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Paulo Castro

An actor, dancer, writer, dramaturg, filmmaker and director in his native Portugal and throughout Europe.

Before becoming an Adelaide resident in 2006, Paulo acted for the National Theatre of Portugal in plays by Piradello, Calderon de la Barca, Ionesco, Beckett and Gil Vicente. He directed for National Theatre of Portugal Red ,Black and Ignorant (text by Edward Bond) and Chaos Is Near the God by Lars Noren.

Paulo's other directing credits include: Catogorie 3.1 by leading Swedish playwright Lars Norén (produced for the European Capital of Culture Festival in a psychiatric hospital with a mixed cast of residents and professional performers); Samuel Beckett's Happy Days for the Ibernica International Festival of Expressionism, and Georg Büchner's Danton's Death for the Capital's International Festival Lisbon.

He wrote and directed Nightingale in a Catholic Church (based on the texts of Pasolini) for the Festival Madrid Escena Contemporanea, Berlin Ballhaus ost, Vila Real Theatre Portugal and Casa dos dias de Agua Lisbon Portugal.

He directed and performed the solo Wake Up Hate by Jan Fabre and toured it to Iceland, Berlin, France, Belgium, Barcelona and Australia.

In 2007: his original solo work Red Sky premiered in Berlin and at the Adelaide Fringe; with Jo Stone he co-directed Desintegration for Dance North (Townsville); his production of Deborah Levy's B-File (Adelaide Fringe & La Mama) was nominated for Best Independent Theatre Production at the Green Room Awards.

In 2008: Paulo performed with the Yashchin Ensemble in I Only Came To Use The Phone by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in the Adelaide Fringe; he directed Purple by Jon Fosse for D'faces in Whyalla; he directed two productions in the Adelaide Feast Festival -- Rachel High and Julie McNamara in the No Strings Attached/Feast co-commission work-in-progress showings of Steak n' Chelsea Out to Lunch, and the Australian premiere of Regina Versus Contemporary Art (in which he also performed with the enigmatic and infamous Madrid transvestite Regina Fez). In October, he directed and collaborated with Duncan Luke and Julian Crotti to present the second creative development stage of Tom the loneliest and the 2009 performance seasons in Adelaide and Melbourne. In October 2009, Paulo performed with Chunky Move in Black Marrow, commissioned by the Melbourne International Arts Festival.