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Season

2025-2026

All the Programme

SHOWS

13 - 28 sep theatre Descobridores do Amor João Garcia Miguel

19 - 21 sep music TIM – 50 Years in Music O Homem do Leme

23 sep - 19 jan music Jardim Aberto (Open Garden) TEATRO NACIONAL DE SÃO CARLOS

23 sep music JARDIM ABERTO | BOMTEMPO TEATRO NACIONAL DE SÃO CARLOS

26 sep music Jupiter and Transfigured Night Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa

27 sep - 4 jul tours Guided Tours 2025-2026 A guided tour of the Theatre by the São Luiz team

28 sep music Stefano Malferrari/Tempo Reale and Cláudio da Silva Musical Theatre Festival: 100 Years of Berio (1st Edition)

30 sep - 18 nov thinking ABC da Guerra João Sousa Cardoso

30 sep music Bach/Xenakis: between labyrinths and constellations Portuguese Chamber Orchestra

4 oct literature No Caminho que Pisas, qual o Rasto que Deixas? Tribute to Yvette K. Centeno

8 - 19 oct canceled Stranger in a Strange Land Based on a Robert A. Heinlein novel Manuel Wiborg

9 - 26 oct theatre Aquela Canção Sobre o Fim Mário Coelho

14 oct music JARDIM ABERTO | FAUST TEATRO NACIONAL DE SÃO CARLOS

17 - 19 oct literature Nos 30 anos da Morte de Luís Miguel Nava Coordination Miguel Loureiro
with Assistance Tiza Gonçalves

21 oct music HEDERA 4TET X GONÇALO M. TAVARES

23 oct music Orquestra Sinfónica Juvenil

24 oct conference Annual Conference Accesso Cultura Tell me who you are... Our mission and values

25 oct music Solidarity Concert 30 Years of Acreditar — Parents and Friends of Children with Cancer Association

30 oct - 1 nov thinking Topografias Imaginárias From Punk to Near Silence III

31 oct - 2 nov opera Vanessa By Samuel Barber Ópera do Castelo

4 - 5 nov music The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke Rainer Maria Rilke / Viktor Ullmann Rita Blanco and Nuno Vieira de Almeida

6 - 9 nov magic Siegfried & Joy Las Vegas in Lisboa

8 - 9 nov thinking Centenary of Pierre Boulez’s Birth Nuno Vieira de Almeida

10 nov music Bonnie «Prince» Billy Vale Perdido

10 - 11 nov music SALOMÃO SOARES TRIO MISTY FEST 2025

12 nov music MAKAYA MCCRAVEN MISTY FEST 2025

12 nov music MOISÉS P. SÁNCHEZ MISTY FEST 2025

13 nov music Dobrawa Czocher + Julianna Barwick Misty Fest 2025

13 nov music Sofia Leão and guests MISTY FEST 2025

14 nov music José Peixoto & Nuno Cintrão Visiting Carlos Paredes MISTY FEST 2025

14 nov music DANÇAS OCULTAS MISTY FEST 2025

15 nov music VALTER LOBO MISTY FEST 2025

15 nov music YUMI ITO MISTY FEST 2025

16 nov music Joep Beving Solipsism MISTY FEST 2025

17 nov music JARDIM ABERTO | Mulheres Compositoras (women composers) TEATRO NACIONAL DE SÃO CARLOS

19 nov thinking Mensagem ao Vivo – Especial Chiado, nos 120 anos d’ A Brasileira MENSAGEM DE LISBOA

22 nov music À Procura de um Som Português (In Search of a Portuguese Sound) Teatro Nacional de São Carlos

25 nov music Miguel Araújo 20 years

26 - 30 nov dance _chãocéu| (Micro-piece #2) by Vera Mantero, Henrique Furtado Vieira and João Bento

27 nov music Romanian National Day Musical Theatre “The Ambassadors”

29 nov music 1st December Gala Concert Armed Forces Band

1 dec music Abraço Gala 2025

4 dec music E Não o Fazer! (And Not to Do It!) Concert–Rehearsal–Break–Strike Os Músicos do Tejo
Directed by Marcos Magalhães e Marta Araújo

5 - 7 dec workshop WORKSHOP NEW STRINGS: A THEATRE OF TRANSFORMATION PROJETO FUNICULAR* Directed by Frank Soehnle - Figuren Theater Tübingen (DE)

6 - 21 dec theatre Oleanna by David Mamet Directed by Carlos Pimenta

11 - 21 dec theatre Prometo-me Moderna (I promise myself Modern) Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein By Alice Azevedo

13 dec thinking Susan Stryker, in conversation with Alice Azevedo conference

16 dec literature Miso Music Portugal 40 Years of Pioneering Contemporary Music in Portugal

9 - 18 jan theatre Vaga Luz (Faint Light) Based on the work of Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão UMCOLETIVO

10 - 18 jan theatre Fantasia Sem Abrigo A Musical Comedy Trilogy Tiago Mateus

11 jan literature Book launch O FAROLEIRO by Tiago Mateus

13 jan - 29 jun thinking Podia Ser na Tate Mas É Aqui (It Could Be at the Tate But It’s Here) Curated by André e. Teodósio/Teatro Praga

19 jan music Jardim Aberto | The Seasons TEATRO NACIONAL DE SÃO CARLOS

19 jan - 9 jun music Uma viagem pela música com o Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Commented Concerts for Schools Comments Susana Henriques

21 jan music Camané & Ensemble Darcos Nuno Côrte-Real

22 jan - 23 apr public space Poetic Consultations Small Gestures in Public Spaces

