Nr. 18 (December 2012)

Fulfilling its generous research and questioning agenda in the field of theatre, the journal Sinais de Cena offers, in this eighteenth issue, original and important investigations into the History of Theatre in Portugal, along with considerations about the present scene – and not only removed from the border – when seen and evaluated in a reflective and critical way. In this sense, essays on the Baquet theatre can be found in the Loose archive; In the Applied Studies section we read another historical evocation of theatre in Portugal that brings us the precious discovery – by Guilherme Filipe – of Lisboa em 1850. Another investigation, which recovers and evaluates important traits of the Theatre History in Portugal, is brought to this same section by Filipe Figueiredo, on scene photography. From another side of the country – from its interior, Fundão – comes an expressive photographic documentation on the work that Nuno Pino Custódio has been developing with the mask and the streamlining of the actor's work, inspired by the commedia dell'arte in its Estação Teatral, occupying the Portfolio section here. Another vast discussion is reproduced through the Thematic Dossier, which results from a selection of papers presented to a colloquium promoted by the Centre for Theatre Studies of the University of Lisbon’s School of Arts and Humanities in conjunction with a European theatre project – Prospero. Includes interview with João Mota. Critical essays on performances, together with the thematic dossier and academic articles, continue to structure the identity of this publication, aimed at all those interested in the performing arts.

Featured authors: Alexandra Moreira da Silva | Ana Campos | Carole Guidicelli | Christine Zurbach | Didier Plassard | Elsa Rita dos Santos | Emília Costa | Eunice Tudela de Azevedo | Filipe Figueiredo | Francesca Rayner | Guilherme Filipe | Laurinda Ferreira | Liliana Coutinho | Maria Carneiro | Maria Helena Serôdio | Marisa Fernández Falcon | Martina Mašlárová | Miguel Falcão | Nuno Pino Custódio | Rui Pina Coelho | Samuel Silva | Sebastiana Fadda | Stat Miller