About the Journal

PRESENTATION and HISTORY

Sinais de Cena (Performing Arts and Theatre Studies Journal) publishes new research on the Performing Arts and Theatre Studies.

It's an annual journal, specialised in theatre and performing arts studies, produced by the Centre for Theatre Studies (CET) of the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon (FLUL), in collaboration with the Portuguese Association of Theatre Critics (APCT).

Sinais de Cena was founded in 2004 by Carlos Porto, Luiz Francisco Rebello, Paulo Eduardo Carvalho and Maria Helena Serôdio, who edited it until 2014, with an issue coming out each semester (in June and December) during these first ten years. It was initially published by Campo das Letras (up until issue 10 in December 2008). Húmus then took over publication for issues 11 (June 2009) to 22 (December 2014), always with Maria Helena Serôdio as its Editor. Series II begun in June 2016 and was published by Orfeu Negro, with Rui PIna Coelho as its Editor. From 2022 onwards the journal is published only in the digital form and operating on the OJS (Open Journal Systems) platform, edited by Marta Brites Rosa.

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Current Issue

3rd series, nº 3 (2024)
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Issue 3 of the 3rd series of Sinais de Cena - Revista de Estudos de Teatro e Artes Performativas contains a Thematic Dossier dedicated to ‘Archives and the performing arts: memory, transmission and creation’, coordinated by Maria João Brilhante. It also includes articles on various theatre studies, an interview with Sara Barros Leitão, an image section dedicated to the Teatro Experimental de Cascais, reviews of performances and books of and about the performing arts.

Contributors to this issue: Alexandra Moreira da Silva, André Murraças, Andresa Fresta Marques, Bruno Schiappa, Catarina Firmo, Emília Costa, Fábio Marques Belém, Filipa Magalhães, Filipe Figueiredo, Gustavo Vicente, Laura Rozas Letelier, Marcondes Gomes Lima, Maria João Brilhante, Marta Brites Rosa, Massimo Milella, Miguel Nigro, Nicola D’Andrea, Paula Gomes Magalhães, Ricardo Correia and Tiago Ivo Cruz.

Published: 2024-11-23

Full Issue

Editorial

Thematic dossier

Essays (Applied studies)

Portfolio

Interview

Performance reviews

Book reviews

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SINAIS DE CENA occupies a prominent position among publications specializing in theatre and performing arts in Portugal. Founded in 2004, it inaugurated, in 2016, a second series, under the seal of Orfeu Negro editions, acquiring annual periodicity. In 2022, the III series began and started to only support the digital format on the RCAAP platform.