Alex Cassal was born in 1967 in Porto Alegre, Brazil but currently lives in Lisbon. With a degree in history from the University of Rio de Janeiro – UERJ, he is a director, playwright and actor. He is part of the theatre group “Foguetes Maravilha” (Brazil), responsible for many plays, such as “Ele Precisa Começar” (2008), “Ninguém Falou que Seria Fácil” (2011), 'Síndrome de Chimpanzé' (2013) and “Mortos-Vivos: uma Ex-Conferência” (2017). He has collaborated with many theatre and dance artists, including Enrique Diaz, Felipe Rocha, Renato Linhares, Alice Ripoll, Dani Lima, Gustavo Ciríaco, Clara Kutner, Denise Stutz, Michelle Moura, the group “Dimenti” (in Brazil), Tiago Rodrigues, Cláudia Gaiolas, Paula Diogo, Marco Paiva, Márcia Lança and Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz (in Portugal).
Along with Alice Ripoll, he directed the dance short film “Jornada ao Umbigo do Mundo”, shown in countries such as Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, Germany, Greece, France, Italy, USA and Japan. In recent years he wrote and staged the shows “As Cidades Invisíveis” (2016), “Tiranossauro Rex” (2017), “Ex-Zombies: uma Conferência” (2018), “Um Tigre-Lírio é Difícil de Encontrar” (2018), “Morrer no Teatro” (2019 – winner of the Eurodram award in 2020) and “A Menor Língua do Mundo” (2020 – in collaboration with Paula Diogo), among others.