In July, PaPI – Opus 7 bloomed once more, bringing together the children from TRAMA — Grupo de Teatro Infantil — in a very special production staged at the “Há festa na quinta” event at Quinta do Marinheiro in Avanca. From July 13 to 18, M de Manifesto was in artistic residency in Montemor-o-Novo at the Cineteatro Curvo Semedo. The month ended with a trip to Loulé, where i.Lab #2026 once again guided us through exploration of the body, the voice, and improvisation. It is also in Loulé that PaPI – Opus 12 continues to grow, sharing results and drawing inspiration from the participants of i.Lab #2026.

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Opening

What’s up? #7

M de Maria, M de Mulher, M de Manifesto.
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Echoes

In July

In July, PaPI – Opus 7 bloomed once more, bringing together the children from TRAMA — Grupo de Teatro Infantil — in a very special production staged at the “Há festa na quinta” event at Quinta do Marinheiro in Avanca. From July 13 to 18, M de Manifesto was in artistic residency in Montemor-o-Novo at the Cineteatro Curvo Semedo. The month ended with a trip to Loulé, where i.Lab #2026 once again guided us through exploration of the body, the voice, and improvisation. It is also in Loulé that PaPI – Opus 12 continues to grow, sharing results and drawing inspiration from the participants of i.Lab #2026.

Happening

In August and September
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M de Manifesto

M de Manifesto is not a show with answers. It is an exercise in active listening, an invitation to reflect, and an attempt to make room for questions about the female condition.

M de Mulher, M de Maria, M de Manifesto.

Other Journeys

  • The special application period for the postgraduate course Música na Infância: Intervenção e Investigação (“Music in Childhood: Intervention and Research”) runs through until August 31.
  • In August, PaPI – Opus 8 will fly to Norway for performances at Markedet and at local kindergartens as part of the Den Kulturelle Skolesekken program.
  • From September 9 to 12, PaPI – Opus 12 will travel to Alma d’Arame, in Montemor-o-Novo, for its final residency before the premiere.
  • PaPI – Opus 8 will be performing in Paredes de Coura on 13 September.
  • From September 13 to 19, we will participate in the 17th Encontro da Canção Infantil Latino-americana e Caribenha in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a lecture and a workshop.
  • On 18 and 19 September, PaPI – Opus 7 will be in Lisbon at the Avenidas Bebé Fest 2026.
  • From September 18 to 25, M de Manifesto will hold its final artistic residency before the premiere at Casa das Artes in Famalicão. This residency will also include the outreach initiative Bastidores de M de Manifesto (“Behind the Scenes of M de Manifesto“), in which the artists will visit secondary schools in the municipality to reflect on the show’s content and gather testimonials to be incorporated into the performance.
  • From September 29 to October 2, M de Manifesto will travel to Riba d’Ave to prepare for the performance at the Teatro Narciso Ferreira on October 3.
  • Registration is now open for the Música de Colo – Musical Orientation for Parents with Babies and Children sessions, taking place during the 2026/2027 school year at LAMCI at NOVA-FCSH.

Radar

M de Maria
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When I was a child, I didn’t like being called Maria Ana. I thought she was someone else. And she was – what I didn’t realise was that she also lived within me and that many years later I would give her a voice. In M de Manifesto, I am Maria, I am a woman, and I am so many other things that also live within me and that I am only now discovering.

Mariana Vences — one of the Marias in M de Manifesto

Highlight

XVI EIAIDSH
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We’re already counting down to the XVI International Colloquium Arts for Childhood and Social and Human Development, taking place on November 14th at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. In the 2026 edition, we once again highlight the importance of listening, playing, and improvising. Because, as Professor Agostinho da Silva stated, “Man is not born to work; he is born to create, to be that poet set free.” Making room for imagination, for the body in motion, for freedom, and for building a more humane future is our guiding principle.

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PaPI – Opus 7
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