The fifth issue of Sinais de Cena highlights in its thematic dossier the exposition of the reasons that led the jury of the Portuguese Association of Theatre Critics to award the Prize and Special Mentions for the previous year. Portfolio brings together a vast set of photographs of shows based on texts by Beckket and lists – exhaustively and in chronological order – Beckett’s stagings that were presented in Portugal. In News from outside the country, the Europe Theatre Award, awarded to Harold Pinter and the Congress of the International Association of Theatre Critics stand out, as well as articles on Latin theatre in New York; what was seen in Montréal, Quèbec, as part of the Youth Arts Congress and Festival; the perspective that a Westerner can have of the theatre that is performed in Korea today and an article on Mathew Barney. Applied Studies combine a critical reflection on the work of Fernando Amado and a brief incursion into Beckett’s texts. An interview with Fernanda Lapa is included. Critical essays on performances, together with the thematic dossier and academic articles, continue to structure the identity of this publication, aimed at all those interested in the performing arts.

Featured authors: Ana de Carvalho | Catarina Maia | Christina Zurbach | Francesca Rayner | Francesc Massip | Guillermo Heras | Isabel Pinto Carlos | João Carneiro | Luís Dias Martins | Luiz Francisco Rebello | Maria Helena Serôdio | Marta Brites Rosa | Patrice Pavis | Paulo Eduardo Carvalho | Pedro Manuel | Rui Aires Augusto | Rui Pina Coelho | Sebastiana Fadda | Teresa Amado | Tiago Bartolomeu Costa