2026
Audience Club with Nuno Preto
In the second half of 2026, the Audience Club returns with a new format, bringing together performances programmed by Cine-Teatro São Pedro de Alcanena and Materiais Diversos.
The Audience Club begins on 11 October with Baile Mecânico, by Andresa Olímpio, created with members of the local community. On 24 October, the Club will attend sharings by some of the artists in residence during the fim de semana materiais adversos, as well as Fantasie minor, by Marco da Silva Ferreira, presented at Praça do Coreto in Minde. As these are works still in development rather than finished performances, the sharings offer participants the opportunity to follow the artistic process more closely and contribute to the conversation and feedback that are part of the creative process itself. On 6 November, the journey continues at Cine-Teatro São Pedro in Alcanena, with Piny and the presentation of a.travessa.da. To close the year, the final meeting will be dedicated to a performance by the local theatre group Boca de Cena, on 8 December.
After each presentation, the Audience Club comes together for a moment of conversation, exchange and collective reflection around the experiences, questions and concerns raised by the works.
This new format of the Audience Club will be moderated by Nuno Preto, actor and theatre director. He was a member of Teatro da Palmilha Dentada and collaborated with Teatro Oficina between 2017 and 2020 as a facilitator and actor. He later collaborated with Museu do Porto, coordinating and creating content for Rádio Estação between 2020 and 2022. He currently co-directs the collective Espaço Invisível, an artistic creation and cultural mediation organisation through which he develops artistic projects and participatory programmes.
The Club aims to be a space for meeting, listening, conversation and collective reflection, where different artistic practices intersect with different ways of seeing, feeling and thinking as spectators.
SESSIONS & TIMES
11 October, 4pm, Cine-Teatro São Pedro, Alcanena
Baile Mecânico, by Andresa Olímpio
24 October, 3pm–7:50pm, Minde [Free entry]
Fantasie minor, by Marco da Silva Ferreira + Sharings by artists in residence
6 November, 9pm, Cine-Teatro São Pedro, Alcanena
a.travessa.da, by Piny
8 December, Cine-Teatro Rogério Venâncio, Minde
Boca de Cena (to be confirmed)
HOW TO JOIN
You can register through this form or in person at the venue after each performance.
Participation in the Audience Club is free of charge. For performances with paid admission, Materiais Diversos will provide tickets for registered Club participants.
Tickets reserved by Materiais Diversos must be collected at the Cine-Teatro São Pedro box office 30 minutes before the performance starts.
Nuno Preto
Nuno Preto (Porto, 1981) is a theatre director, writer, actor and musician. He graduated in Acting from ESMAE. He was a founding member of Mau Artista and, between 2012 and 2017, was a resident member of Teatro da Palmilha Dentada.
As a performer, he has worked with various directors and artistic projects, with his career particularly marked by his involvement with the organisations he has been part of. Between 2017 and 2020, he collaborated with Teatro Oficina as a facilitator and actor in performances such as Teatro da Alma and Arte da Comédia, directed by João Pedro Vaz. He also directed Retábulos as part of the Gil Vicente Festivals, as well as mediation and training programmes with peripheral communities in Guimarães. He develops his artistic work and mediation programmes in different institutional contexts, including Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Teatro Nacional São João, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Museu do Porto and several municipalities.
In film and television, he has worked as an actor in projects including Mosquito, Nothingness Club, A Pedra Sonha Dar Flor, A Sibila, Causa Própria and Daqui houve Resistência, among others.
He also works in music composition and dramaturgy, in dance and theatre projects such as Em vez de um corpo, by Sara Martins, Dia a Dia, by Ana Jezabel, Anormais, by Paulo Calatre, and Bando, by Daniela Cruz, among others. He collaborated with Museu do Porto as an associate creator on the programmes ESCUTA and DERIVA, and in coordinating and creating content for Rádio Estação (2020–2022).
His work focuses on the artistic direction and coordination of participatory and community-based projects, including the Atos programmes at Teatro Nacional D. Maria II and Gulbenkian, Calma é Só Amanhã with Theatro Circo, Reflection, Resistance, an international programme with Braga 25, Nordeste e Erre with CRL, and Futuros Partilhados – Partis & art for change, among others.
Together with Daniela Cruz, he founded the collective Espaço Invisível, an artistic creation and cultural mediation organisation through which he develops multidisciplinary artistic projects and collaborative programmes.