Theatre

A concert made up of poetry, music, magic, heroes, pings and bongs, hand dances and... silence. The conductor leads a forest, and there is an orchestra, divided into sections and full of poetry, rehearsing with games, choreography, music, the sounds of wind and birds, and even forbidden words. In the end, the forest and the orchestra will give their performance... and there will be a surprise.

Theatre

The worst teacher in the world comes to give a lesson on Carolina Beatriz Ângelo, but she also comes to teach how to fold a sheet of paper. This teacher is eccentric, boring, passionate, strict and undisciplined.

She is methodically organised and has a friend who always accompanies her: her name is Teresa. In fact... she prefers cleaning her ‘little things’ to teaching. She believes in assessment sheets, tests and exams, but thinks that cheat sheets are the best tool for academic success. She is so impartial and fair that she treats all students the same and calls them all by the same name: Gabi. She offends her students as much as she tells them jokes. She demands silence as much as she talks to a plant. She practises military rigidity as much as she practises Beyoncé's hip movements. Thanks to her complex and multiple personality, she jumps from content to content, from wig to wig, from mood to mood. The bell has rung, don't be late, or you'll be marked absent.

Story telling sessions

Themes from Portuguese oral tradition told as in the olden days, in the voice of one of the pioneers of Oral Narration in Portugal, who awakens our attention and imagination to the secrets of the many villages throughout the land.

Theatre & Music

In a garden of soundy flowers, bees waltz, the wind whispers, and the rain sings. Stars shine and twinkle in music boxes; birds fly by and pause without haste. A butterfly lands and says that this is the best way to learn to fly. A gardener flourishes and teaches his art to other plant caretakers.

Theatre & Music

Son of ‘Orizuro’. He flies around nurseries and kindergartens because that is where he finds the boys and girls he likes to play with. He is agile and colourful. He sings and travels to the rhythm of sounds and movement. His arrival is announced and his visit leaves you wanting to see him again later, grown up, but always ready to play.

Board Games and Books Area

Location

Espaço do Grupo Folclórico Amador do Rogil

Schedule

10:00 am — 06:00 pm

Sale of books, new and used

Location

Espaço do Grupo Folclórico Amador do Rogil

Schedule

10:00 am — 06:00 pm

In a garden of soundy flowers, bees waltz, the wind whispers, and the rain sings. Stars shine and twinkle in music boxes; birds fly by and pause without haste. A butterfly lands and says that this is the best way to learn to fly. A gardener flourishes and teaches his art to other plant caretakers

Location

Espaço do Grupo Folclórico Amador do Rogil

Age rating

M/3+

Session 01
10:30 am
limited to 15 families

Session 02
02:00 pm
limited to 15 families

Themes from Portuguese oral tradition told as in the olden days, in the voice of one of the pioneers of Oral Narration in Portugal, who awakens our attention and imagination to the secrets of the many villages throughout the land.

Location

Espaço do Grupo Folclórico Amador do Rogil

Age rating

M/6+

Schedule

11:30 am

An inclusive proposal that allows everyone to experience different disciplines of Circo Vagamundo. With the guidance of circus professionals and trainers, this open space will provide free-to-use equipment such as tightrope walking, balancing acts, and others.

Location

Espaço do Grupo Folclórico Amador do Rogil

Schedule

02:00 pm — 06:00 pm

Local teens deliver a dynamic bilingual spoken word performance in Portuguese and English exploring the fear of the unknown. Raw, bold and inspirational - young local voices you won't forget!

Location

Espaço do Grupo Folclórico Amador do Rogil

Age rating

M/6+

Schedule

03:00 pm

We are interested in other people's knowledge. That is why we touch it with a trombone, give it substance, bring it to the stage, to the life of a character, Dona Odete, because she really needs it! And you, do you want to teach us something?

Physical theatre and music performance that aims to be a manifesto against involuntary loneliness.

Location

Espaço do Grupo Folclórico Amador do Rogil

Age rating

M/8+

Schedule

04:30 pm

Board Games and Books Area

Location

Espaço do Grupo Folclórico Amador do Rogil

Schedule

10:00 am — 06:00 pm

Sale of books, new and used

Location

Espaço do Grupo Folclórico Amador do Rogil

Schedule

10:00 am — 06:00 pm

Son of ‘Orizuro’. He flies around nurseries and kindergartens because that is where he finds the boys and girls he likes to play with. He is agile and colourful. He sings and travels to the rhythm of sounds and movement. His arrival is announced and his visit leaves you wanting to see him again later, grown up, but always ready to play.

