Museum – Current exhibition

The exhibition Contemporary Puppets: Creations and talks opened on July 15, 2020, following the basic concept of the exhibition project: the relationship between theatre and museum, the creation of shows and the exhibition of shows. It includes emblematic plays of the company (Miséria, Vai no Batalha, Óscar, História da Praia Grande, Teatro Dom Roberto, Os Amigos de Gaspar, IP5, among …

MUSEU DAS MARIONETAS DO PORTO

Museu das Marionetas do Porto is an author museum, centered on the work of João Paulo Seara Cardoso (1956-2010), director and artistic director of Teatro de Marionetas do Porto. It’s a place of memory and future, constantly being updated. Its architectural project was created by José Gigante, who also made the project for Teatro de Belomonte, the company’s head office, still …

MAKE LOVE NOT WAR – Exhibition

Make Love Not War This is the title of the 3rd anniversary exhibition and also the title of a big street performance staged by João Paulo Seara Cardoso (1956-2010), Make Love Not War (2010) from Lysistrata, a play against war written by Aristophanes. The exaltation, the nonconformity, the desire for beauty through theatre with marionettes, are the motto for this …

O MUNDO DAS MARIONETAS

O MUNDO DAS MARIONETAS (THE WORLD OF PUPPETS) travels through the puppets’ building processes; it’s a sort of journey into the shows, allowing the audience to contact with the process before the performances, thus discovering in the exhibited pieces its theatrical existence, a sort of soul, and a different side: the latent life as sculptures and works of art. Once …

MARIONETAS E PAISAGENS

MARIONETAS E PAISAGENS February 3 2015 to July 26 2015 Marionetas e Paisagens (Puppets and Landscapes) is the name of the exhibition that marks the 2nd anniversary of Museu das Marionetas do Porto (Porto Puppet Museum). The museum, dedicated to an author, is centered around the work of João Paulo Seara Cardoso (1956-2010), and is a meeting place and intersection …

MUSEU EM MOVIMENTO

Museu das Marionetas do Porto em Movimento From the adaptation of a station wagon with 7 seats plus cargo, a small Museu das Marionetas do Porto is “built”. CINDERELA is the exhibition that will be in the Moving Museum. Marionettes, objects and scenographic parts of the play, debuted in 2009 and which is part of the Company’s repertoire, will inhabit …

Marionetas e outras linguagens

Museu das Marionetas do Porto, is mostly dedicated to an author: it exhibits the work of João Paulo Seara Cardoso (1956-2010) and at the same time works as a meeting place and intersection point for other artists. Marionetas e outras linguagens (Marionettes and other languages) integrates a permanent exhibition (together with Miséria and Teatro D. Roberto) and a temporary exhibition …

O segredo das flores

O SEGREDO DAS FLORES (THE SECRET OF FLOWERS) is the title of the exhibition that opens and celebrates the first anniversary of MUSEU DAS MARIONETAS DO PORTO. This secret lies beyond the door No. 22 of the charismatic and renovated Rua das Flores. The Secret of Flowers is an invitation to discover the substance that inhabits this place, in which …

O Segredo das Nuvens

The exhibition O SEGREDO DAS NUVENS (The Secret of the Clouds) presents marionettes, sets and objects belonging to six of the plays directed by João Paulo Seara Cardoso (1956-2010), distributed by two museum floors, and also the exhibition MIM, by Júlio Vanzeler, featuring the artist’s experience as a regular collaborator of Teatro de Marionetas do Porto. The selected works inhabit …

Lugares de apaziguamento

With the exhibition Lugares de Apaziguamento (Places of Appeasement), Marionetas do Porto officially opens the museum Museu das Marionetas do Porto. In this special year, in which the company celebrates its 25th anniversary, the opening of the museum creates a new dimension: the share of poetics and inhabited places or those yet to be inhabited, where dreams take shape and …