Rua Sésamo

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.

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. She joined the series the very last year.

Tita also appeared on the US Sesame Street special Sesame Street Stays Up Late!.

Rua Sésamo ao Vivo
In november 2008 was the first time Rua Sésamo got his first version of Sesame Street Live. It was presented by Mandrake in associasion with Sol, produced by Vee Corporation Usa situated in Lisabon. A ticket costed 0,60€, two tickets only 0,48€ each

It was a big production with 25 technicians and 23 actors who played Ernie, Bert, Big Bird (ofcourse called Poupas) and others. 10 specialists who worked backstage for sound, light, figuration, stage, scenerys and text. With the help of 15 people on stage.

Schedule
7 until 9 November in Europarque (Lisabon)

14 until 16 November in Santa Maria da Feira

21 until 23 November in Figuera Da Foz

Production credits
Some of the Actors and Musicians were 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 by Paula Oliveira

Puppeteers

 * João Francisco do Canto as Poupas
 * Luís Filipe Trindade as Ferrão
 * 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
 * Joel Sousa as Gualter