Location

Espaço do Grupo Folclórico Amador do Rogil

Age rating

M/3+

Session
10:30 am
limited to 15 families

An open space where storytellers of different nationalities will share stories from their countries. Everyone is welcome to listen and tell stories.

Location

Espaço do Grupo Folclórico Amador do Rogil

Age rating

M/6+

11:30 am

An inclusive proposal that allows everyone to experience different disciplines of Circo Vagamundo. With the guidance of circus professionals and trainers, this open space will provide free-to-use equipment such as tightrope walking, balancing acts, and others.

Location

Espaço do Grupo Folclórico Amador do Rogil

Schedule

02:00 pm — 06:00 pm

Inspired by the feelings, scents and colours of autumn, we will tell stories in books made using Japanese bookbinding techniques.

Location

Espaço do Grupo Folclórico Amador do Rogil

Age rating

M/6+

02:00 pm

Local teens deliver a dynamic bilingual spoken word performance in Portuguese and English exploring the fear of the unknown. Raw, bold and inspirational - young local voices you won't forget!

Location

Espaço do Grupo Folclórico Amador do Rogil

Age rating

M/6+

Schedule

03:00 pm

A journey through the poetic history of the Algarve in a musical recital that goes back to the region’s origins and ends with contemporary authors.

Location

Espaço do Grupo Folclórico Amador do Rogil

Age rating

M/8+

Schedule

04:30 pm

A noble material in Portugal, cork has always fueled the imagination of rural people, who have used it to make utensils, beehives, and toys as well. In this workshop, we will be inspired by the bark of cork oaks and their shapes to make masks and rediscover these ancestral traditions.

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

10:30 am — 12:30 pm  ·  01:30 pm — 03:30 pm

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

11:00 am — 06:00 pm

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

11:00 am — 05:00 pm

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

11:00 am — 05:00 pm

Using local plants and fruits to make your own liqueurs has always been part of tradition. Both a pleasure and popular medicine, this way of consuming plants has been passed down from generation to generation. D. Graciete is going to give us a taste and share some of her favorite recipes with us.

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

11:00 am — 12:30 pm

Among spices and vegetable scraps, this workshop will show you how to extract natural paints from some common plants and fruits.

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

12:30 pm — 01:30 pm  ·  03:30 pm — 04:30 pm

Mediterranean Gardening Association Portugal has organized various workshops and training courses on Mediterranean gardening. Recognizing the plants and the challenges of the soil and the local climate, gardening tips and maintenance for a garden adapted to the conditions of the region is the proposal of this talk with open discussion.

Location

Espaço Celeiro / Moagem

Schedule

02:00 pm — 03:00 pm

Sabina-da-praia and Piorro are two of the juniper species found in the coastal dunes of the South West Coast, which are of great importance for the formation and conservation of these natural habitats. Presentation of this project, which began in 2022 and aims to increase knowledge about the biology and ecology of these plants that play a fundamental role in the animal life of these places.

Location

Espaço Celeiro / Moagem

Schedule

03:00 pm — 04:00 pm

A workshop to discover the fascination of stills and the process of distilling plants, understanding how essential oils and the subtle floral waters are extracted.

Location

Pizzaria Vicentina
( Next to Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur )

Schedule

04:30 pm — 06:00 pm

While discovering part of the Via Algarviana, which crosses Algarve from east to west, we will be lead to discover this old mountain chain and it’s most characteristic plants.

Location

Moínho do Bispo, Vale da Cerca dos Pomares, Aljezur

Schedule

10:00 am — 01:00 pm

Since remote times, plants and shrubs from our landscape have been both food and medicine known from local communities. This is a walk to rediscover some of this knowledge, observing and practicing what plants can reveal to us.

Location

Moínho do Bispo, Vale da Cerca dos Pomares, Aljezur

Schedule

10:00 am — 01:00 pm

A walk between the marshland and hills of Bordeira, contemplating the natural beauty of these landscapes and carrying in our pockets pencils, pens, and watercolors to capture the essence of the plants we will encounter along the way. With strategic stops, we will take the time to transform this natural scenery into art. On a trail of about 6 km, we will connect with nature and express our creativity outdoors.

