In 2022, the International Conference PERPHOTO brought together scholars and artists from around the world in Lisbon to further define this field of study. The …
ORA PÉTREA
Ora, from the mouth and from the mountain. Pétrea, from the geology of voice-bodies. This performance emerges from a collaboration between what we have called …
Launch of Sinais de Cena“Theatre, Revolution and the Construction of Democracy”
The new issue of Sinais de Cena: Journal of Theatre and Performance Studies will be presented on 19 June, at 6:30 p.m., at Livraria Ler …
Video recording of the International Conference Crossed Archives (2023) now available
The recording of the International Conference Crossed Archives (2023) has been made available on the YouTube channel of the Centre for Theatre Studies. The conference …
New interviews available as part of the ARTHE Project – Archiving Theatre
The video interviews Independent Theatre and Decentralization: Towards an Oral History, conducted as part of the ARTHE Project – Archiving Theatre, with Fernando Heitor and …
CET Research Grant for Master’s Students
Applications are now open for a Research Fellowship (BI) for a Master’s student as part of the project “Theatrical nativity plays: a repertoire of puppets, …
Clube Espectador on the Dito e Feito podcast
Maria Sequeira Mendes and José Maria Vieira Mendes chat on the Dito e Feito podcast about Clube Espectador, the project developed by Teatro do Bairro …
Research in Theatre and Performance Studies
For the fourth consecutive year, we aim to give a voice to the postgraduate students of the Graduate Programme in Theatre and Performance Studies, providing …
Ponto Magazine Issues 3 and 4
In 2025, the journal became semiannual. In issue no. 3, this issue highlights echoes of Gil Vicente in a Danza de un pastor y gitanas …
Permanent Colloquium in Theatre and Performance Studies
The Permanent Colloquium in Theatre and Performance Studies provides an ongoing forum for the presentation, discussion and exchange of research in the fields of theatre …
Teatro Máquina and Brecht: creative processes in crisis and reflection
“Teatro Máquina and Brecht: Creative Processes in Crisis and Reflection” reviews the history of the Teatro Máquina theatre group, based in Ceará, Brazil, ofwhich Fran …
Escola de Verão • Summer School • SONIC BODIES • Ali Chahrour (LBN) & Lynn Adib (SYR) [OPEN CALL]
In the 7th edition of the Summer School — In Practice, choreographer Ali Chahrour and Syrian singer, composer and improviser Lynn Adib propose a research …
Ópera Por Todos Nós no Teatro Aberto
On May 20, Por Todos Nós premieres at Teatro Aberto—an opera based on Os Memoráveis by Lídia Jorge, with music by Eurico Carrapatoso. Co-author of …
Workshop ATUAR NO DESCONHECIDO
The acting studio O Canto do Bode regularly offers the workshop Acting in the Unknown. The next edition will take place on May 23, 2026, …
SHARED DREAMS – Intensive Seminar of the Programme in Theatre and Performance Studies with Prof. Victoria Pérez Royo
This seminar is based on the desire to shake off the modern-colonial corporeality we have inherited, in order to free it from constraints that limit …
Poetics of Performativity in Contemporary Theatre
The seminar proposes, in this second edition, to explore the multiple configurations of performativity in contemporary theatre. Today, we can observe more clearly that H.T. …
Memórias do Cárcere
On 18/04, at 4:00 p.m., the showcase Memórias do Cárcere takes place at Teatro Aberto in Lisbon. The showcase is the result of Tiago Silva’s …
Expression of Condolences on the Passing of Baz Kershaw
Baz Kershaw, the influential scholar and artist-researcher in the field of Theatre and Performance Studies, passed away on March 31. His thinking, artistic practices, and …
