“Matriarch ’74”

By Pedro Nunes | CAL — Lisbon Arts Center, Lisbon, May 2-5

An actress and an actor come on stage. They are Isabel Passarito and Pedro Nunes, grandmother and grandson. At a time when April 25, 1974 is the starting point for several creations, this one focuses on the revolutionary power of the voice. What April is coming up for this septuagenarian female artist? In this conversation between two generations, the importance of listening and silence is attested, fiction is diluted in autobiography.

The creation is by Pedro Nunes, a young emerging actor and director from Porto, performer in Iphigeniaby Tiago Rodrigues, directed by Claudia Stavisky, and who worked as a stage assistant in Witches of Salemby Arthur Miller, and Alexandrian Fadoby António Lobo Antunes, both directed by Nuno Cardoso.

CAL — Lisbon Arts Center, Lisbon. From May 2 to 5. From Thursday to Saturday at 7 p.m., Sunday at 5 p.m. Tickets at €10.

“Manuela Rey is in the House”

By Fran Núñez | São João National Theater, Porto, May 16 to 17

Who is Manuela Rey? Teatro do Noroeste delves into the history of this Portuguese actress and writer, forgotten by Galician and Portuguese theater and whose brilliant career was interrupted by her early death in 1866, at the age of 23.

Manuela Rey is in the Housewith staging and dramaturgy by Fran Núñez, director of the Galician Dramatic Center, it is a kind of triumphant return of Manuela Rey to the stage and an opportunity to reveal this woman about whom little is known, in a show that seeks to rescue what that remained from your memory.

São João National Theater, Porto. May 16 to 17. Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday at 9 p.m. Tickets between €7.50 and €16.

“If you’re good, let’s go to McDonald’s!”

By Mario Coelho | Teatro Ibérico, Lisbon, from May 17 to 20

A human surrogate company has people available to impersonate whatever is needed, and Rita (Rita Rocha Silva) has just been recruited to impersonate an eight-year-old girl who died. During the seven days she will spend with her grieving family, no matter what, she will not be able to break the fiction. But will it be possible to take the place of those who have already left?

This is both realistic and ghostly. If you’re good, let’s go to McDonald’s!a creation of Mário Coelho, winner of the Ageas TNDM II Newcomer Award in 2023, who sold out all the tickets in his debut, at TBA, in 2022.

Iberian Theater, Lisbon. May 17 to 20. Friday, Saturday and Monday at 9 p.m., Sunday at 5 p.m. Tickets at €10.

“1001 Nights – Sister Palestine”

From the Theater or Bando, Companhia Olga Roriz and Portuguese Symphonic Band | Coliseu do Porto, Porto, May 18

The complicity of Olga Roriz and João Brites dates back to the 90s, when the choreographer collaborated on pieces at the Teatro O Bando, which this year celebrates its 50th anniversary. This time, the creators went further, crossing their creative processes to explore the thousand and one nightsone of the most important works of universal literature and the tetralogy that over the next four years will come to life at the hands of different directors of the theater company.

Sister Palestine It stars Maria Dally, a Palestinian artist, who represents Dinarzade, Scheherazade’s sister, who trusts her and designs the plan that saves the population from the wrath of King Shariar. Like Scheherazade, these artists’ mission is to tell stories to survive and change the world.

The show, in collaboration with the Portuguese Symphonic Band, is part of the FITEI – International Festival of Theater of Iberian Expression. In July it is part of the Almada Theater Festival programming.

Porto Coliseum, Porto. May 18 Saturday, at 9 p.m. Tickets from €15 to €40. São Luiz Teatro Municipal, Lisbon, from May 30 to June 2. From Thursday to Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 5:30 p.m. Tickets from €12 to €15.

“Early Morning Market”

By Patricia Portela | Largo de São Domingos, Lisbon, from May 9 to 12

In Largo de São Domingos, in Lisbon, a Dawn Market dedicated to future revolutions. In this market, with a strong Arab and Iberian influence, there will be stalls, music, food, dance, stories and exchanges of ideas and proposals for the next 50 years.

The common thread is a set of original stories, written by Patrícia Portela, which are told by the different participants. The public, free to roam the stalls, will be able to participate in the exchange of proposals for the future. Each day, the show begins at dusk with the arrival of the market carts. Three hours later, the stalls leave to return the next day and start again.

Largo de São Domingos, Lisbon. From May 9 to 12. From Thursday to Sunday, at 8 p.m. Free admission.

“Shechter/Wellenkamp/Naharin”

By Hofesh Shechter, Vasco Wellenkamp and Ohad Naharin | Joaquim Benite Municipal Theater, Almada, from May 23 to 25

For the last program of the season, the National Dance Company brings together three great names in contemporary dance: Hofesh Shechter, Vasco Wellenkamp and Ohad Naharin. Lifting, by Shechter, enters the Company’s repertoire for the first time. Seven men emerge from the shadows to fill the stage driven by the force of the percussion score written by Hofesh himself.

It is followed by Sinfonia dos Psalmos, a choreography created for the Gulbenkian Ballet in 1992, which the CNB invites to revisit Vasco Wellenkamp, ​​a reference in Portuguese contemporary dance. Finally, join Minus 16, by Ohad Naharin, an eclectic score that ranges from Dean Martin to mambo, from techno to traditional Israeli music. “It is with this work that Ohad Naharin’s ability to make the public dance is confirmed,” reads the text announcing the show.

Joaquim Benite Municipal Theater, Almada. May 23 to 25. From Thursday to Saturday, at 9 p.m. Tickets at 17.50 euros. Rivoli Theatre, Porto. May 30 to June 1. From Thursday to Saturday, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets at €12.