Location

Bordeira

Schedule

03:00 pm — 06:30 pm

Distance

6 Km

When

17.Dec.24 — 18.Dec.24  ·  21.Dec.24 — 22.Dec.24

Schedule

10:00am — 13:00pm  ·  14:00pm — 17:00pm

01.Nov.24
10:00 am-01:00 pm  +7-11 years
02:30 pm-05:30 pm  12-14 years

02.Nov.24
10:00 am-01:00 pm  +7-11 years
02:30 pm-05:30 pm  12-14 years

09.Nov.24
10:00 am-01:00 pm/
02:30 pm-05:30 pm  +15 years

Theatre and Workshop

Pap-séc is a short show and workshop of physical theatre and illustration playing with a strange language, sounding like foreign. It tells a story of a sad and lonely man, Volet, wishing to be brave but is not, wishing to have company, but has not, being afraid instead, much afraid… Through mouvement, an invented language, music, object and drawings one tells a story over and over in many different ways. And one can always create a new story!

Stories and Music

Parlendário are tongue twisters, riddles, tales and songs accompanied by the concertina. These are stories told and sung, exploring rimes and vocabulary, proposing games and interacting with the youngsters.

Storytelling

Contos de Boca em Orelha in which the words of oral tradition and the guidance of the teller invite silence and laughter, listening and astonishment to the place.

Board Games and Books Area

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

11:00 am — 09:00 pm

Livros Usados e Kids area

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

11:00 am — 09:00 pm

Glove Puppets

Traditional portuguese glove puppet Roberto, goes to the barber preparing himself in his wedding day! But it doesn’t take him long to start his mischief and quickly chaos takes over in the barbershop!

Location

Largo da Sobreira

Schedule

11:00 am

Storytelling

To hear and to repeat, read in color, read with the heart, read eyes closed. These are tiny stories, so small that it is funny to listen to, then repeat them, listen and repeat, so that even tiny they stay in ear.

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

12:00 pm

Poetry Circle

Poetry circle open to anyone wishing to read, say, sing or just listen to some poems. Everyone is welcome!

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

03:00 pm

Theatre

A very old lady, that never had children nor grandchildren, is feeling now very lonely. Animals keep her some company but are not enough. So she gets to the conclusion that she needs a grandchild to fill this emptiness in her life. But not any child… A show that leads our body to react, speaking about such deep subjects such as loneliness but distant enough to face tragedy with humor.

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

04:00 pm

Storytelling

To hear and to repeat, read in color, read with the heart, read eyes closed. These are tiny stories, so small that it is funny to listen to, then repeat them, listen and repeat, so that even tiny they stay in ear.

Location

Moínho de Odeceixe

Schedule

05:00 pm

Visual Theatre

Itinerant Puppets Theatre, A Viagem is inspired by the imaginary ways of thoughts, more or less conscient thoughts, driving us through the intimate desires of our daily lifes. In one of those moments when Raúl is tipsy with drowsiness, we are droven to his birth by his hand, leading us to discover his world and surroundings. Some obstacles appear until the moment he gives shape to a similar being and his life turns to pink.

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

06:00 pm — 09:00 pm

Board Games and Books Area

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

11:00 am — 06:30 pm

2^nd hand Books and Kids Area

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

11:00 am — 06:30 pm

Walk and Storytelling

We walk with stories we listen in oral literature, combining them with written literature, gathering elements of the landscape and natural world. Trees and birds… we walk with our ears wide open to unravel what the track offers us.

Location

Carrascalinho

Schedule

09:30 am

A workshop to free out some words with creative writing and making a book techniques.

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

10:30 am — 12:30 pm

Puppets

A bull, sweet and not fierce, enjoying to be caressed and getting quickly tired… A bullfighter enjoying to mischief and getting confused with this bull that reminds them of a playfull dog…?!? A funny story portraying in a very special way this só controversial portuguese tradition.

Location

Jardim da Nora

Schedule

11:00 am

Storytelling

Conviviality is build here by telling and listening to stories within a village meeting where everyone is invited to share old tales or life narratives. Because stories belongs to all of us.

