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Guilherme Marinheiro – Actor, Writer, Director, Mask Creator.
Contact: guilhermesmarinheiro@gmail.com

Guilherme Marinheiro is an actor, writer, director and mask creator. From Brazil, half Portuguese, he lives since 2016 in Bern, Switzerland.

From 2003 until 2006 he studied Acting at the Artistic Training Center "CEFAR - Palácio das Artes" and Communication (Publicity) at the University "Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais – PUC-MG", both at Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. In his graduation performances Guilherme had his first contact with the fascinating language of masks and gestural theater.

In 2006 he founded a theater group called "Grupo Tronco" (tronco.hotglue.me), together with the actor, director, performer and movement director Leonardo Bertholini.

In 2009 the group moved to São Paulo and Guilherme Marinheiro deepened his studies in dramaturgy.

In 2016 he moved to Bern for a master course in "Expanded Theater" at HKB (Hochschule der Künste Bern – Berner Fachhochschule BFH). Since then he is developing researches for masks and gestural theater. In 2017 he did a workshop of balinese masks (The Actor Puppet and his Manipulator) with Serge Nicolaï (Théâtre du Soleil) in Verscio (Dimitri School).

In 2020 and 2021, during the pandemic, Guilherme has created his first wooden mask of a Smiling Man in an intuitive way, without a previous learning. Until then he knew only the "papier mache" technique, which he learned in his graduation. The mask of the Smiling Man was the inspiration to write the dramaturgy of "Be-long Story". Besides the dramaturgy Guilherme directed, performed and has created the soundtracks, masks and puppets for the performance. "Be-long Story" had its premiere in December of 2024 in Schlachthaus Theater, sponsored by Kultur Stadt Bern.

Theater Piece:
"The-Mente"
HKB, Bern 2018

> Actor and Author

Monologue:
"Coreografia dos Porcos"

From Grupo Tronco
São Paulo, Brazil 2012

> Actor and Author

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Theater Piece:
"Geraldo"

From Grupo Tronco
Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2007

> Actor and Co-Author

Performance:
"Posh"
With Unplush Dance Company
Presentation at Rhizom Festival Rote Fabrik Zurich, 2017

> Performer

Photo: Philipp Zumbach

Photo: Janine Guldener

Photo: Janine Guldener

Photo: Philipp Zumbach

Short Movie:
"Dites moi ce que vous savez"
Created for the 48 hours film project, Geneva 2017

> Actor

Theater Piece:
"Be-long Story"
Bern, 2024

> Author, Director, Actor

Workshop "The Actor Puppet and his Manipulator" with Serge Nicolaï (Théâtre du Soleil)

Verscio (Dimitri School), 2017

Photos: Brandon Weingart

Theater Piece:
"Festa de Casamento"

Free adaptation of the play "A Respectable Wedding", from Bertolt Brecht

Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2005

> Actor

Theater Piece:
"Cósmicas"

Free adaptation of the novel "The Baron in the Trees" from Italo Calvino

Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2005

> Actor

Photo: Philipp Zumbach