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.

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We Develop

27 September 2019 – 6 October 2019

Na Prática

Cláudio Gonçalves

During the 10th edition of the Materiais Diversos Festival, NA PRÁTICA proposes forming a temporary community around the shared experience of being a spectator of Alessandro Sciarroni´s work, the Italian creator who will present one of his most recent creations, which seeks to deepen the ways of relating between the public and the performers, at Festival Materiais Diversos.

Open call for Summer School NA PRÁTICA here!

Ficha técnica

Organization Materiais Diversos and Centro de Estudos de Teatro (FLUL) Program Alessandro Sciarroni, Elisabete Paiva, Gustavo Vicente and Rui Pina Coelho Orientation Alessandro Sciarroni, Gustavo Vicente and Rui Pina Coelho