Theatre
SOLO FEST
19 AUGUST Por Ele MIGUEL SERMÃO Theatre A comedy that questions marital relationships in a humorous way, with moments of interaction between the actor and the audience. Miguel Sermão script and performance Renato Godinho costumes Rogério Vale lighting design SOLO MAFALDA VEIGA Music In addition to Mafalda Veiga’s most well-known and intimate songs, […]
Mais de Cem Mil Dias
Inês Pupo text Ricardo Machado illustrations Gonçalo Pratas artistic director Filipe Raposo e Gonçalo Pratas music Carla Galvão, Filipe Raposo and Gonçalo Pratas performance Carla Galvão and Mafalda Estácio staging Mafalda Estácio scenography and costumes Sandra Simões executive producer Constroisons production
A Passarola
In the novel, this visionary priest believes that the “machine to walk on air” he imagined will allow men to fly. However, in order to build it and for it to be able to cross the skies, it will need the strength of Baltasar Sete-sóis, the music of Domenico Scarlatti and the powers of Blimunda […]
Human Body Parts
Lisbon is going to be invaded by human organs! A hand, a mouth, a foot, a nose, an ear and an eye. A unique show, brought to you by the Australian company Snuff Puppets (1992), a community of artists and performers from Melbourne, Australia, dedicated to creating gigantic puppets and performing puppet theatre. Their creations […]
April at Teatro São Luiz
On March 24th of this year, we celebrated one more day in democracy than those the country lived in dictatorship, between the military coup of May 28, 1926 and the revolution of April 25, 1974. This symbolic day is the motto for a special program who, celebrating it, commits to memory and seeks to understand […]
Solo Fest
5th June 8:00 pm THEATRE Cartas do Novo Mundo (Letters from the New World) With F. Pedro Oliveira Dramaturgy and staging: Miguel Abreu Length: 30 mins Cartas do Novo Mundo is a performance developed from Pêro Vaz de Caminha’s “A Carta” (written in 1500) and excerpts from other contemporary letters written by anonymous maritime pilots. […]
Antiprincesas
CAROLINA BEATRIZ ÂNGELO by Cláudia Gaiolas This Summer, we’re inviting the littlest ones to get to know the Anti-Princess Beatriz Ângelo, in a recreation of the life of this feminist doctor who was the first woman to vote in Portugal in 1911, a year after the establishment of the Republic. The law extended the vote […]
Chapéus na Rua
18 September Mercado de Culturas 21:00 ASAS D’AREIA Asas d’Areia is a performance/installation that fuses documentary and conceptual video with circus, namely the art of balance (tight wire and slack rope) and dance. It focuses on the theme of migratory peoples, particularly those held in refugee camps, from a humanitarian perspective. 19 September […]
Popular – Inatel na Rua
Every day Street entertainment and performances; traditional games Parque das Nações 12 to 14 September Parque Tejo Concerts 10 pm 12 September – Realejo 13 September – O Gajo 14 September – Stereossauro 19 to 21 September Ajuda Largo da Igreja da Memória 19 September Traditional Ball – Tradballs 20 & 21 September Concerts 9.30 […]
Palácio Baldaya
At two years’ old, it has already become a cultural reference point, not just in Benfica but across the city. To celebrate its second anniversary, Palácio Baldaya is hosting a vast and varied programme, including cinema, theatre, fashion, lots of music and even a vintage festival. Benfica ao Luar (Benfica in the Moonlight) free […]
Clarice Lispector
Clarice Lispector was born in the Ukraine, in a village so small and insignificant it doesn’t appear on the map. Her parents fled war and ended up in Brazil, where Clarice grew up and became a great writer. She wrote about the mysteries of the Universe and the human soul, but also about hens, rabbits […]
Juana Azurduy
Juana Azurduy was a woman-mother-warrior of indigenous background who fought for a better country and Bolivian independence. On horseback, with sword and pistol in hand, this brave and kind woman faced up to all battles, pushing her life to its limits.
