In terms of scenic structure, I, you, Greeks and Trojans (2005) is built through the collage of fragments drawn from various Greek tragedies. The production operates as a kind of ode to the universe of Ancient Greek theatre—its thematic fields and dramatic characteristics—even as it is paradoxically constructed through the explosion of those very matrices, particularly the Aristotelian unities of action, space, and time.

Time itself emerges as a parallel axis of the staging, structuring a passage that moves from darkness—associated with primordial temporalities—toward light—linked to an idea of civilizational apogee. The performance unfolds in three movements: a prologue immersed in blackout, marked by the sacrifice of Iphigenia; a first act illuminated by lanterns moving through Troy and its mythological devastation; and a second act that reaches full luminosity with the return to Greece.

The epic vein of Greek theatre constitutes one of the Guimarães Brothers’ central points of interest, leading them to incorporate multiple narrative fragments into the dramaturgy, expanding its choral and historical dimension. Contemporary costumes make explicit the desire to update the classical material and to tension its possible meanings within contemporary society.

The confrontation with the Greek universe thus becomes a confrontation with the very foundations of theatre itself. In this work, the procedures of collage and superimposition—at times nearly aleatory—recall the early experiments of Tadeusz Kantor, foregrounding the hybrid character of the creation and its direct dialogue with the visual arts.