The Bairro Alto Theatre, which is not in Bairro Alto (but almost), will soon reopen. It is a new municipal theatre in Lisbon. In the meantime, we are already getting started: first online and now across the city with a series of events taking place between day and night, the ground and the sky, nearby and faraway; so that we can look and listen while we are standing still or moving, upright or lying on the ground, or even sitting in chairs. For now, nothing we are planning is in the theatre (but close by); and nothing will be actual theatre, but intimate and unusual moments that rethink and transform everything that surrounds them.

Partituras para ir is a walking route in central Lisbon, created by artists and researchers from around the Teatro do Bairro Alto area.

We invite the public to join us in search of Lisbon’s fifth façade (the name given to the rooftops of buildings in architecture) and of places and happenings which are invisible in the everyday experience of the city, though they are marked on maps. This performative walking tour brings together diverse art forms and explores a choreographic interpretation of the walk.

artistic director Joana Braga created by Andresa Soares, Fernando Ramalho, Flora Paim, Joana Braga, Tânia Moreira David video Tânia Moreira David sound Fernando Ramalho graphic design Ana Teresa Ascenção executive producer Sara Goulart co-prodoced by Artéria | Humanizing Architecture and Teatro do Bairro Alto