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

03:00 pm

Visual Theatre

Itinerant Puppets Theatre, A Viagem is inspired by the imaginary ways of thoughts, more or less conscient thoughts, driving us through the intimate desires of our daily lifes. In one of those moments when Raúl is tipsy with drowsiness, we are droven to his birth by his hand, leading us to discover his world and surroundings. Some obstacles appear until the moment he gives shape to a similar being and his life turns to pink.

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

04:30 pm — 06:30 pm

When

13.Jul.24 — 14.Jul.24  ·  20.Jul.24 — 21.Jul.24

Schedule

10:00am — 13:00pm  ·  14:00pm — 17:00pm

07.Jun.24
5:00 pm - 07:00 pm

08.Jun.24
10:30 am - 04:00 pm
shared picnic

09.Jun.24
10:30 am - 04:00 pm
shared picnic

After the conclusion of the last artistic residency, an exhibition will be held to showcase the drawings and pieces that carry the stories and memories that were shared throughout these encounters.

This installation and performance in the landscape will guide us through the narrative of Drawing intertwining with Theater, Textiles, and Voice. We have the thread as a guiding element, creating an invisible link that connects the different areas of expression, the artists, and the participants. In addition to this showcase of works from the three residencies, there will be multimedia projection of the creative work process, with image and video recordings captured during the same.

A traditional craft of the Algarve, plaiting is made from the only native palm tree in Europe - Chamaerops humilis - from which hats, rugs, baskets, brooms, baskets, and many other things are made. Ysaline, from Atelier Balancê, is part of a new generation of artisans who bring their creativity to this ancient art and who will share some of their knowledge with participants for 4 days.

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

10:30am — 12:30pm  ·  01:30pm — 04:30pm

A noble material in Portugal, cork has always fueled the imagination of rural people, who have used it to make utensils, beehives, and toys as well. In this workshop, we will be inspired by the bark of cork oaks and their shapes to make masks and rediscover these ancestral traditions.

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

10:30am — 12:30pm  ·  01:30pm — 04:30pm

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

11:00am — 06:00pm

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

11:00am — 05:00pm

In the fair area, an open workshop to explore eco-crafts, creating objects from natural materials. We invite people of all ages and skill levels to experience the magic of transforming elements of nature into unique pieces.

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

11:00am — 01:00pm  ·  02:00pm — 05:00pm

Clown & workshop invoking wild and medicinal plants, with traditional Portuguese music focused on the theme. A clownish narrative on a journey to the universe of wild plants, starring Pimpinella and Beldroega, two clowns, and some puppets that bring these plants to life.
In the end, the audience is invited to play a game creating a collective Herbarium.

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

11:00am — 12:30pm

Walk along the Aljezur stream in search of pollinating insects and their host plants.

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

01:30pm — 03:00pm

The use of plants as food and popular medicine has been long-standing in human history, and the study of their benefits has attracted the attention of many researchers. From the University of Coimbra, we have two researchers who invite us to rediscover the virtues of a berry (Corema album) that grows in Portuguese dunes and has long been part of Iberian popular culture.

Location

Espaço Celeiro/Moagem

Schedule

03:00pm — 04:00pm

Advices and tricks to facilitate our daily lives and integrate plants into our health routine: Infusion or decoction? What quantities? Fresh or dried? Tasting and sharing to understand how to benefit from the properties of plants through teas.

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

04:00pm — 05:00pm

Around a table full of seeds, conversation with local farmers about the seeds they cultivate and the importance of preserving them. Everyone is free to join with their seeds and share their experience.

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

04:00pm — 05:00pm

Stories have long been a means of understanding nature. They have taught us to appreciate the long days of summer and the bareness of trees in winter. Storyteller and actress Ana Sofia Paiva proposes a storytelling session dedicated to the secrets that trees hold.

Location

Várzea da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

05:00pm — 06:00pm

This small trail was created in 2016 with the intention of introducing some of the most characteristic plants and shrubs of the dune and coastal cliffs ecosystems, inviting each of us to monitor these natural spaces.
Albano Soares will explain how we can participate in this project, while showing us other natural aspects such as butterflies, sand insects, and other pollinators found there.

