Municipal Theatre
Dancing Grandmothers premieres 3 November in Rivoli
Rivoli features the dance performance "Dancing Grandmothers" 3 November, at 9, 30 pm. This will be a world first, which combines the urban modern world and the rural setting in South Korea, a mix of flowers, stripes and dots, folklore and electronics, movements, video, young and old. These are the ingredients to transforming the stage in Rivoli in a giant dance floor.
Rivoli features "Vanish" and "A Tecedeira que lia Zola", 27 and 28 October
Rivoli features two alternate performances 27 and 28 October. The trilogy "Vanish" provides an insight of the bourgeoisie, its growing hatefulness, deceptive appearances, kept longings and religious assumptions. The second performance is "A Tecedeira que lia Zola" (The weaver who read Zola) by Gonçalo Amorim. This is the second part of the trilogy of troubled youth, inspired by revolutionary movements and providing them the opportunity to reflect and meditate.
A Tarumba - Puppet Theatre features "Este não é o nariz de Gógol..." (This is not Gógol's nose?), 21 October in Rivoli
The Puppet Theatre "A Tarumba" features the performance "Este não é o nariz de Gógol..." (This is not Gógol's nose?), 21 October in Rivoli. The show is based on Gógol's world (reminiscente of Godot) and Jacques Prévert. The play takes place in a kitsch ambiance, which relies on paper jointed figures and objects to translate the surreal and absurd world we live in.
Porto Best Of features Clã and Best Youth in Rivoli October 19th
The Porto Best Of cycle takes the stage to iconic artists of Porto who revive their debut and most influential work in light of present time. Each night, Porto Best Of shares the stage with new creations from the city. Rivoli will play host to a concert by Clã and Best Youth at 9.30 pm, 19 October.
"Ressacs" by Agnès Limbos takes us on a voyage through modern capitalism, 14 and 15 October in Rivoli
Agnès Limbos and Grégory Houben, who has been working with Agnès since 2006, feature "Ressacs", the story of the tragic comedy of people's lives in the era of the so called Modern Capitalism. This performance premieres in Rivoli on 14 and 15 October.
Tribute to Harry Dean Stanton at Teatro Rivoli October 10th
Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, musician, and singer, with a career that spanned over six decades, will be honoured at Teatro Rivoli, by Medeia Filmes, 10 October, starting at 6.30 pm.
Marcelo Evelin "Dança Doente" 6 and 7 October at Rivoli Grand Auditorium
Rivoli Grand Auditorium MO will play host to Performance "Dança Doente" by Brazilian choreographer, Marcelo Evelin. The reputed dance and company Demolition Incorporada feature a performance that contextualizes Hijikata Tatsumi's dance, butoh's master, a dance of Japanese origin and presented as a reaction to western contemporary dance of the time together with Brazilian rhythms.
Queer Porto - International Queer Film Festival from 4 to 8 October at Rivoli
Queer Porto - International Queer Film Festival, in its third Edition, is already a consolidated cultural event in Porto's cultural rentrée. The festival features, as usual, a multidisciplinary programming, offering the best there is regarding different methods and interpretations of queer culture.
Porto plays host to 1st Edition of BEAST from 21 to 24 September
Porto hosts the debut of BEAST - International Film Festival, between 21 and 24 September. The opening session is scheduled for 21 September at 9.30 pm in Rivoli, with the national premiere of "All These Sleepless Nights", by Michal Marczak, a cinematographic work ranging from fiction to documentary, portraying the life of two young art students through Warsaw's night.
New York's best drummer plays at Rivoli's understage
New York's best drummer, according to "The Village Voice" in 2011, Greg Fox will perform at Rivoli's understage, 15 September at 11 pm. Greg Fox is a multidisciplinary artist, and teacher. He has released about 50 records since 2008, and has worked with names as Liturgy, ZS, Ben Frost, Colin Stetson, Skeletons, Hieroglyphic Being, Man Forever, among others.