Objeto Encontrado Perdido (Found Lost Object) was written right after the company Teatro de Ferro had moved places. The play was inspired by various objects and accessories used in previous shows. The show was first produced at the FIMP (Porto International Puppet Festival). It was then scheduled in Lisbon in 2016, at the FIMFA (International Festival of Puppets and Animated Forms).

A suitcase is moving on the baggage carousel of an airport, of a supermarket or of an industrial area. It is followed by several objects and goods. As the carousel speeds up, the actors handle the goods frenetically. Their struggle to follow the speed of the machine is reflected in their movements.

The carousel slows down and the actors use their bare hands to mime imaginary objects - glasses being toasted, or a calabash being carried. Then they exchange various objects: a shotgun, a hammer, a book, an axe, …

The carousel stops and the actors bring other objects on stage, which they manipulate or simply put on the floor: a small toy car, trophies, a mannequin’s arm, a fire extinguisher, a heater, a loudspeaker, an umbrella, …

At the end of the show, boards with outlines representing members of the audience slowly come nearer to the proscenium until the final curtain comes down.