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. In 2026, the Editors are Filipe Figueiredo, Gustavo Vicente, Licínia Ferreira, Paula Gomes Magalhães, and Rui Pina Coelho.
Sinais de Cena – Performing Arts and Theatre Studies Journal has been included in ERIH PLUS (European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences), a leading European indexing database in the field of the humanities and social sciences.
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Issue 5 of the 3rd series of the journal Sinais de Cena – Performing Arts Studies and Theatre Journal contains a thematic dossier dedicated to ‘Theatre, revolution and the construction of democracy’, edited by Ariadne Nunes and José Pedro Sousa. It also includes an interview with Luís Lucas, a photo feature on the Comuna – Teatro de Pesquisa theatre group, reviews of performances and reviews of works by Maria Helena Serôdio.
Contributors to this issue: Alexandra Marinho de Oliveira, Ana Carolina Gomes, Ana Isabel Vasconcelos, Andrelise Gautério Santorum, Ariadne Nunes, Bruna Tchalekian, Bruno Ministro, David Antunes, Fábio Belém, Filipe Figueiredo, Francesca Rayner, Gabriella Rodrigues, Helena Ferreira, Helena Simões, Henrique Laurentino, José Pedro Sousa, Maíra Santos, Maria João Brilhante, Marta Brites Rosa, Michael Greer, Mitsuko Antunes, Ohanna Pereira, Paula Gomes Magalhães, Rafael Ferreira, Rita Rocha, Rui Pina Coelho, Rui Tavares De Faria, Sara Rodrigues Diogo and Tiago Ivo Cruz.
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.
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ISSN 1646-0715/ e-ISSN 2184-9552
Este trabalho é financiado por fundos nacionais através da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., no âmbito de UID/00279/2025: Centro de Estudos de Teatro da FLUL.