Location

Amoreira Parking Lot - Aljezur

Schedule

09:30am — 12:30pm

Distance

3,2 km – round trip, sandy trail

A walk to observe wild plants and learn how they have been part of the local and Mediterranean diet and folk medicine.

Location

Moínho do Bispo, Vale da Cerca dos Pomares, Aljezur

Schedule

04:00pm — 06:00pm

In this workshop, we will learn to create linocuts inspired by the beauty of plants. Starting with drawing, we will explore the shapes and textures of plants. We will then bring our drawings to life by carving linoleum and creating plates for printing. We finish our work creating a natural ink, made from organic and vegetable materials and printing on rice paper.

Location

Former Primary School of Maria Vinagre

Schedule

10:00 am — 01:00pm  ·  02:00pm — 04:30pm
shared lunch

Screening of Short Films - animation and thematic films

Location

Former Primary School of Maria Vinagre

Schedule

05:00pm — 06:30pm

In this short hike, we will explore a plateau area where ornithologist Nuno Barros will talk to us about the different habitats observed here, guiding our gaze through the plants that compose them and in search of the birds that depend on them. Binoculars suggested.

Location

Estrada da Carriagem, Rogil

Schedule

09:00am — 12:00pm

Distance

5 km

“Vai à fava enquanto a ervilha não enche” is a portuguese expression meaning “goe to hell” originally coming from the idea of going to pick broad beans while peas are not full.
Visit to a farm in organic production mode whose focus is on traditional vegetables, adapted to local conditions, as a solution for sustainable agriculture. We will get to know better a seasonal vegetable – the Broad Bean – about which we will talk while having a taste of some typical recipes of the region, cooked from this nutritious and flavorful ingredient.

Location

Monte do Açoreiro, Rogil

Schedule

04:30pm — 06:00pm

Screening of Short Films – animation and thematic films

Location

Grupo Desportivo de Odeceixe

Schedule

04:30pm — 06:00pm

A walk between the marshland and hills of Bordeira, contemplating the natural beauty of these landscapes and carrying in our pockets pencils, pens, and watercolors to capture the essence of the plants we will encounter along the way. With strategic stops, we will take the time to transform this natural scenery into art. On a trail of about 6 km, we will connect with nature and express our creativity outdoors.

Location

Bordeira

Schedule

03:00pm — 06:30pm

Distance

6 km

Screening of Short Films – animation and thematic films

Location

Clube dos Amigos da Carrapateira

Schedule

04:30pm — 06:00pm

At Pontal da Carrapateira, a sensory walk and sung stories to discover the elements that dictate the landscape and the plants that inhabit it.

Location

Pontal da Carrapateira

Schedule

11:00am — 06:00pm

08.Mar.24
5:00 pm - 07:00 pm

09.Mar.24
10:30 am - 04:00 pm
shared picnic

10.Mar.24
10:30 am - 04:00 pm
shared picnic

12.Apr.24
5:00 pm - 07:00 pm

13.Apr.24
10:30 am - 04:00 pm
shared picnic

14.Apr.24
10:30 am - 04:00 pm
shared picnic

10.Mai.24
5:00 pm - 07:00 pm

11.Mai.24
10:30 am - 04:00 pm
shared picnic

12.Mai.24
10:30 am - 04:00 pm
shared picnic

Leonor Morais.
She completed her degree in painting, drawing, and printmaking at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon, carrying out an individual project at Ar.Co (Center for Art and Visual Communication), with a special focus on drawing and printmaking. She has participated in various exhibitions and urban interventions, both nationally and internationally, including noteworthy events such as the 2017 Cal Viva Artistic Residency in Aljezur, the 2014 Drawing on the Path, Art District, Citadel, Cascais, and the 2012 Influx Contemporary Art in Lisbon.

Manuela Pedroso.
Graduated in Theater and Training of Actors and Directors from the Higher School of Theater and Cinema. As a trainer, she is accredited by the Scientific-Pedagogical Council for Continuous Training of the University of Minho and is also a trainer in the Program for Aesthetic and Artistic Education. Since 1986, she has worked as a professional actress in various theatre companies in Lisbon and Madrid. Since 1991, she has worked as a trainer in the fields of Theater and Creative Dance. She directed the play "The Zingareios of Serafina and Malacueca" and choreographed the Dance and Video show "Planalto," performed by Marina Nabais.

