The sixth issue of Sinais de Cena is dedicated to criticism: the skills required of those who exercise it, the possibilities of real exercise in its various supports and places, the challenge posed to the artistic instances and languages that operate in the sphere of creation and that incite analysis. increasingly demanding (due to the knowledge and techniques that they mobilize), of radiant questioning of the cultural in its most general incidence. From the outside, we are informed about studies and authors that are decrying actuality or persistent questioning, as is the case of Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter and a questioning about the ways in which theatre works in the Greek polis, occupying articles in the Applied Studies section, where articles by foreign and Portuguese critics are included. There is also a study on one of the most interesting companies in Hungary – Pintér Béla. We are told about theatre in Portugal regarding Ibsen’s first reception among us and about Casa da Comédia (for the Loose Archive). Includes an interview with Lúcia Sigalho. Rogério de Carvalho is remembered in the Portfolio. 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 Campos | Ana Pais | Christine Zurbach | Christopher Murray | Cláudia Galhós | Constança Carvalho Homem | Daniel Tércio | Donato Loscalzo | Frank Gillen | Ian Shuttleworth | Luiz Francisco Rebello | Maria Helena Serôdio | Maria João Brilhante | Mark Brown | Mónica Guerreiro | Mónica Bense | Nikolai Pesochinsky | Paula Cristina Gomes | Paulo Eduardo Carvalho | Paulo Trindade | Porter Anderson | Rita Martins | Rui Pina Coelho | Rui Vieira Nery | Sebastiana Fadda | Tiago Bartolomeu Costa