25 jan music Choros, Tangos e Sassetti Philippe Marques and Daniel Bolito

27 jan - 7 feb theatre Justiça Cega (Blind Justice) Sara Castro

29 jan - 8 feb theatre John Gabriel Borkman Joaquim Horta

10 feb music Jardim Aberto | Fanny Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann Teatro Nacional de São Carlos

18 - 22 feb theatre Empregos Modernos (Modern Jobs) By Chris Thorpe Artistic director Alfredo Martins

19 feb - 1 mar theatre O Meu Amigo Freddy Krueger (My Friend Freddy Krueger) André Murraças

21 feb literature Presentation of the publication Empregos Modernos – trajetória de uma criação teatral Authors Joana Marques, José Soeiro and Chris Thorpe
Editorial coordination Alfredo Martins / teatro meia volta e depois à esquerda quando eu disser

27 feb - 1 mar circus Corpo Nómada Uma História de Errâncias (A Story of Wandering) João Paulo Santos, Joana Nicioli, Bertrand Groisard, Filipe Raposo and Rita Maria

6 - 8 mar dance LOUIS LUI by Paulo Ribeiro

7 - 15 mar theatre Uma Cenógrafa e Um Dramaturgo Entram Num Palco by Marta Carreiras e Martim Rodrigues

10 mar music Beethoven’s Heroic Symphony Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra

18 - 29 mar theatre All Birds By Wajdi Mouawad Directed by Álvaro Correia

21 mar thinking World Puppetry Day – Presentation of FIMFA Lx26 A TARUMBA – TEATRO DE MARIONETAS

21 mar - 4 apr theatre As Quatro Mortes de Napoleão (The Four Deaths of Napoleon) Pedro Saavedra

24 mar thinking Teatro de Imagens A tribute to Bob Wilson

27 mar theatre Dia Mundial do Teatro it's at São Luiz

27 mar - 19 jul exhibition A Luz que Ficou (The Light That Remained) An intimate portrait of São Luiz Estelle Valente

8 - 12 apr theatre The Contracts of the Merchant An Economic Comedy A creation by auéééu based on the text by Elfriede Jelinek

11 - 19 apr theatre Kabeça Orí Aoaní and Joyce Souza

13 apr music Jardim Aberto | Colours in grey – French music from the Great War TEATRO NACIONAL DE SÃO CARLOS

14 apr literature Book Launch Coisas de Teatro (Theatre Matters) André Murraças

19 apr literature Book launch CONTRA CORVOS by Elisa Costa Pinto Publisher The Poets and Dragons Society

22 - 26 apr theatre D. Juan Elmano Sancho

25 - 26 apr circus Um Homem e o seu Criado (A Man and His Servant) Cláudia Nóvoa

28 apr - 3 may music Festival Música Viva 2026 | Insurgency 32nd Edition Miso Music Portugal

7 - 9 may theatre Crankies de Fazer Chorar as Pedras da Calçada A Tarumba (Portugal) FIMFA Lx26

7 - 9 may theatre Dead as a Dodo Wakka Wakka (Norway–United States) FIMFA Lx26

7 - 24 may theatre FIMFA LX26 International Festival of Puppetry and Animated Forms A Tarumba – Teatro de Marionetas
Direção artística Luís Vieira and Rute Ribeiro

8 - 10 may theatre Cabaret Love – HEN Johanny Bert - Théâtre de Romette (France) FIMFA Lx26

14 - 16 may theatre Thauma La Mula (Spain) FIMFA Lx26

15 - 16 may theatre A Sensitive Case Bert Berg (Belgium) FIMFA Lx26

17 may workshop MASTERCLASS with Isabel Barros Teatro de Marionetas do Porto FIMFA Lx26

20 - 21 may theatre Transport: Tipping Point Alfa Theatre (Czech Republic) FIMFA Lx26

21 may theatre Vidro Pantera – Estilhaços de Heiner Muller Teatro de Ferro e Alma d’Arame (Portugal) FIMFA Lx26

23 - 24 may theatre Transport: Departure Ljubljana Puppet Theatre (Slovenia) FIMFA Lx26

23 - 24 may theatre Dark Circus Stereoptik (France) FIMFA Lx26

29 - 31 may theatre Hippolytus by Bruno Simão, based on the text by Mickael de Oliveira SUBSOLOS

3 - 14 jun theatre Da Boca Pra Fora by Jonathan Lewis and Miranda Foster Directed by Flávio Gil

6 jun music L’ALLEGRO, IL PENSEROSO ED IL MODERATO by G.F. Handel A pastoral ode based on a poem by John Milton DIVINO SOSPIRO

9 jun music Jardim Aberto | Music in the feminine TEATRO NACIONAL DE SÃO CARLOS

11 jun music The Reinvention of Vivaldi Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa

14 jun music The Passions of the Soul JOP – Portuguese Youth Orchestra

19 - 21 jun theatre A CAVALO Sónia Baptista

24 jun - 5 jul theatre DEIXAR O KARATE (LEAVING KARATE) Miguel Castro Caldas and Pedro Gil

26 - 28 jun theatre ES TR3S IRMS Tita Maravilha

1 jul music Pedro Moutinho & Hélder Moutinho The Guest Poets

2 - 7 jul literature DISQUIET – INTERNATIONAL LITERARY PROGRAM 2026

3 - 4 jul music Schumann Symphony Cycle Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra

10 - 11 jul opera A LAUGH TO CRY by Miguel Azguime and Paula Azguime

15 - 19 jul theatre Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema Performance by Final Year Students of the Theatre Degree Course

18 - 19 jul music PONS VAROLII Simão Costa and Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra