The Teatro Nacional de São João is offering a day full of activities. As usual, they mark World Theater Day with a “curtain-raiser” that shows the curious the lesser-known corners of their many houses.

10:00 Guided tour | Monastery of São Bento da Vitória

10:00-12:30 Guided tours | Teatro Nacional São João

10:30-12:00 Readings of Texts by Luis Vaz de Camões | Livraria Lello

14:00-16:00 Open technical rehearsal Fado Alexandrino | TNSJ

21:00 Crepúsculo Staged readings included in TDD - Theatre for Democracy Days, as part of the European network of theaters Between Lands | TeCA

Teatro Experimental do Porto premieres “A Tecedeira que lia Zola” on April 27, directed and co-created by Gonçalo Amorim. Originally a play created as part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of April 25, this new version, which features a completely new cast, returns to a show that reflects the revolutionary action of a group of young people working in factories in the Ave Valley on the eve of the Carnation Revolution.

Staging and co-creation: Gonçalo Amorim

Co-creation (2018): Bruno Martins, Catarina Gomes, Paulo Mota, Sara Barros Leitão

Acting: Catarina Chora, Daniel Teixeira, Telma Cardoso , Tomé Pinto

Production Director: Patrícia Gonçalves

Dramaturgical support and co-creation: Rui Pina Coelho

Set design, costumes and co-creation: Catarina Barros

Set and costume design assistant: Ana Simões, Nuno Encarnação

Also on World Theatre Day, “Peregrinação” by Marcelo Lafontana opens at the Carlos Alberto Theater. Based on the tome by the 16th century Portuguese explorer, this play combines the traditional technique of paper theater with cinema and other audiovisual and multimedia resources.

Creation and interpretation: Marcelo Lafontana

Production: Lafontana: Formas Animadas

Co-production: Teatro Nacional São João