Because theatre was one of the forms of artistic expression most oppressed by the Estado Novo's censorship apparatus, we wanted to remember what it was like to act during the dictatorship. To do this, we spoke to Júlio Gago and Mário Moutinho. We also heard some stories from two actors from Porto: Filomena Gigante and João Paulo Costa. We also spoke to two actors and creators from the new generations: André Amálio, who tells the recent history of our country through theatre, and Sara Barros Leitão who, for her artistic creations, likes to use documents and stories that already exist to "retell" them.

Also in the spotlight in this edition is the Douro Bats sports association, which wants to promote non-discrimination in sport. Aimed at the LGBTQIA+ community, this association has created an inclusive football team where everyone is free to assume who they are on and off the pitch.

Because dancing is a way of being free, we highlight the Dias da Dança Festival (DDD) and the programme dedicated to the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of 25 April taking place in the city.

In the series Unzip Code, we get to know the octogenarian Espaço Musas, located in Alto da Fontinha, which started out as an amateur football team, the Leões das Musas, but swapped the ball for chess, poetry and community gardens.

In Porto Syntax, we break conventions with the Porto women's collective CRuDe, who raise the flag of freedom high. Three women, accompanied by instruments that make noise, make their revolution through poetry and music.

In Portography, we visited the old PIDE building in Porto, now the Military Museum, and spoke to members of the Union of Portuguese Anti-Fascist Resistants (URAP) who shared stories and photographs of the release of the last political prisoners on 26 April 1974.

And in Who Tells Porto Adds a Point, we tell the truly inspiring story of athlete Carla Oliveira, European Boccia champion at the 2023 Paralympic Games, who says that "adapted sport has set her free", and for whom the wheelchair "represents freedom" (to read on agenda.porto.pt).