Ana Baleia.
Graduated in fashion design from the Faculty of Architecture of Lisbon and was a winner of the Young Creators competition in the Fashion category, representing Portugal at the Athens Biennale. She moved to Alentejo in 2008, and since then, she has been working as a designer, costume designer, and visual artist, always using textiles as her raw material. She collaborates with brands, theatre companies, and directors. She has participated in group exhibitions and had her first solo exhibition in 2022. She is a co-founder of the Cultural and Artistic Association "Ateneu do Catorze" in São Luís. Her projects focus on upcycling, and her artistic activity revolves around the use of waste, aiming to act locally and contribute to a circular economy in the field of textiles.

Concha Sacchetti.
She is an intuitive and self-taught musician born in Lisbon. From an early age, she expressed herself through voice, dance, and theatre. With 17 years of performing for the public, she has given numerous concerts and participated in various artistic collaborations, developing communication, expression, interpretation, and musicality. She practices cooking, handicrafts, crafts, and cultural studies. For the past six years, she has moved to the south of Portugal, immersing herself in the nature and culture of the land.

20.Oct.23
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

21.Oct.23
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
shared picnic

22.Oct.23
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
shared picnic

Finally, after each of the workshops leaves a memory that can serve as inspiration for the next one, it will create an invisible thread that connects the different artistic areas, artists, and participants. This exhibition will be held as a memory, record, and sharing of the work processes and results that arise from it, through a collection of captured images. Some participants' drawings and paintings will also be displayed, which carry the stories and memories shared in these experimentation and artistic creation workshops.

11.Nov.23
04:00 pm - 07:00 pm
OPENING
Live Music w/ André Duarte

18.Nov.23
03:00 pm - 05:00 pm

Location

EB1/ JI de Odeceixe, EB1/ JI do Rogil and EB1/ JI de Aljezur

Paula Cusati. Reading and writing mediator, and trainer in the field of reading promotion. Designs and conducts storytelling sessions, workshops, and ongoing projects for the promotion of reading and writing. Participates in meetings for reflection and training for mediators and other educational professionals. Provides individual, professional, and institutional consulting services in the field of reader mediation and the promotion of reading and writing.

PIMPINELLA is a clown going on a stroll in her musical chariot while offering smiles, flowers, and melodies. An itinerant clown show leading us into playing, magic and gathering.

3 stations, 3 stops #Mercado do Agricultor #Largo 1º de Maio #Praceta Kurnach

Schedule

10:00 am

Eva Ribeiro. Walks hand in hand with art and community intervention. She has been a researcher in the field of performing arts for over fifteen years. She began her journey as a young person, discovering street arts and clowning in 2002. In 2004, she started working in the field of street theatre with the Teatro Anónimo company in Coimbra. Between 2002 and 2004, she received training in street theatre from companies such as Generik Vapeur, Les Plasticiens Vollants, Sarruga, and Xarxa Theatre. These training experiences piqued her interest in deepening her studies in the performing arts. She then attended various workshops on Clowning, New Circus, Contemporary Dance, and Puppetry and Animated Forms in Porto, where she lived between 2005 and 2007. In 2006, she studied Theater and Education with Hugo Cruz at the University of Psychology in Porto. During this period, she developed several artivism projects that blended the language of theatre with political and community intervention, beginning her journey as a trainer and educator. In 2009, she pursued her studies at the Jacques Lecoq School of Physical Theater in Paris, France. She lived in various cities across Europe and continued her studies, focusing her research on the art of clowning and comedy from 2010 onwards. She studied the art of clowning in various countries and had the privilege of working with Pedro Correia, Jorge Pacheco, Anabela Mira, Pedro Fabião, Adelvane Néia, Silvia Leblon, Palhaço Tomate, Jesus-Jara, Virginia Imaz, Matteo Cifariello, Maria Colomer, Alex Navarro, Carolina Dream, Jeff Johson, Johny Melville, Celia Ruiz, Elise Ouvrier De-Buffett, Hilary Chaplain, Olivier Terrault, Fanny Giraud, and Tom Roos.

Stories from Roots is a workshop to create objects with natural elements from which stories will be born.

