Events
The Super Elfkins – A New Adventure (Dubbed Version)
Directed by Ute von Münchow-Pohl Animation | Germany, Austria | 106 min | Rated 6+ | 2024 The world of Helvi, a young elfkin girl, is turned upside down when she discovers a technologically advanced elfkin gang that surpasses her own clan in fun and excitement. Can Helvi’s friendship with Bo, the youngest member, bridge […]
Atelier Teatral dos Miúdos // House Notice
This is a notice to switch off your mobile phone. If you are already seated in the theatre, now is the time to turn it off. If you are not yet in the theatre, here’s the warning in advance: there’s no point in bringing your phone, because we will ask you to switch it off. […]
Combo Phydellius // Choral Phydellius Music Conservatory
Improvisation—through its melodic paths and languages—and harmonic induction as part of a creative process has been brought into the structured and formative experiences of Choral Phydellius by Combo Phydellius over the past six years. In addition to weekly cycle sessions, the Choral Phydellius Music Conservatory has been shaping various musical improvisation experiences within its annual […]
Young Mothers
Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne Drama | Belgium, France | 106 min | Rated 12+ | 2025 Jessica, Perla, Julie, Ariane and Naïma live in a shelter that supports them in their lives as young mothers. Five teenagers who dream of a better life for themselves and their babies. Box office hours: 60 […]
Mothers
Having a baby is just the beginning… Being a mother is for life. Mothers is the Portuguese version of the Broadway hit Motherhood the Musical, written by Sue Fabisch—a hilarious and moving show where every laugh hides a grain of truth. Three mothers and one pregnant woman, gathered at a baby shower, share their experiences, […]
Bloom // Do Not Disturb
“Do Not Disturb” is the title of the latest album by Bloom, a project by the musician JP Simões. In this concert, alongside the presentation of the new album, there will also be time to revisit other Bloom records and share the magic of the art of songwriting. “Tremble like a Flower” (2016), “Drafty Moon” […]
Your Face Will Be the Last
Directed by Luís Filipe Rocha Drama | Portugal | 105 min | Rated 14+ | 2024 A child prodigy, a talented pianist who fears the gift he was born with. A father haunted and tormented by the hellish memories of the colonial war, and a radiant mother struck by an incurable illness. A grandfather and […]
Orwell 2+2=5
Documentary | USA, France | 119 min | Rated 14+ | 2025 In 1949, George Orwell completes what would become his final and most important novel: 1984. Orwell: 2+2=5 is a deep dive into the life and visionary work of the writer, exploring the roots of the essential and unsettling concepts he revealed to the […]
Still Reich by Focus Cia. de Dança (Brasil)
Still Reich brings together four works by Alex Neoral created from the music of the American composer Steve Reich: “Pathways”, “Trilhas”, “Wood Steps” and “Keta”. Inspired by the composer’s minimalism and rhythmic structures, the performance explores combination, repetition, and tension as driving forces of movement. Winner of the Cesgranrio Dance Award for Best Choreography, it […]
The Boatman
Directed by Simão Cayatte Drama | Portugal | 106 min | Rated 16+ | 2025 Joaquim is released on parole before completing his sixteen-year sentence, but does not tell his family. He takes a job as an illegal boatman on the Tagus River, transporting illegal clam harvesters in order to fulfill a promise he made […]
Don Juan, by Elmano Sancho
What is “a myth”, that entity which crosses time to confront a world in constant change? In “Don Juan”, identities shift, opening space. Don Juan returns not as a character, but as a force that traverses the centuries. In this new interpretation of the myth, identity, desire, and power are in constant movement, opening space […]
André Murraças, Regularly Irregular
In recent years, André Murraças has collaborated with various projects, performing at national and international festivals and clubs alongside some of the most prominent musicians on the music scene. The quartet, featuring João Carreiro (guitar), Francisco Brito (double bass) and Luís Candeias (drums), was formed מתוך the desire to establish himself also as a composer, […]
Terra Vil
Directed by Luís Campos Drama | Portugal, Italy | 101 min | Rated 14+ | 2025 Within a community marked by the Entre-os-Rios tragedy, João and his father make a living from lamprey fishing. However, the low profitability of the business, the ghosts of the past, and the father’s erratic behavior may lead to their […]
LaFontinha – The Day Is Still Young
Following “Songs of Happiness” (2022), featuring universal anthems, and the songs that marked the struggles for freedom in Europe and the Americas—presented during the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of April 25 (“Songs of Struggle, Songs of the World”, 2024)—LaFontinha return to Teatro Virgínia to revisit Portuguese music, in a journey through some of the […]
Insecure – A Tragedy of Misunderstandings, by Ana Markl
“There is nothing left where he used to lie. My conversation has run dry, That’s what is happening. Nothing is right, I am undone. I’ve lost all faith, that’s how I feel. I’m cold and ashamed, lying naked on the floor. The illusion never turned into something real. I’m wide awake and I can see […]
The Palace of Citizens
Directed by Rui Pires Documentary | Portugal | 123 min | Rated 12+ | 2024 In the face of a growing distance between citizens and political power, and following an economic crisis that severely affected social cohesion, this film offers a unique perspective on how citizens build a society from within a parliament—a true Palace […]
Another Day in Paradise, by Associação Porta 37
“Another Day In Paradise!” questions the traditional roles assigned to women, highlighting the lack of recognition for unpaid domestic work and the social expectations that confine them. Balancing irony and satire, the play follows a Woman immersed in the daily routine of household tasks. Frustrated by monotony and the lack of recognition, she experiences an […]
Gilmário Vemba // 3rd Round
They say “third time’s the charm”, that “everything comes in threes”, and that no one goes beyond the third age. It is within this inevitable logic of life that Gilmário Vemba presents “3rd ROUND”, a show that dives into the three great dimensions that have always shaped us. Here, the laws of nature take on […]
Cycle “Pediatrics – Growing with Health” – “Sleep in Children”
Cycle “Pediatrics – Growing with Health” – “Sleep in Children” “Pediatrics – Growing with Health” is the overarching theme of the 4th cycle of sessions delivered by pediatric resident doctors from the Local Health Unit of Médio Tejo, taking place at the Gustavo Pinto Lopes Municipal Library from April to June this year. In this […]
Exhibition “Torrejanos da Liberdade”
The inaugural exhibition at the Humberto Delgado Center, “Torrejanos da Liberdade” (Freedom Fighters of Torres Novas), pays tribute to all those in the municipality of Torres Novas who, in one way or another, fought for freedom, from the dawn of republicanism to the resistance against the Estado Novo dictatorship. The first exhibition at CHUDE is […]
Exhibition “Conservation and Restoration Intervention of the Industrial Archaeology Collection of the Central do Caldeirão (2020–2023)”
This is a long-term exhibition that presents, following a careful restoration process, the machinery of the former Central do Caldeirão power station, as well as content relating to its workers. Inaugurated on 1 May 2023, this museum nucleus is the result of the restoration of the former Torres Novas hydroelectric power station, which operated between […]
Exhibition ‘Archaeology of the Almonda’
Exhibition dedicated to the research that has been carried out for 36 years in the karst system associated with the source of the Almonda River, a unique site for the study of prehistory in Portugal and Europe. For the first time, the 400,000-year-old human fossil skull found in the Aroeira Cave is on display. The […]