We’ve created a list of the best plays in Lisbon, because Lisbon isn’t just about concerts e festivals music, or exhibitions all over the city.
Lisbon is also a city of art e culture, is also a city of theatrical performances of all kinds, i ncluding music, more intense comedies and dramas.
Thinking of this community, and the public that follows it to our beautiful theaters, in this article you’ll find a series of plays showing on various stages in the city of Lisbon.
Table Of Contents
- In the Old Military Hospital of Estrela
- In the Auditorium of the Pharmacy Museum
- At Taguspark
- No Custom Café - Nirvana Studios
- At the Teatro da Trindade Inatel
- At the Tivoli BBVA Theater
- At the Neighborhood Theater
- At the Coliseu dos Recreios
- At Teatro São Luiz
- At the Maria Matos Theater
- At LU.CA - Luís de Camões Theater
- At the Open Theater
In the Old Military Hospital of Estrela
The Death of the Raven
“The Death of the Raven” it’s one of the plays everyone’s talking about! It’s an immersive experience that will take you “traveling” through the crazy and hallucinated minds of Edgar Allan Poe and Fernando Pessoa, through more than 25 rooms in a show unlike anything you’ve ever seen or been to.
In this intense thriller you’ll be able to (per)follow nine characters, each with their own characteristics, in a story that is told without any speech, only with body expression and choreographed movements.
Mystery, sensuality and lots of action await you at these screenings, which take place from Wednesday to Sunday, always at 9pm.
Address: Rua Santo António à Estrela 29A (Former Estrela Military Hospital)
Times: Wednesday to Sunday at 9pm
Tickets: at Fever
In the Auditorium of the Pharmacy Museum
Love and Social Media
The comedy Love and Social Networks, which has already been seen by thousands of people with completely sold-out sessions, continues to bring people to the Pharmacy Museum Auditorium.
The play was created by Marco Pedrosa and is characterized by being a current comedy about the influence of social networks on love relationships.
Address: Rua Marechal Saldanha 1 (Pharmacy Museum Auditorium)
Schedule: every Saturday at 21:30
Tickets: at Fever
What they say about them
Do you want to have a good laugh and discover the secrets of the male universe? So you can’t miss out “What they say about them”, one of the comedy plays that will reveal everything men think about women!
From the first stages of courtship to the years of relationship, you’ll discover all the secrets and the most hilarious moments!
And that’s not all! You’ll be able to laugh at our most secret inner thoughts, from the fight against chocolate to image complexes.
And to add to the fun, you’ll discover what men noticed about women when they were little and what changes when we grow up.
Address: Rua Marechal Saldanha 1 (Pharmacy Museum Auditorium)
Time: various dates, at 21:30
Tickets: at Fever
At Taguspark
Theater plays coming soon!
No Custom Café – Nirvana Studios
Le Cabaret Rock
This custom Circus show is mind-blowing, with surprising doses of madness, terror, parody and poetic decadence, performed by the irreverent company that created this fantastic theatrical imaginary.
Originally premiered in 2012, Le Cabaret Rock has already been seen by more than 40,000 spectators, for two years in a row, and is now returning in a completely different form.
Extravagant and borderless, this multipolar show is never presented in the same way. Every night is unique!
Address: Estrada Militar 66 (Custom Café – Nirvana Studios, in Oeiras)
Time: various dates, at 8.30pm (with dinner) and 10pm (show only)
Tickets: at Fever
At the Teatro da Trindade Inatel
The Beauty Queen by Leenane
This is just one of the plays on stage at the Teatro da Trindade Inatel, and it will remain here until March 31st.
The action takes place inside a house in the small town of Leenane, on the west coast of Ireland. Mother and daughter live in this house in an unhealthy, codependent relationship.
Address: Avenida Frei Miguel Contreiras 52 (Teatro Maria Matos)
Schedule: until March 31, from Wednesday to Sunday, at 7pm (except from August 23 to 27)
Tickets: from €9 to €12, at website
At the Tivoli BBVA Theater
Happy Birthday
This is a hugely successful international comedy by Marc Camoletti, which was already on stage for six years in London’s West End and on Broadway in New York, before starting to be performed on other stages around the world.
It has already won several international awards and now comes to the Tivoli BBVA Theater with the incomparable João Baião, accompanied by the talent of Cristina Oliveira, Fernando Gomes, Heitor Lourenço, Bruna Andrade and Joana França.
Address: Avenida da Liberdade 182-188 (Teatro Tivoli BBVA)
Schedule: may 23 and 24 at 9 p.m.; May 25 at 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.; May 29, 30 and 31 at 9 p.m.; June 1 at 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.; and June 2 at 4 p.m
Tickets: no website
At the Neighborhood Theater
Freedom is crazy
By Hugo Mestre Amaro, this is the play on stage at Teatro do Bairro from April 3 until April 21.
The action takes place at the beginning of the night on April 25, 2024, in a single, crowded space: the living room in some typical Lisbon neighborhood of a Portuguese family celebrating several birthdays on that holiday .
Address: Rua Luz Soriano 63 (Bairro Alto)
Schedule: from April 3 to 21, Wednesday and Friday at 9:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday at 6 p.m
Tickets: from €6, at website
At the Coliseu dos Recreios
Theater plays coming soon!
At Teatro São Luiz
Diary of a Republic
“Diário de uma República” (Diary of a Republic) is a decade-long theater and photography project that takes an artistic look at the people and landscapes of Portugal.
Address: Rua António Maria Cardoso 38 (Teatro São Luiz, Sala Mário Viegas)
Schedule: from April 3 to 14, Wednesday to Saturday, at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 4 p.m
Tickets: from €12, at website
At the Maria Matos Theater
Portuguese House
“Casa Portuguesa” tells the (fictional) story of an ex-soldier from the Colonial War who, dialoguing with his ghosts, is confronted with the decadence and transformation of the ideals of home, family, country and the canon of the father figure.
A show that combines fado with a war diary and a philosophical essay to create a portrait of what was, what is and what could be (or not be) the patriarchal family unit par excellence, the home, against the backdrop of recent events in our democracy and revisiting the most painful open wounds in our history.
Address: Avenida Frei Miguel Contreiras 52 (Teatro Maria Matos)
Schedule: from May 9 to July 7, Thursday to Saturday at 9 p.m.; Sundays at 5 p.m
Tickets: from €18, at website
At LU.CA – Luís de Camões Theater
Apnea
A nocturnal adventure with puppets in an extraordinary bed, which takes us on a fantasy journey, on the borderline between dreams and reality.
Two characters on a vertical bed, mobile and surprising, which transforms and evolves. While our bodies rest, our spirits wander, taking us to the realm of dreams, where anything can happen.
Address: Calçada da Ajuda 80 (LU.CA – Luís de Camões Theater)
Schedule: from May 9 to 12 (various times)
Tickets: from €3 at website
At the Open Theater
A life in the theater
“A Life in the Theater” focuses on the dynamic between two actors, one older and the other younger, the relationship of competition and camaraderie they establish on and off stage, and their reflections on the performance and meaning of their profession.
They are two different perspectives on theater and life, on what you gain and what you lose when you live so long in the shoes of so many characters.
Address: Rua Armando Cortez (Red Room of the Teatro Aberto, in Praça de Espanha)
Schedule: from March 27 to May 26, Thursdays at 7 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays at 9:30 p.m.; Sundays at 4 p.m
Tickets: from €13.60, at website
Musicals in Lisbon, from the liveliest to the stories that have always enchanted us