TVI News: The architect Nuno Lacerda has created a project in which he tries to reuse the remains of materials that were destroyed in the fires in Pedrógão Grande. The pieces will be on display in Lisbon, and the total revenue goes to associations.

Location

Coletivo 284

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— Pyros Exhibition at Colectivo 284

Satu Suikkari-Kleven, Embaixadora da Finlândia

Pyros is on display today, 16 October 2020, at Coletivo 284, an exhibition space at Rua das Amoreiras 72-A, Lisbon.

Pyros is an exclusive (unrepeatable…) collection of pieces of furniture made from burnt wood, created to draw attention to the problem of the fires that destroy our forests every year. Challenged by FCB Lisbon, Architect Carlos Nuno Lacerda Lopes gave life to this impressive collection of “anti-design” furniture.

Location

Coletivo 284

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— TNSJ centenary

Exhibition at the Monastery of São Bento da Vitória

As part of the centenary celebrations of the National Theatre of São João, in the space of the Monastery of São Bento da Vitória, one can visit the exhibition “Noites Brancas”, which gathers objects and scenography of TNSJ shows, among which are the selected CNLL scenographies: “Sombras”, “Linha Curva, Linha Turva” and “O Grande Teatro do Mundo”.

Long live the theatre! Congratulations TNSJ!

History

Inaugurated on May 13th 1798, the Real Teatro São João was the first building built from scratch in Oporto to be exclusively dedicated to the presentation of shows. It would be destroyed by a fire on the night of April 11-12, 1908. In 1909, a public competition was launched for its reconstruction, from which the preliminary project signed by José Marques da Silva won. At the time of its inauguration, on March 7, 1920, the São João Theatre represented a compromise between technical innovation and the stylistic continuity of a traditional taste. After 12 years, the theatre is converted into a cinema and starts operating under the name of São João Cine.

Already in 1992, it is acquired by the State and assumes its current denomination: Teatro Nacional São João. At the end of that year and between 1993 and 1995, the building undergoes structural rehabilitation. The Ministry of Culture would create here the first National Theatre of the democratic era of the country, an essential piece of a policy of cultural decentralisation to the North. Inside this National Monument, a vibrant artistic project and a theatrical production structure of excellence were quickly established, combining the dissemination of the great national and universal dramatic repertoires and the actuality of the scene languages.

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