Festival Estes Romanos Estão Loucos
The Museum is taking to the street and invites all Lisboetas to get to know their Roman ancestors better. With multiple activities taking place at the archaeoological site, museum and the surrounding roads, this festival will give you a new perspective on the city and its past. After all, we’re all Romans and even a […]
Chapéus na Rua
13 September Largo do Intendente 7 pm – Opening: “The Last One To Grab Fall First” (Salto – International Circus School) 8 pm – DJ set 14 September Mercado de Arroios 11 am – Circus in the Markets Campo Mártires da Pátria 2 pm – 6 pm – Street Performances Largo do Intendente […]
1st Anniversary LU.CA
15:00 Miguel Fragata Readings. Mezzanine 15:00 Avião EZ passage (Aeroplane EZ ticket). Street 15:30 -19:00 Workshops by Maria Remédio, Joana Leal, Rita Raposo and Belisa Sousa 15:30 – 19:00 Installations: Querido LU.CA (Dear LU.CA), O Som do Teatro (The Sound of the Theatre), Pontos de Escuta (Listening Points). Mezzanine and Street 16:00 Avião EZ passagem (Aeroplane […]
Histórias Suspensas (Suspended Stories) by Joana Providência
Deviations lead us to other short stories. Time in stories either stops or passes very quickly…here it is suspended in the eyes of those watching and sharing in this adventure! What’s coming next?! A house, which looks like a small cupboard, holds secrets. The doors keep opening and closing, revealing and concealing characters and situations. […]
Histórias de Lx
The Teatro Meridional has created a show about Lisbon, in an essentially physical theatrical piece, highlighting contrasts and stereotypes, inspired by comic strips and their synthetic logic.
Guardar Segredo
“Guardar Segredo” is a series of theatre shows that take place inside two wardrobes placed in a public space. One spectator, one actor, five minutes. What happens inside can never be revealed. Different types of secrets will be addressed: keeping secrets, having secrets, telling secrets, dying for not telling a secret, dying for telling a […]
Gertrude Stein and a Companion
By Win Wells; Directed by Fernanda Lapa An improbable dialogue between the deceased American writer and poet Gertrude Stein and her life companion for 25 years, Alice B.Toklas, who invokes her to share her opinions. More than a gay play, as it has been considered, it is a performance about a love relationship that shows […]
Long Table – Partituras Para Ir
Partituras para ir is also the theme for a conversation between researchers and artists about walking as a way of researching a city, its places and our relationship with them; and as an artistic practice that develops from connections that the bodies of the walkers establish with spaces around them as they open up passages […]
In Place of a Show
What happens inside theatres when nothing is happening? Drawing attention away from the human element (the work of performers, artists, audiences, architects, etc), this conference-performance focuses on the buildings themselves: theatres stripped of their primary purpose, lying empty, preserved as museums, or demolished. In Lisbon, Corrieri will present, in a double bill, his lectures on […]
O Convidador de Pirilampos (The Inviter of Pirilampos)
António Jorge Gonçalves’ stage adaptation of Ondjaki’s O Convidador de Pirilampos, a book he himself illustrated. Narrated by Cláudia Semedo, with José Conde accompanying on clarinet, this play addresses the themes of fear of the dark, freedom and the importance of stories. With all the scenic magic of the dark.
Linhas Voadoras – Opening Show
In the evening of the first day of the month, cast your eyes up to the sky and witness a breathtaking adventure: Tatiana-Mosio Bongonga will be defying gravity and performing an aerial crossing of the Fonte Luminosa on Alameda D. Afonso Henriques. Balancing on a rope 33 metres up, this French artist who fell in […]
Era uma vez um País assim: contar bem contadas a Ditadura e a Revolução
In a country known as Portugal there was, for 48 years, a Dictatorship (a difficult word). Hard and enduring, it was here to stay, and to command, and to control, and to place inside people’s hearts a frosty fear of the sort that runs through your blood. In the middle of that 48-year-long night, there […]
Moving People, Artista na Cidade
A project about encounters. A space to talk about memories, about Utopias and about the future. The encounter takes place between people who have moved around in the world; migrants, refugees who set off in search of a new home. A local actor will also participate alongside the immigrants, in addition to the memories of […]
Feira da Luz
Organised by the Parish Council, Feira da Luz returns to Carnide for a month of fun and entertainment with workshops, exhibitions, theatre, handicrafts and food stalls, dances, the Carnide Popular Parade and the traditional procession in honour of N. Srª da Luz (Our Lady of the Light), which brings the fair to an end every […]
Antiprincesas | Juana Azurduy (premiere)
These are the stories of four inspiring women: Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector; Mexican painter Frida Kahlo; Chilean writer and composer Violeta Parra and the Bolivian military leader of indigenous ancestry Juana Azurduy. In these stories, there are no crowns or castles, but real women, who challenged the norm and revolutionized the world through literature, art […]
Antiprincesas | Clarice Lispector
