To close the second edition of O Público vai ao Teatro, a project of public development that involved three distinct groups — children, adults and teachers — who accompanied the Teatro São Luiz programme over the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons, we intend on offering a meeting between different agents of the artistic sector, as well as agents from other disciplines, around the analysis of the relationships between creation, programming and reception in the framework of the performative arts, trying to discuss the links between these three nodes and systematise policies and involvement strategies.