatre where Carlos and Claudia share the stage with other artists, activists, and dreamers. A welcoming space where multiple diasporic and migrant narratives meet in concerts and plays, lectures and debates, performances, and interventions.
Credits:
21 min – color – Spoken languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English and Dutch – Subtitles: English
Directed by Francianne dos Santos Velho
Co-created by Carlos Lagoeiro, Cláudia Maoli and Sara Brandellero
Cinematography and Editing Thiemi Higashi and Malín van Weerdenburg
TEMPO
DE CELEBRAR CLARICE

TEMPO DE CELEBRAR CLARICE.
Twee dagen evenement op 10 en 11 dezember 2020. Met lezingen, concerten en Dramatisch voorlezen.
Homenagem ao centenário de nascimento da fascinante escritora brasileira Clarice Lispector (10/12/1920). Hommage aan de fascinerende Braziliaanse schrijver Clarice Lispector. 10 December zou ze 100 jaar oud zijn (10/12/1920).
Afbeelding: Studio Harcourt/Acervo Clarice Lispector/Instituto Moreira Salles.
VIDEOS
CONTACT
Contact us at:
Schinkelhavenstraat 27 hs
1075 VP Amsterdam
E-mail: info@munganga.nl
DESIGNED BY KAREN HOFSTETTER