These are the stories of four inspiring women: Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector; Mexican painter Frida Kahlo; Chilean writer and composer Violeta Parra and the Bolivian military leader of indigenous ancestry Juana Azurduy. In these stories there are no crowns or castles, but real women, who challenged the norm and revolutionised the world through literature, art […]
Antiprincesas | Clarice Lispector – extra date
These are the stories of four inspiring women: Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector; Mexican painter Frida Kahlo; Chilean writer and composer Violeta Parra and the Bolivian military leader of indigenous ancestry Juana Azurduy. In these stories there are no crowns or castles, but real women, who challenged the norm and revolutionised the world through literature, art […]
The discovery of the Roman Theatre
A small exhibition about Manuel Caetano de Sousa, the architect who discovered the Roman Theatre in April, 1798. His name remained forgotten for a long time, having been supplanted by Italian architect Francisco Xavier Fabri. Only recently, with the discovery of new documents at the Real Library of Rio de Janeiro, has it been possible […]
Children’s Theatre Day
Once a year we change the rules and convert Teatro Maria Matos into a space devoted to families and children. With the help of actors and performance artists, not to mention professionals from the fields of photography and the visual arts, the corridors, dressing rooms and other little-seen parts of the theatre will be transformed […]
European Literature Night
Books, readers and authors set on the loose between Rua do Século and Calçada do Combro, on another European Literature Night, this year featuring Croatia and Poland. European Literature Night is an event promoted by EUNIC Portugal, which enjoys the support of the Representation of the European Commission in Portugal.
Hamlet
To dance or not to dance… That’s not a question… With Hamlet, Teatro Praga goes about discovering and acting out alternative theatrical “scenarios” for the history of Hamlet. Two actors tell Shakespeare’s story to children, guiding them (or perhaps distracting them) through the narrative and encouraging them to participate actively. Every day a new version […]
You see better from here!
This is an invitation to everyone (from the smallest to the oldest) to get to know the history of Theatre, from ancient Egypt to the present day. We’ll see and hear how it came about and grew. Find out what gets the public sitting down in a theatre and the different types of performances that […]
Antiprincesas | Clarice Lispector
These are the stories of four inspiring women: Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector; Mexican painter Frida Kahlo; Chilean writer and composer Violeta Parra and the Bolivian military leader of indigenous ancestry Juana Azurduy. In these stories there are no crowns or castles, but real women, who challenged the norm and revolutionised the world through literature, art […]
Antiprincesas | Frida Kahlo (reprise)
These are the stories of four inspiring women: Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector; Mexican painter Frida Kahlo; Chilean writer and composer Violeta Parra and the Bolivian military leader of indigenous ancestry Juana Azurduy. In these stories there are no crowns or castles, but real women, who challenged the norm and revolutionised the world through literature, art […]
Theatre Visit
This visit is an invitation to the whole city; an opportunity to get to know the inside of our most recent cultural facility: an 18th century theatre which has been completely renovated by architect Graça Dias. Over the course of the day we’ll be revealing from the inside what can normally only be seen from […]
LU.CA, a new theatre for kids
A new municipal theatre has been born on the Calçada da Ajuda. With an eye on the future, and pushing harder to create new audiences for the arts, Lisbon now has a theatre which is exclusively dedicated to art programmes for youngsters. This space has a long history dating back to 1737 when it was […]
Kiosquorama
Kiosquorama is a free and itinerant festival that began in the bandstands of Parisian gardens and spread to other European cities. This year, the fourth which embraces Lisbon, brings lots that is new: in addition to new musicians from the French music scene, there will also be performances by Portuguese musicians, a vinyl record market, […]
Street Hats
15 setembro Café O Largo 5pm Conference “The role of street arts in urban and social regeneration” – aimed at the mobilisation of cultural and artistic operators around the theme. Circus show for the parish’s schools In partnership with the Arroios parish council, a circus show will be performed for the Family Support Centres, as children prepare to return to school. […]
The Public welcomes you
On this day in which “The public welcomes you” the theater will be taken symbolically by the participants of the project. They will open the doors and ensure the functioning of all the Theater.
The legend Of the Emperor WU TI
In a small theatre, an ancient legend is told about the origin of Chinese shadows. Shadow theatre and puppet-making workshop.
Once upon a time in Palacete das Conchas
The Palacete das Conchas is the protagonist of this guided tour staged by actors embodying the spirit of the sixteenth century.
Magnetic Stories – A Chicken
The chosen author for this new episode of Magnetic Stories is Clarice Lispector. The story “The Chicken” is combined with the sound of the electric guitar, followed by a workshop.