Latest news and stories about theater in Portugal for expats and residents.
Actor Chazz Palminteri sold out his show “A Bronx Tale - A One Man Show” at Cinema São Jorge in Lisbon, marking his first time in Portugal. A moment to look back at this conversation with Tony Gonçalves on The Heart and Hustle of Portugal podcast.
The New York of the 50s/60s recreated in a one-man show: the 74-year-old actor summons his childhood between the law and crime, his father and the mafia. A Bronx Tale at São Jorge, this Wednesday
For 35 years, Chazz Palminteri has been performing the story inspired by his youth, written when he was practically bankrupt. The actor from “The Usual Suspects” and “Bullets Over Broadway”, the film for which he was nominated for an Oscar, spoke with Expresso about “A Bronx Tale”, the show he will present this Wednesday at the São Jorge in Lisbon.
The Maizum company premieres 'Enfatriões' on June 10th. Fittingly, at the Camões Auditorium in Lisbon.
A tribute to the women who raised the actress, inspired by Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes. It premieres this Friday at the Vila Flor Cultural Centre, via the Gil Vicente Festivals.
It started as a show about Portuguese migration to France during the dictatorship. While it remains that, it has transformed into a personal journey. This Thursday and Friday, at the Teatro Ibérico.
Based on Dostoevsky's work, the Belgian Compagnie Karyatides creates a highly musical show that questions the penal system and unequal justice. Until May 30th, at the Teatro do Bairro, in Lisbon.
Tony Miranda signs six costumes for the musical, currently showing at the Capitólio in Lisbon, inspired by the luxury and haute couture of the Argentine first lady, played on stage by actress Sofia Escobar.
In the show, a beach, a mountain, a nightclub, a warehouse, and even an operating room where a lung transplant is performed appear, with the act of breathing as a constant theme of the play.
The show, the result of training and co-creation work that began in September 2025, premieres on May 29th at 9:30 PM.
“‘Evita’ is our biggest project to date,” says Paulo Sousa Costa, from Yellow Star. Sofia Escobar embodies her most challenging role: “It is quite a journey,” says the singer who has already shone in the West End.
In the 80th production by Escola de Mulheres, “Abrir Fogo” addresses the distancing of bodies. At Clube Estefânia, in Lisbon, until June 7th.
Actor Roberto Bomtempo talks about the themes of isolation among the elderly while performing in a play alongside his mother in Portugal.
The actor was on the programme ‘Olá, Bom Dia!’ and says the play is a 30-page monologue written for him, which investigates the life of a man who is continuously changing dimension.
Written in 1920, the science fiction play 'R.U.R. — Rossum's Universal Robots' will be presented this Thursday at the Teatro da Comuna, in Lisbon, by the Universidade Nova Theatre Group.
The Brazilian creator pays tribute to her mother and grandmother, who were domestic workers, in a show about erasure and class consciousness. It premieres this Thursday at the Rivoli, via FITEI.
The theatrical project “Tres Pozos”, the story of a couple from the Wichi indigenous community, one of the most threatened in Latin America, premieres in Portugal on May 16th at the Teatro Rivoli in Porto, as part of FITEI.
The Wichi, an indigenous people of 80,000, have been victims of genocide for centuries. The play arriving in Porto exposes the racism, deforestation, mining exploitation, and drug trafficking they are subjected to.
Performances of “How Do We Begin” at Teatro Ibérico, in Lisbon, are scheduled for Friday at 9 pm and Saturday at 5 pm. The show seeks to go beyond the categories of the male and female binary.
Cristina Oliveira was on ‘Olá, Bom Dia!’ to introduce the show ‘Baião d’Oxigénio’, which is back on stage until September 23rd.
The writer behind the original work visited Portugal to attend the local theatrical adaptation of the play.
The success of 'Dead Poets Society' on stage is already a proven fact. Even before the premiere, 30,000 tickets have been sold.
Diogo Infante stars as the iconic teacher John Keating in the stage adaptation of Dead Poets Society, directed by Hélder Gamboa. Premiering at the Teatro da Trindade in Lisbon, the play explores themes of non-conformity, critical thinking, and the pursuit of one's own voice, resonating with audiences through both nostalgia for the 1989 film and a contemporary need for live, human connection.
The director portrays 'Don Juan' as a man fleeing from death. The show will go on tour in May.
Jéssica Jutell is promoting the Juttel & Misturado soiree (29/04) at the Secret Garden. In May, she will debut the play Duas Mãos, by Carol Machado and Ingrid Guimarães, at the Teatro Independente de Oeiras.
At the Teatro Paulo Claro in Lisbon, until May 23rd, Artistas Unidos are presenting 'An Interrogation', a play by Jamie Armitage based on a true story.
Intrigued by the attraction sparked over the centuries by the figure created by Tirso de Molina, the author, director, and actor has rewritten his own version. D. Juan runs until April 26th at São Luiz.
A play featuring lines of censorship, celebrations of reading and Port wine, music, and the Captains of April.
