After Italy, Great Britain and Greece, we have decided to dedicate the new European Stage-Works to Portuguese artists so as to show the importance of their creative actions in every field; their achievements have been hidden by the almost exclusive economic look that has been taken at the country for the last few years.

Indeed if Portugal is violently hit by the economic crisis, to an extent that may seem unbelievable to us today, the resistance of artists gives birth to a great variety of productions, “a testing  ground” for emerging companies, which really analyze the social and political impact of their productions, a stage whose strength is its independence.

Our European Stage-Works Portugal are based on these movements of today’s  productions which gather artists from every field (theatre, dance, cinema, music and visual arts): we tried to picture, although it wa s impossible to be exhaustive, the production of the younger Lisbon creators in 2013, to imagine a time dedicated to meeting new artists and discovering unusual careers. A time which is prepared all along the year, develops little by little, following a form of “navigation”, with no particular schedule, according to the necessities of urgency. The European Stage-Works could not exist without the indispensable support of our partners, and this year we especially wish to thank the City of Lisbon and the Egeac as well as the Gulbenkian Foundation, the Camões Institute, the City of Paris and the French Institute for their support, advice and participation in the organization of this event. We also thank Tiago Bartolomeo Costa, an active guide in the elaboration of the programme. 

For a fortnight, and even a little more, we will thus have the chance to discover about sixty Portuguese artists of every field who will perform in all the spaces of the Théâtre de la Ville, some of which will especially be transformed, and in the institutions which are partners of the festival: the Centquatre, but also the Théâtre Monfort, the Maison de la poésie, the Palais de Tokyo…

For former European Stage-Works we had been able to invite, for the first time in France, companies such as 1927 (Great Britain 2011), the Blitz Theater group (Greece 2012) and many others; likewise, this year, we will discover artists, companies and collectives, which will, for a few weeks, turn Paris into another Portuguese capital. Lisbon, welcome to Paris.

Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota

European Stage works 2013

Lisbon-Paris

JUNE 2013 - 4th ISSUE

FOCUS ON YOUNG PORTUGUESE CREATION

THEATRE & DANCE

→ THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE CAFÉ DES OEILLETS

MONDAY 3 JUNE 14:30 
TUESDAY 4 JUNE 10:00 // 14:30 // 18:30 
WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE 10/00 & 15:00

all publics from 6 years old

CATABRISA

JOANA PROVIDÊNCIA I GÉMEO LUÍS I EUGÉNIO RODA

find out more

→ THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE LA COUPOLE

TUESDAY 4 JUNE 20:30
WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE 19:00

In portuguese & english with french surtitles

WHAT I HEARD ABOUT THE WORLD

THIRD ANGEL I MALA VOADORA

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→ THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE  CAFÉ DES OEILLETS

many languages, english surtitles

TEATRO PRAGA

FRIDAY 7 JUNE 19:00 & SUNDAY 9 JUNE 17:00

EUROVISION

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SATURDAY 8 JUNE 22:00

DISCOTHEATER

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→ THÉÂTRE DES ABBESSES

TUESDAY 11 JUNE 20:30

in portuguese with french surtitles

TROIS DOIGTS SOUS LE GENOU

TIAGO RODRIGUES I MUNDO PERFEITO

find out more

→ MAISON DE LA POÉSIE

WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE 20:30

show-performance in portuguese and in french

A VIRGEM DOIDA 

The Foolish Virgin extracted from A Season in Hell by Rimbaud

MÓNICA CALLE

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BOMBA SUICIDA 1st prog.

→ THÉÂTRE DES ABBESSES

THURSDAY 13 JUNE 19:30

GUINTCHE 

MARLENE MONTEIRO FREITAS

THE RECOIL OF WORDS

TÂNIA CARVALHO

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BOMBA SUICIDA 2nd prog.

