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"Macbeth" by William Shakespeare is presented at Teatro Nacional São João (TNJS) on 21 February and performances will run till 11 March. After sold-out performances in 2017, "The Tragedy of Macbeth" (the play's full title) features actor João Reis as Macbeth, a brave Scottish general who, upon a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland, is driven by ambition and spurred to action by his wife.

The auditorium at Campo Alegre Municipal Theatre hosts a poetry session in the context of the cultural programme "Quintas de leitura". Golgona Anghel, a Romanian poet and writer based in Portugal, is considered one of the most challenging and critical talents of her generation, and will delight poetry lovers on 22 february at Campo Alegre.

The Museu Romântico [Romantic Museum] reopened to the public recently after having been closed for refurbishing works to the building and to the equipment within. Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira officially opened the permanent exhibition following nearly one year of restoration works the building has undergone. The new permanent exhibition is now open for visits at the Museu Romântico, set up at Quinta da Macieirinha, in an environment that revives the natural setting of a cottage in Porto from...

Caricature exhibit on show in Porto, at Peninsula Boutique centre, celebrates the outstanding artistic accomplishments of filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira. The exhibition, organised by the National Press Museum (MNI), offers 40 cartoon memoirs of acclaimed moviemaker (1908-2015) based on the Special Caricature Prize devoted to Manoel de Oliveira at the XV PortoCartoon-World Festival and it will be on display between 17 February and 11 March.

For the second year running, Porto City Hall launches a call for proposals concerning activities in the trading area for the year 2018, in the fields of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology.

Porto University is the best placed university in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, which measures the online presence of over one thousand Higher Education Institutions worldwide. Porto academia is on the 225th place on the world ranking and it is the only Portuguese University to be at the top 100 in Europe.

fDi - Intelligence Magazine, the reputable Financial Times publication in the field of business and FDI has just released the winners of the fDi's European Cities and Regions of the Future 2018/19 and the city of Porto is number 8 in the Mid-Sized European Cities of the Future 2018/19 ranking.

The performance "Brother", featured at Rivoli's 85th anniversary in 2017, was presented at the Performing Arts Meeting, the Artists' Salon in Yokohama, Japan, on 14 February. "Brother" was jointly produced by Porto Municipal Theatre and artistic director and choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira.

February 16th is the end date for the entry period of the technological competition launched by the European project EMBERS, in the field of mobility. This initiative encompasses the adoption of "smart city" project applications responding to specific challenges within three cities, one of which is Porto. The most innovative and effective project will be granted 30 thousand euros.

Annual cultural programme "Uma Família Inglesa" [An English Family] is back to mala voadora Company in 2018. This is the fourth edition of a programme that will end in 2020. This year's edition runs from 15 to 18 February and features three shows, namely "I Could Go On Singing (Over the Rainbow)" by FK Alexander, "Story #1" by Greg Wohead and Rachel Mars and History, History, History by Deborah Pearson.