Cenários

In the year that Braga is Portuguese Capital of Culture, Theatro Circo and gnration host the 2025 edition of Cenários, a programme of reflection by the D. Maria II National Theatre.

The first edition, in 2023, featured three conferences, designed to reflect on the journey of the National Odyssey, which began that same year with the start of the theatre renovation project in Rossio.

This year, the focus turns to the Portuguese Capital of Culture initiative, created by the Portuguese Government, which includes the other two cities finalists for the European Capital of Culture 2027, Aveiro and Ponta Delgada. Artists, thinkers and the public are invited to learn about and discuss how Braga has interpreted this project, with a programme that celebrates the dialogue between national artistic creation and the possibilities of connection with Europe.

Cenários 2025 also proposes a reflection on the diagnoses and perspectives resulting from the two-year journey begun in January 2023 by the D. Maria II National Theatre, while also observing other fundamental issues for the future of art and culture in Portugal.

Full programme

27 Nov

10:30 a.m. ? Theatro Circo (Small Auditorium) ? Session with LGP
Opening session

11:30 a.m. ? Theatro Circo (Small Auditorium) ? Session with LGP
Braga, Portuguese Capital | Debate

2:30 p.m. ? gnration (blackbox) ? Session with LGP
National Odyssey | Debate

4:30 p.m. ? gnration (blackbox) ? Session with LGP
National Culture | Debate

6:30 p.m. ? Braga Municipal Market ? Session with LGP
Participatory Processes | Talk

28 Nov

10 a.m. ? gnration (sala multiusos) ? Session for schools
Youth Forum | Round tables

10:30 a.m. ? Theatro Circo (Grand Hall) ? Session for cultural agents
Create, Programme, Mediate* – Meeting to think about cultural activities

*Activity exclusively dedicated to cultural agents from the North of Portugal. Registration here.

2:30pm ? gnration (blackbox) ? Session with LGP
Territorial Equity | Debate

4:30pm ? gnration (blackbox) ? Session with LGP
Art and Technology | Debate

6:30pm ? gnration (blackbox) ? The presentation session preceding the screening will be interpreted in LGP
Mapping the meeting | Documentary

9:30 p.m. ? Theatro Circo (Main Hall) ? Session with LGP
The Secret Life of Old People, by Mohamed El Khatib

10:30 p.m. ? Location to be announced
Closing session