About us
The “Tales from the Hive” – Teatro Lambe-Lambe – was created in 2020 by the French artist Bruno Rudolf, who has lived in Brazil since 2001. Tales from the Hive is a collection of performances that explore contemporary, humanitarian, and ecological themes.
The hive evokes a place where everyone lives together — a collective space of life, exchange, and cooperation. A territory of respect, diversity, and interdependence in search of balance.
The company offers a creative way to reflect on topics such as human relationships, the challenges of our society, and the importance of caring for our planet.
These short and captivating performances invite the audience to reflect and be moved. We need to re-enchant the world in order to better transform it.
“Tales from the Hive” are open windows onto life.
What is Teatro Lambe-Lambe?
Teatro Lambe-Lambe was created 30 years ago in Bahia, Brazil, by two women artists from the Northeast, Denise dos Santos and Ismine Lima.
The original idea was to make it possible to present a puppet show in an intimate way on the streets and squares of Salvador. They came up with the idea of using the photographers’ “Lambe-Lambe” box as a scenic space to present the performance “The Birth Dance.”
Thus, Teatro Lambe-Lambe was born, and since then, this theatrical language has developed and spread throughout Brazil, Latin America, and the world.
This street art form — a meeting between theater, animated forms, and visual arts — continues to evolve with each artist’s creativity, taking on new shapes and possibilities.
Teatro Lambe-Lambe offers a moment of intense intimacy between the artist and the audience. The short performances are usually presented to a single spectator, who watches the piece through a small peephole or opening.
Artists
The company’s cast is composed of its founder Bruno Rudolf and artists Mauricio Caetano and Tiago Luz.
Bruno Rudolf
Director, actor, and puppeteer from France, Bruno Rudolf has been living in Brazil since 2001. He graduated from the Conservatory of Dance in Mulhouse (France).
He is the creator and director of Tales from the Hive – Teatro Lambe-Lambe, founded in 2020 during a workshop by Cia Varanda Teatro, where the first Lambe-Lambe performance, “80,000,000”, premiered.
In 2011, he received the APCA Award for Best Actor in the Children’s Theater category and the FEMSA Award for Best Actor, both for his performance in “Around the World in 80 Days.” He also won the CBTIJ Award (2022) for Best Actor in a Leading Role. In 2023, he received the award “Prêmio Governador do Estado de São Paulo”.
In 2007, together with Ricardo Rodrigues, he founded Cia. Solas de Vento (Circus and Theater), which has participated in major festivals and showcases within the Brazilian and international performing arts scene.
Since 2011, he has been dedicated to creating works in animated forms theater, both as puppeteer and performer — in “Memória Roubada” (Cia Linhas Aéreas) — and as director — in “Rosa, Pequena Vida de Circo” (Cia das Rosas).
Tiago Luz
Tiago Luz holds a Master’s degree in Performing Arts from ECA/USP, where he also earned his Bachelor’s degree in Theatre Directing.
He participated in the International University Theatre Festival organized by the University of Santiago de Compostela (2006), performing in Santiago and Lugo, and in the World Festival of Theatre Schools in Lima, Peru (2010).
He is a founding member of Espaço Cultural Fábrica das Artes in Americana/SP, where he taught theater in the open course program and directed several works with GTT – Grupo Teatral Ta’Lento, which manages the space.
As an actor, he has worked with Rodrigo Batista, Cristiane Paoli Quito, Antonio Januzzelli (Janô), Diego Vilar, Chico de Assis, Carlos Justi, among others. He also performed at the VERBO Performance Art Show in “Muro em Diagonal” with Coletivo Vizo (2009) and in “The Imbecil” by Fábio Moraes (2016).
Since 2010, he has worked as an art educator and, more recently, as a supervisor in art exhibitions at cultural institutions, developing educational and mediation activities that blend theatrical and performative elements within exhibition contexts.
Maurício Caetano
Actor trained in theatre at Senac (2018) and SP Escola de Teatro (2021). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences (2016) and a Master’s degree in Anthropology (2019) from UFSCar.
He is currently studying Cultural Production at FATEC and is a member of both the Povo da Máscara collective and the Ateliê de Formas Animadas e Seres Fantásticos.
As an actor, his notable credits include:
“Pedro e o Lobo” (2023), directed by Muriel Matalon;
“Diana Luana” (2023), by Cia O Grito, directed by Roberto Morettho;
“O Homem que Dançou com a Batata” (2022), by Cia Mônoda, directed by Tati Sousa;
“O Santo Dialético, Pornossamba e a Bossa Nova Metafísica” and “São Paulo Surrealista” (2019), by Teatro do Incêndio, directed by Marcelo Fonseca;
“Monta e Desmonta Compra(ti)cidade” (2014), by Grupo Navegantes do Concreto.
