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The street sign from the title.
Recolored street sign for the show's second season
Title card from 1992
The cast on the street
The street from the show's last season.
Rua Sésamo is the Portuguese co-production of Sesame Street.
It aired for only a short period of time, from 1989 until 1994. It was broadcast by RTP. Series 2 debuted on December, 1990 with 125 episodes.
Poupas was a full-body character who was nearly identical to Big Bird, except for his orange feathers, his blue and purple feathers on his tail and head and black-and-pink eyelids. Ferrão was a brown Grouch who lived in crates on Rua Sésamo. Tita was a female cat performed by Filipa Melo and Paula Velez for the other hand.
Tita also appeared on the US Sesame Street special Sesame Street Stays Up Late.
Episodes
- Episode 1: "As Limpezas Do Poupas"
- Episode 2: "As Brincadeiras do Ferrão"
- Episode 3: "O Egas e o Patinho a Festejar"
- Episode 4: "Contar com o Cocas e o Gualter"
- Episode 5: "O Amor do João Esquecido"
- Episode 6: "Poupas e os Bichos da Seda"
- Episode 7: "Gualter o Detective"
- Episode 8: "Egas e Becas No Cinema"
- Episode 9: "Os Birros e o Lobo Mau"
- Episode 10: "O Conde de Kontarr
- Episode 11: "A Pastorinha Perdeu os Carneirinhos"
- Episode 12: "O Aniversario do Poupas"
- Episode 16: "O SuperGualter"
- Episode 18: "O Pesadelo do Ferrão"
- Episode 29: "O João Esquecido vai viajar"
Rua Sésamo ao Vivo
In November 2008 the first Rua Sésamo version of Sesame Street Live was produced. It was presented by Mandrake in association with Sol, produced by Vee Corporation Usa situated in Lisbon. Tickets were priced between €25 and €28,50 each.
It was a big production with 25 technicians and 23 actors who played Ernie, Bert, Big Bird (called Poupas) and others. There were also 10 specialists who worked backstage for sound, light, figuration, stage, scenery and text. 15 people also assisted on stage.
Schedule
- 11/7/08 - 11/9/08: Europarque (Lisbon)
- 11/14/08 - 11/16/08: Santa Maria da Feira
- 11/21/08 - 11/23/08: Figuera Da Foz
Production credits
The cast included: Sérgio Godinho, Nuno Lopes, Henrique Feist, Susana Félix, JP Simões, Tânia Ribas de Oliveira, Paula Oliveira, Filipa Pais, João Nuno Martins and Ricardo Spínola.
Lyrics, direction and translations by Tiago Torres da Silva.
Musical director: Paula Oliveira
Cast
Puppeteers
- João Francisco do Canto as Poupas
- Jorge David as Ferrão 1989-1990
- António Pinto as Ferrão's right hand
- Luís Filipe Trindade as Ferrão 1990-1996
- Filipa Melo as Tita
Actors
- Alexandra Lencastre as Guiomar
- Carla Pinguinha as Andreia
- Tatiana Gaspar as Menina do "Telefone Está a Tocar"
- Fernando Gomes as José Maria
- Vítor Norte as André
- José Luís Trindade as Gil
- Luís Filipe Marques as Agapito Vermelho
- Margarida Gama as Agapita Rosa
Portuguese Voices
- Grover (Gualter): Joel Sousa
- Cookie Monster (Monstro das Bolachas): Marina Côrte-Real
- Count von Count (Conde de Contar): Unknown
- Kermit the Frog (Cócas o Sapo): Unknown