This monologue is one of the biggest hits of the first decade of the 21st century and has remained on stages around the world for almost twenty years. Based on the text of the same name by Italian writer Dario Fo, the production starring Julio Adrião, who unleashes all his energy on stage to embody each of the characters in the story: Indians, Spanish, horses, chickens, fish, and even Jesus and Magdalene.  

Johan Padan escapes the Inquisition and arrives in the New World on one of Christopher Columbus' caravels. Our hero survives shipwrecks, cannibalism and slavery. Eventually, he learns the language of the natives, captivates them and saves himself by performing “miracles” with some technique and a good dose of luck. In his own way, he catechizes the natives and leads them in a battle of liberation against the Spanish invaders. 

Julio Adrião

Actor | Brasil