The Materiais Diversos Festival promotes the meeting of different audiences and imaginaries around the arts (dance, theatre, music and performance) with thought, questioning actuality and fostering cultural participation as a condition for citizenship. Born in Minde, in 2009, it spread to Alcanena and Cartaxo (in 2013) and became one of the most representative projects for programming outside the large centres in Portugal, attempting to think and act from the places it originates. It had been occurring annually until 2017 and became a biannual event starting with its 10th edition in 2019.

From the 3rd to the 12th of October 2025, the Festival Materiais Diversos will be in Alcanena and Minde with a program of dance, theater and music shows, installations and conversations.

2023
2021
2019
2017

agenda

19 April 2023 – 19 April 2023

As amigas da Gaspar

We present As Amigas da Gaspar, by Susana Domingos Gaspar, at Cine-Teatro São Pedro, in Alcanena, on April 19, at 10.30 am. Based on the dance field and on the fascination with puppet theatre, the choreographer created a piece with her daughter and her daughter’s friends in mind. Two dancers and a singer-songwriter go over the possibilities of animating their bodies, sweep the empty space with their voices, and give a speech in the most touching ways they can imagine.