about us
The Companhia Cepa Torta, founded in 1999, works in the area of theatre with original creations and programming projects and collaborations with other artists, developing its activity from Marvila, Lisbon. It crosses different territories — geographical, social and artistic — with the aim of thinking of the scene as a place of encounter and friction, seeing the artist as a place of struggle against the normalization of thought, and preferring open, experimental languages, focused on the idea of constructive deconstruction: questioning meanings in order to find others that can also work.
It is organized around three axes: theatrical research and creation of shows , often from the intersection of classical texts and new dramaturgy, under the direction of Miguel Maia; participatory arts , with a focus on collaborative creation with children and young people and on the ongoing relationship with territories outside the major centers (Projeto Recomeçar, developed with around 600 children from schools in Marvila, Lisbon, and Projeto Malacate, started in 2021 at Mina de S. Domingos, Mértola, which combines artistic creation, collective memory and community involvement); and artistic training and decentralization , with Esta Noite Grita-se — a feast of interpreted readings of contemporary texts, which is in its 9th season and includes the Prêmio Nova Dramaturgia de Autoria Feminina, with texts published annually in book form.
STRUCTURE FINANCED BY
PARCEIRO MECENAS: MARVÃOGEST, LDA
team
We work with a small nuclear team and a group
of people who collaborate on different projects.
Master in Theater and Community by ESTC. He works as a director, actor and project coordinator for the company.
Actor and graduated in Production by ESTC. Co-artistic director of the project “Esta noite grita-se” with Miguel Maia.
He has been collaborating with Cepa Torta since 2022 and in 2025, he will co-direct the project Malacate and Vagabundas - Mercedes Blasco Artistic Residencies.
Member of the Board of Directors, she is also a photographer and responsible for communicating the initiatives developed by the Company.
Graduated in Theater - production branch, from ESTC
He is currently part of the Company's production team.
psychologist and psychotherapist,
with experience in artistic-pedagogical projects.