WARRIORS OF BRAZIL
ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN TOUR
For the first time in Australia, the world’s greatest Capoeira experts will appear in a spectacular live
stage show, featuring inspirational young athletes, dancers and musicians who still live today in the
dangerous favelas of Brazil. Their bodies defy what is humanly possible as they leap, flip, kick and
spin at breathtaking speed. Warriors of Brazil will tour theatres in January and February with tickets
now on sale.
In a show that combines the extraordinary martial art of Capoeira with the uplifting music and dance of
Carnival, Warriors of Brazil showcases all of the power and the passion that is modern Brazil. From a
country which has much to celebrate with its successful bid to host the 2014 World Cup and 2016
Olympics, its soccer prowess, and powerful musical impact on the world, this show represents a
positive flipside to Brazil’s street violence which is also dominating the news headlines.
The super-fit, young men in Warriors of Brazil have escaped the cycle of gangland warfare in the
favelas or ghettos of Salvador de Bahia, former epicentre of the African slave trade. Selected as part
of a social development program, they are the undeniable masters of Capoeira, and are now
captivating audiences around the world and spreading a message of hope for the youth of Brazil.
Joining them on stage are the singers, dancers and percussionists of Rhythm Carnival who hail from
the favela of Candeal, which famously saved its young people from a life of violence by encouraging
them to trade their weapons for musical instruments. Members of Rhythm Carnival have performed
with Santana, The Fugees, Ricky Martin, Sergio Mendes and The Black Eyed Peas.
Warriors of Brazil is created and directed by UK-based Toby Gough who previously created the
hugely successful shows Lady Salsa, The Merchants of Bollywood and The Bar at Beuna Vista. As
well as directing Kylie Minogue in a Barbados production of The Tempest with members of the Royal
Shakespeare Company, Toby Gough has initiated many theatre-based social programs which bring
an empowering sense of joy and celebration to the world’s trouble spots.
Warriors of Brazil opens in Perth on January 8 before touring to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and
Adelaide.
For media enquiries please contact:
Clea Woods – Senior Publicist, Mollison Communications
P: (03) 9694 5226 M: 0417 392 622 E: clea.w@mollison.com
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