Handpicked from the same theatre lineup, scored for this weekend.
COMEDY
In the Shadow of Freedom
Karagöz, the irreverent hero of Turkish shadow theatre, takes the stage at Museu da Marioneta. His reluctant mission and comic adventures explore questions of freedom and resistance.
KIDS
This Is How the World Goes
An intimate wordless puppet and animated forms performance inviting reflection on planetary fragility and spaces of hope. Directed by Daniel Worm.
MUSICAL
Hercules
Filipe La Féria's epic musical creation following the success of Beauty and the Beast. Inspired by the legendary 12 labours of the hero, exploring heroic mythology through song and spectacle.
COMEDY
Insuficiente
Stand-up comedy exploring a lifelong sensation of never being enough. Imposter syndrome, bad luck, or a cosmic miscalculation? A performer's raw interrogation of sufficiency and belonging.
THEATRE
Rei Lear
Political prisoner Álvaro Cunhal translated Shakespeare's King Lear in Lisbon's penitentiary between 1953 and 1955, aided by his sister. Teatro do Bairro stages this translation, a clandestine act of resistance and artistic defiance.
THEATRE
D. Juan
What is a myth - an entity that crosses time to confront a permanently changing world? In Don Juan, identities shift and blur. São Luiz Teatro Municipal stages this exploration of myth and transformation.
THEATRE
Burn Burn Burn
Inspired by Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Catarina Rôlo Salgueiro and Isabel Costa create a theatrical examination of contemporary society and its relationship with knowledge and freedom.
MUSICAL
In the Heights
Lin-Manuel Miranda's celebrated musical about Washington Heights, the phenomenon that preceded Hamilton, at Teatro Variedades.