In the year that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Almada Theater Company (which premieres two creations), the Festival's programming resumes its international dimension, with the participation of creators and performers such as Ivo van Hove, Josef Nadj (who will direct the formation O sentido dos Mestres The Sense of the Masters), Jan Lauwers, Viviane De Muynck, Monica Bellucci, François Chattot or Chico Diaz.

Featuring a set of plays from classical (Euripides, Alfred de Musset) and contemporary dramaturgy (Joyce, Pasolini, De Filippo, Tennessee Williams, Édouard Louis), the Almada Festival includes six texts by Portuguese authors and four premieres, in a year in which several creations focus on the African continent and the problematic of postcolonialism.

In addition to the shows, the Festival promotes a set of 14 conversations with the creators present in Almada, a cycle of Encontros da Cerca dedicated to the 50 years of the Almada Theater Company, as well as an exhibition by José Manuel Castanheira about the Company. The author of the poster for this year's edition is the English artist Thomas Langley, who will open an exhibition at Casa da Cerca – Center for Contemporary Art.

 

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Almada • Joaquim Benite Municipal Theater, Romeu Correia Forum, Incredible Almadense, Almadense Academy, António Assunção Theater-Studio,

Lisboa • Belém Cultural Center and Theater Nacional D. Maria II

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INTERNATIONAL CREATION
• Omma, by Josef Nadj
Joaquim Benite Municipal Theater | 9th, 10th and 11th of July

• Molly Bloom, by James Joyce
Amazing Almadense | 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th of July

• Maria Callas – Cartas e Memórias, de Tom Volf
Belém Cultural Center | July 10th and 11th

• Quem matou o meu pai
D. Maria II National Theater | 8th, 9th and 10th of July

• História da violência
Romeu Correia Municipal Forum | 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th of July

TWO SCENE TALENTS
• CHATTOT AND CHICO DIAZ - Amitié, by Irène Bonnaud
Amazing Almadense | 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th of July

• The moon comes from Asia, by Walter Campos de Carvalho
Amazing Almadense | 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th of July

FOUR PORTUGUESE PREMIERE
• Hipólito, de Eurípides
Joaquim Benite Municipal Theater | July 2nd, 3rd and 4th

• Um gajo nunca mais é a mesma coisa, de Rodrigo Francisco
Joaquim Benite Municipal Theater | 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 of July

• Duas personagens, de Tennessee Williams
Theater-Studio António Assunção | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 July

• Planeta dança – Capítulo 4, direcção de Sónia Baptista
Almadense Academy | July 10th and 11th

SPANISH PARTICIPATION: FEMICIDE AND HOMOPHOBIA
• Rebota rebota…, de Agnès Mateus e Quim Tarrida
Almadense Academy | 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th of July

• Miguel de Molina a nu, de Félix Estaire
Almadense Academy | 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th of July

CONTEMPORARY PORTUGUESE CREATION
• O canto do cisne, de Clara Andermatt
Joaquim Benite Municipal Theater | 16th, 17th and 18th of July

• O canto do cisne, de Clara Andermatt
Joaquim Benite Municipal Theater | 23rd, 24th and 25th of July

• O canto do cisne, de Clara Andermatt
Romeu Correia Municipal Forum | 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th of July

• O canto do cisne, de Clara Andermatt
Theater-Studio António Assunção | 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd of July

DOCUMENTAL THEATER
• O canto do cisne, de Clara Andermatt
Romeu Correia Municipal Forum | 8, 9, 10 and 11 July

• O canto do cisne, de Clara Andermatt
Romeu Correia Municipal Forum | 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th of July

POST COLONIALISM
• Aurora Negra, by Cleo Diára, Isabel Zuaa and Nádia Yracema
Almadense Academy | 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th of July

• Suspended body, by Rita Neves
Amazing Almadense | 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th of July