→ THÉÂTRE DES ABBESSES

FRIDAY 14 JUNE 20:30 

• 3 INTERLUDES ET LE GALOP DU NEZ

• LA PREMIÈRE DANSE D’URIZE 

LUÍS GUERRA

SÍNCOPA

TÂNIA CARVALHO

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→ THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE LA COUPOLE

FRIDAY 14 JUNE 19:30
SATURDAY 15 JUNE 18:30

in english with french surtitles

A GESTURE THAT IS NOTHING BUT A THREAT

SOFIA DIAS I VÍTOR RORIZ

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CONCERTS

→ THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE

WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE 20:30

FADO

CARMINHO

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→ LE MONFORT

MONDAY 10 JUNE 20:30

LULA PENA

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→ TOWN HALL OF THE 4th ARRONDISSEMENT IN PARIS

free access with prior booking

DATE AND TIME TO BE SPECIFIED LATER

MISIA

Within the programme of its cultural season, in partnership with the Lisbon-Paris European Stage-Works, the town hall of the 4th arrondissement in Paris will host an exceptional concert by Misia.

→ PARC MONTSOURIS 

Free access

SATURDAY 29 JUNE

LUSITANIAN DAY

The town council of the14th arrondissement in Paris, in partnership with the Théâtre de la Ville, will organize a great Portuguese day on June 29, with outdoor concerts and films, along with many more surprises. (Programme in progress).

PUBLIC READINGS

For the fourth consecutive year, France Culture participates in the activities of the European Stage-Works by promoting the discovery of texts unpublished in France, whose studio- or public recordings will be broadcast on the national radio. (Programme in progress)

→ THÉÂTRE DES ABBESSES

free access with prior booking

THURSDAY 6 JUNE 20:30

AN EVENING ON ANTONIO LOBO ANTUNES

public reading with stage layout by Georges Lavaudant

booking (free access)

→ THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE CAFÉ DES OEILLETS

free access with prior booking

SATURDAY 8 JUNE 17:00

3e ÂGE [Senior Citizens]

JOSÉ VIEIRA MENDES

with the actors of Teatro Praga & french actors

booking (free access)

→ THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE CAFÉ DES OEILLETS

free access with prior booking

WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE 19:30

EMPIRE

ANDRÉ MURRAÇAS

rbooking (free access)

→ LIVE BROADCAST FROM LA MAISON DE LA RADIO

free access with prior booking

SUNDAY 16 JUNE 20:30

LA SAINTE FAMILLE [THE HOLY FAMILY]

JACINTO LUCAS PIRES

CINEMA

→ LE CENTQUATRE

SUNDAY 9 JUNE 12:30 - 22:00

« FOCUS PORTUGAL : LE CINÉMA DE L’INTRANQUILLITÉ »

12:30 → BRUNCH

With a programme including a series of installations and short films in the Café Caché [Hidden Café] and the restaurant Les Grandes Tables [The Big Tables].

14 H - 22 H → FILMS & DEBATES

João Botelho, Filme do desassossego, 2010 and Arena (short film) ;

Marco Martins, Alice, 2005 and Rafa; Miguel Gomez, Ce fameux mois d’août, 2008.

VISUALS ARTS

→ LE PALAIS DE TOKYO

dates à préciser

PERFORMANCES & INSTALLATIONS (in progress)

A programme devised by Portuguese artists in partnership with the Gulbenkian Foundation

→ THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE

FRIDAY 7 JUNE 21:00
SATURDAY 8 & SUNDAY 9 JUNE 15:00

OLD SCHOOL

TEATRO PRAGA

Performances by artists belonging to the Teatro Praga collective’s “constellation” (Vasco Araújo…) shown in various locations inside the Théâtre de la Ville. (Programme in progress)

→ THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE in alliance with the CENTQUATRE

1- 15 JUNE

FUSO

This selection of the best films from the Lisbon International Festival of Art Film (FUSO) focusing on the theme of labour, established by Antonio Camera/ Association Duplacena, will bring together the younger generations and seasoned artists. (Duration: one hour) 

Helena Almeida, A experiência do lugar II, 2004 ; João Tabarra, Atelier et Tornado, 2007 ; João Onofre, Untitled (Vulture in the studio), 2002 ; Rui Calçada Bastos, All that glitters, 2010; Bruno Ramos, Factory, 2012; Nuno Lacerda, Percursos, 2011; Fábio Caldeira, Diogo Monteiro, Dinis Carvalho, Anime ITV, 2011 ; José Maçãs de Carvalho, Video killed the painting stars (Newton), 2007.