Location

Praceta Kurnach

Schedule

10:30 am — 12:30 pm / 02:30 pm — 04:30 pm

Age rating

M/8+

Leonor Morais. She completed her degree in painting, drawing, and printmaking at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Lisbon and undertook an individual project at Ar.co (Center for Art and Visual Communication), with a special focus on drawing and printmaking. She has participated in various exhibitions and urban interventions, both locally and internationally, including: 2017 Cal Viva, Artistic Residency, Aljezur. 2014 "Drawing on the Path," Art District, Cidadela, Cascais. 2012 Influx Contemporary Art, Lisbon. 2010 "Flor del Mundo," Façade Intervention, Saldanha, Lisbon. 2010 "The Fountain," Ermida de S. Mauro, Santa Maria, Azores. 2010 "Wind," Espaço ao Cubo, Lisbon. 2009 "Life Essentials," Artwhino, U.S.A. 2009 "Yourself Nature," Waves and Woods, Lisbon. 2008 Contemporary Printmaking, Museum of Natural History, Lisbon. 2006 Musatour, Barcelona, Tokyo, Lisbon. 2002 Solo Exhibition of Painting and Drawing, CCC, Cascais...

Joana Barroso. I am a woman, a mother, a spirited girl, and a living being, walking step by step, exploring the territories between nature, art, and education, creating landscapes between theatre, dance, poetry, and music. My soul reveals itself around the fire, and my storyteller presents herself heart-to-heart with people of all ages and generations. In singing and storytelling, she weaves a tapestry where the entire community is welcome to be lulled, connected, and reminded of what is essential in the fertility of this soil, this land, a small village, the country of Portugal... all the way to the greater fertile soil of the world, Earth, Mother, Global Village.

From the Portuguese oral tradition, timeless stories are heard once again.

Location

Praceta Kurnach

Schedule

11:30 am

António Fontinha. He was born in 1966 and lived in Angola until 1974. His vocation as a storyteller emerged in 1992 as part of Chapitô's intervention with at-risk youth (Educational Centers of the Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison Services). A pioneer in the oral storytelling movement in Portugal, he makes a living exclusively from this activity, having performed in various contexts and conducted thousands of storytelling sessions for diverse audiences. The foundation of his repertoire consists of themes from the Portuguese oral tradition, which he has been researching across the country through multiple campaigns to collect traditional stories, parallel to his work as a storyteller.

Catadupa is a physical theatre and music performance by Rita Rodrigues and Ricardo Lopes, wishing to be a manifest anti-non-voluntary loneliness. A team of hosts will welcome and guide the public in a stroll during the performance. We will be lead in a walk full of knowledge until we get inside D. Odete’s house, which through several actions filled with music will abandon her daily routine and give place to something new in her life, inviting spectators to a festive gastronomic moment.This project started together with both the youngster and elder community, during several ateliers and individual interviews willing to get answers to the proposal “Teach me something you know”. This Knowledge, more simple or more complex, was worked to give birth to an artistic object. The show drives the public through a path crossing different spaces and scenic areas where theatre and music frames take place, all of them related to what was collected with the community.

Location

From Igreja Nova to Espaço +

Schedule

05:30 pm

Age rating

M/8+

Rita Rodrigues. She was born in 1977 in Lisbon. She began taking theater lessons with António Feio. She graduated in "theater of gesture" at the "Estudis de Teatre" school in Barcelona. She completed a postgraduate degree in Theater Studies at the Faculty of Letters. Rita has undertaken various training programs in theater and dance, including the "Dance in the Community" course at Fórum Dança. Since 1998, she has worked as an actress/performer, collaborating with various directors/creators such as Luís Castro, João Ricardo, Claudio Hochman, Carlos António, Jorge Fraga, Sofia CAprita, Ana Sofia Paiva, Sílvia Real, Martin Joab, Giacomo Scalisi, Madalena Vitorino, among others. She has been the creator of the shows "Missão Lupa," "Bicho da Malha," "Caracol," and "Em busca de um neto," as well as the co-creator and performer in "Sótão, S.A." She has taught theater to children aged 3 to 15, as well as adults. Since 2013, she has been a director in the community project of the senior theater group in Portimão (O GRUPO). The foundation of her repertoire consists of themes from the Portuguese oral tradition, which she has been researching across the country through multiple campaigns to collect traditional stories.

