Photo by Maringas Maciel
The Last Supper
MEXA
(Brazil)
Portuguese with English Subtitles
18 October 2025 | 7.30pm - 9.00pm
£15 - £10 (Concession)
Recommended for age 14+
Tramway, T1 (Directions)
Captioned / Subpacs Available
A group of people sits at a table for a meal. Someone announces it will be the last. The group will no longer exist. It’s a farewell. It could be fiction, but it isn’t always. Tonight, no one will be saved.
MEXA is an artistic collective formed in 2015 following episodes of violence in homeless shelters in São Paulo. The collective explore the boundaries between reality and fiction, autobiography, documentary, and theater of the real. Over the years, some of its members have disappeared.
In MEXA’s new performance, directed by João Turchi, the collective draws from Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the same name to revisit—through their own lived experiences—the idea of death, resurrection, and the possibility of creating a final image for a group that is about to end. Combining celebration, transmission and solidarity, MEXA makes theatre into a living ritual, in which the stage becomes a space for sharing and recollection.
How does one go on alone when the collective no longer exists? Who tells the stories of bodies that can no longer speak?
Post-Show DJ Set
Join us in the Tramway foyer after the show for a DJ set from Luckybabe.
Co-founder of Gully Gully, and a resident at Ponyboy and Kin. x, LuckyBabe blends soca, baile funk, hard house, dubstep, breaks + more into something that feels both ancient and futuristic — glitchy, powerful, and full of feeling.
Access Notes
This performance is spoken in Portugese with Closed Captions in English
Sub Pacs are available from Tramway Box Office.
Sensory Notes:
Loud Music
Sudden Loud Sounds
Full Blackout
Flashing Lights
Strobe
Lasers
Scent (hot food)
Audience Interaction
Audience Participation (optional)
Audience offered food (optional)*
Audience offered alcohol (optional)
*Food contains the following common allergens:
Milk
Eggs
Wheat
NB: Food prepared in a kitchen that uses other allergens
Ear Defenders, Ear Plugs and Dark Glasses will be available
A breakout space will be available pre, during and after the show
Language: Portuguese with English Subtitles
Venue and Seating:
T1 - Tramway (ground floor). Wheelchair accessible. Tramway venue access information.
Seated- Seating Bank with flip down, padded seats with arms. 1 row step free. Wheelchair spaces available to reserve via Tramway Box Office.
Optional Seating- some audience will sit on stage as part of the performance. The stage is wheelchair accessible from the seating bank.
A breakout space will be available pre, during and after the show.
Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
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Content Notes
Explicit discussion of violence & murder
Reference to racism and antiblackness
Religion & religious imagery
Alcohol available and offered to audience
Strong Language
Artist Bio
MEXA is an artistic collective active since 2015 in São Paulo. Emerging from the context of shelter homes, it explores the boundaries between reality and fiction, autobiography, documentary, and theater of the real. The collective has performed at festivals such as Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), Transform Festival (Leeds), and at institutions including HAU Theater and Sophiensaele (Berlin), Teatro do Bairro Alto (Lisbon), Kampnagel (Hamburg), and Kaserne (Basel, as well as exhibitions like the 38th edition of the Panorama of Brazilian Art and the 2025 São Paulo Biennial. The group has been an artist-in-residence at Casa do Povo (São Paulo) since 2016.
Credits
Creation: MEXA
Direction and Dramaturgy: João Turchi
Performance and Co-Creation: Aivan, Alê Tradução, Dourado, Patrícia Borges, Suzy Muniz, Veronika Verão and Tatiane Arcanjo
Video Performance, Video Creation, and Technical Direction: Laysa Elias
Assistant Director, Movement Assistance and Performance: Lucas Heymanns
Soundtrack, Sound Design, and Performance: Podeserdesligado
Lighting and Performance: Iara Izidoro
Executive Production: Francesca Tedeschi (Casa do Povo)
Art Direction: Lu Mugayar
Local Production: Cibelle Lima
Costume Design: Anuro Anuro and Cacau Francisco
Set Design: Vão
Vocal Direction: Dourado
Contributors to the Creative Process: Anita Silvia, Daniela Pinheiro, and Gustavo Colombini
Dramaturgical Collaboration: Olivia Ardui
Artistic Consultancy: Guilherme Giufrida
Production: MEXA
MEXA is a group associated to Casa do Povo (São Paulo, Brazil)
Co-Production: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Casa do Povo, Kampnagel – Internationales Zentrum für Schönere Künste