3 INSTALLATIONS BY JOÃO ONOFRE

The works by Lisbon based artist João Onofre have been presented at the Moma, at the 49th Biennale in Venice, at the Palais de Tokyo… Three of his videos will be offered here: Untitled (N’en finit plus [Never Ends]), which lasts three minutes and three seconds, constantly looping on, as well as two films in another place, Ghost and Untitled-Sun 2500.

STAGE-WORKS LISBON / PARIS 

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

CAMÕENS CULTURAL CENTRE / PORTUGUESE EMBASSY

& HOUSE OF PORTUGAL]-ANDRÉ DE GOUVEIA

& PRESENTS A SERIES OF EVENTS AROUND PORTUGUESE CULTURE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE

FIRST DATES

→ HOUSE OF PORTUGAL-ANDRÉ DE GOUVEIA/CIUP

free access

18 MAY - 8 JUNE

RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION: RAÚL DA COSTA CAMELO

Saturday 18 may de 18:00- 24:00 → PREVIEW, an event within the framework of the European Night of Museums

Public readings-performances based on the author’s writing

19:00 → piano concert by PEDRO GOMES laureate of the Santa Cecília competitio

8 June → end of exhibition

19:00 → piano concert by TERESA PALMA PEREIRA.

THURSAY 13 JUNE 17:00 - 22:00

PUBLIC READINGS-PERFORMANCES OF WRITINGS BY FERNANDO PESSOA

Within the framework of the 125th anniversary of the poet’s birth on June 13th 1888.

→ CINÉMA MK2 BEAUBOURG

ASPECTS OF THE LUSITANIAN CINEMA:
FILMS & PUBLIC DEBATES

Saturday 1 June 11:00 →  Miguel Gomes' Tabu

In presence of an actor (to be confirmed) // Contributor: Graça Dos Santos

Saturday 8 June 11:00 →  Manoel de Oliveira's Gebo and the Shadow

Debate with António Preto (Manoel De Oliveira's work specialist) // Contributor José Manuel Esteves

Saturday 15 June 11:00 →  João Pedro Rodrigues' The Last Time I saw Macao

in presence of directors João Pedro Rodrigues & João Rui Guerra (to be confirmed) // contributor Fernando Curopos

Organized by theCamõens Cultural Centre / Portuguese Embassy, University Chair Lindley Cintra - Paris Ouest Nanterre University, Paris 8 University & Portuguese Rectorate in partnership with Scents of Lisbon 7th edition, the Festival d’urbanités croisées entre Lisbonne et Paris [Lisbon-Paris intersecting urbanities Festival ] and the cinéma MK2 Beaubourg.

PARIS TOWN COUNCIL - LISBON TOWN COUNCIL
LISBON - PARIS : 15 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP

Both capitals celebrate this year their 15 years of friendship with numerous cultural events.

On May 9 and 10, Lisbon is to be the guest of honour of the European village established on the Paris Hôtel de Ville square, within the “Build Europe” event.

On the agenda: a concert, a food and cooking stall with Lisbon specialities, and a series of happenings about Portugal’s capital.

As part of the celebration of the 15-year friendship between the two cities, a poster competition will be organized involving two art colleges, the Paris EPSAA (École professionnelle d’Arts Plastiques et d’Architecture [Professional School of Visual Arts and Architecture ]) and a Lisbon college, along the lines of the competition held during the 2012 Paris-Berlin Tandem.

In each capital, a jury will select the best posters which will subsequently be exhibited at the Théâtre de la Ville

As the redevelopment of the Banks of the Seine is being completed, Paris will host the exhibition Lisbon by the Tagus, organized by the Lisbon Photographic Archive Department. Bringing together images of the past and the present, the exhibition offers a unique and historical testimony about the age-old relationship between the Portuguese capital and its river.