Ricardo Lopes. (Born in Évora, 1977) studied trombone at the Philharmonic of Loulé for 5 years and completed the Jazz and Modern Music course with the Orquestra Jazz do Algarve, under the guidance of Hugo Alves, where he has been playing since 2013. He also performs with bands like Funkarmónica and Plasticine. Ricardo has participated in various training programs, including a notable improvisation workshop with Nils Wogram and Conrad Bauer at the Goethe Institute in Lisbon in 2011. He has contributed to the recordings of several CDs, including "Sophia" (2019), "The Ladies" (2020), and "Liberdades" (2022) with the Orquestra de Jazz do Algarve, and "Plasticine" with the band Plasticine (2019). Currently, he is recording the band's latest album. In 2019, he collaborated on the show "La Traverseé" with the Basinga Company through Lavrar o Mar.

Animation movies made by children.

Location

Praceta Kurnach

Schedule

08:00 pm

Cabeçudos. Cabeças Com Ideias was established in 2010 with the aim of enriching the cultural landscape dedicated to children and young audiences. At the time, the only bookstore exclusively focused on children and youth in Lisbon began hosting artists from the fields of oral storytelling, music, theater, cinema, and visual arts in its amphitheater. The initiative also sought to create moments of sharing with audiences mainly composed of families, presenting both original performances and those proposed by other cultural agents. Dedicated to promoting the arts, CABEÇUDOS' programming has secured its place on Lisbon's cultural agendas. TimeOut magazine consistently highlights it as the best thing to do with kids week after week. The continuous media coverage of its cultural agenda, coupled with the quality of the performances, has attracted more audiences and fostered loyalty among them. The awareness of the importance of introducing the arts at an early age as a facilitator for openness has been a driving force behind the frequent and regular attendance of sessions produced by CABEÇUDOS.

Space to stop and play some board games with friends or family.

Location

Praceta Kurnach

Schedule

10:00 am —  09:00pm

Até à Lua. It's a space for the whole family with a shop, activities, and a recreational area for events. The store offers children's and young adult books from various publishers, sustainable and high-quality educational toys, and board games for all age groups. They organize regular activities for babies, children, and young adults, as well as adults and families in various areas such as visual arts, painting, music, theatre, creative writing, dance and movement, yoga, study support, art-filled holidays, learning through play, storytelling, and board game meetups and tournaments.

Location

Praceta Kurnach

Schedule

10:00 am —  09:00pm

Stalls with secondhand books, food and drinks, for sale.

Location

Praceta Kurnach

Schedule

10:00 am —  09:00pm

Creative Book Workshop, where from a story, many ways of telling will be imagined.

Schedule

10:30 am — 12:30 pm

Age rating

M/8+

Rosalinda das CApras is a character who is a shepherdess, a woman, and an animal telling stories from the Earth and from the land. Stories from the Mother Land, the mother house of all beings down to a bit of soil fitting in our hand. Stories from the land, which is my village and yours, from the land of our grandparents in the South, Center or in the North of the country. Stories that bind our roots to remember where we come from and that will tell where we wish to go. Stories told; stories sung. A clay basin with water, a water calabash… these and other things will take form out of this storyteller and singer.

Schedule

03:30 pm

Age rating

M/6+

From the Portuguese oral tradition, timeless stories are heard once again.

Schedule

04:30 pm

The Witnesses – The Apparition are two women clowns in a game of physical comedy challenging gravity whilst waiting for an apparition. A journey through myths diving from the top of a pyramid. They are the witnesses of a new era, funny and absurd. They are the duo Witnesses.

Schedule

05:30 pm

Space to stop and play some board games with friends or family.

Location

Praceta Kurnach

Schedule

10:00 am —  07:00pm

Location

Praceta Kurnach

Schedule

10:00 am —  07:00pm

Stalls with secondhand books, food and drinks, for sale.

Location

Praceta Kurnach

Schedule

10:00 am —  07:00pm

Location

EB1/ JI de Aljezur

Location

EB1/ JI de Aljezur

23.Jun.23
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

24.Jun.23
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
shared picnic

25.Jun.23
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
shared picnic

30.Jun.23
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

01.Jul.23
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
shared picnic

02.Jul.23
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
shared picnic

20.Oct.23
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

21.Oct.23
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
shared picnic

22.Oct.23
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
shared picnic