Leonardo Moreira / Companhia Hiato

Companhia Hiato, the group founded by the director and playwright Leonardo Moreira, is considered one of the most promising and talented theatre collectives in Brazil. Moreira’s first work as a playwright and director, “Cachorro Morto” (2008), was nominated for two FEMSA Awards (Best Play and Best Scenography). For his next work, “Escuro” (2009), he received three Shell Awards in 2011 – Best Playwright, Best Scenography and Best Costume (also nominated for Best Director).

In 2012, “O Jardim”, his third work, was nominated for 19 of Brazil’s leading awards and won the Shell Award 2012 – Best Playwright, the Governador do Estado Award – Best Play of the Year, APCA (Association of Art Critics of São Paulo) – Best Director and Cooperativa Paulista de Teatro – Best Playwright and Best Play. “O Jardim” was named the best play of recent years by several critics and has been presented in Germany (HAU - Berlin ), Chile (Santiago a Mil), Colombia (Festival IberoAmericano de Teatro) and Holland (Ervaar Daar Hier Theater).

“Fiction” (2013), the following work, has also received three Shell Award nominations (including Best Director) and has had its European premiere at Theater der Welt (Mannheim, Germany) in 2014. His last work, “2 Fictions”, has recently premiered in KunstenFestivaldesArts (Brussels) this year.