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SillySeason’s Macbeth Turns the Audience into Accomplices

A Lisbon theatre collective weaponises Shakespeare to make audiences complicit in the populist spectacle they thought they were merely watching.

News · 2 min read · 3 days ago
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Today, composed changes with the city, every day

Shade & water today

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picked by the weather

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Happening today

28 July

The events desk opens shortly — concerts, openings, and markets will land here each morning.

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Freshly fact-checked

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The Pulse all news →

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The Derby Line Season 2026/27 — the city picks its colours in August.

The Awards

1st edition
2026

Lisbon, judged with love

Golden Spoon
Golden Bean
Golden Bar

The city's honest awards for eating, coffee, and nights out. Public methodology, unbuyable verdicts — members nominate and vote.

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Culture Desk five, and only five

O Cartaz

The week's five things worth leaving the house for. Curated by refusal.

Stage 01

São Luiz Teatro Municipal

Chiado's velvet room keeps the city's theatre honest — read the week's bill before it sells.

The interval: a bica at A Brasileira, two streets up.

Sound 02

Hot Clube de Portugal

Europe's oldest jazz cellar, running since 1948 on brass and sweat.

The interval: the kiosk on Praça da Alegria, across the square.

Screen 03

Cinemateca Portuguesa

The national film archive screens what the platforms forgot.

The interval: 39 Degraus, upstairs in the same building.

After Dark 04

Tasca do Chico

Fado vadio in Bairro Alto: amateurs sing, the room decides.

Arrive before ten or listen from the street.

Wildcard 05

Feira da Ladra

Tuesdays and Saturdays, Campo de Santa Clara empties its attics.

The interval: coffee at the Santa Clara kiosks.

Em Cartaz the screen, this week

Em Português made and spoken here
In cinemas · 23 Jul

Portuguese Love

Ismail Sahin’s PT–Turkey co-production stars Diogo Morgado opposite Cansu Dere, shot between Ericeira, Lisbon and Istanbul. Lightweight but sun-soaked.

Cinemateca · through Jul

Rostos do Variedades

Free screenings of restored Portuguese classics—‘A Canção de Lisboa,’ ‘O Costa do Castelo’ and more—marking the Teatro Variedades centenary.

The Rest of the World everything else on screen
In cinemas · 16 Jul

The Odyssey

Nolan adapts Homer in never-before-seen IMAX. Matt Damon as Ulysses, Anne Hathaway as Penelope, 95 % on Rotten Tomatoes and still filling rooms.

In cinemas · 30 Jul

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Destin Daniel Cretton picks up the web. Tom Holland and Zendaya return; Jon Bernthal’s Punisher and Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk join the ride.

In cinemas · 23 Jul

De Mãos Atadas

Ángel de la Cruz’s claustrophobic Spanish horror: a novelist binds himself for research and cannot get free. Jaime Lorente carries the film almost solo.

Agenda Desk arenas to cellars

Coming to Town

Who has booked the city — the names worth planning around.

29 Sep Placebo Campo Pequeno
10 Oct Gilberto Gil Coliseu dos Recreios
11 Oct Djavan · Misty Fest MEO Arena
16 Oct Alphaville Campo Pequeno
22 Oct Laura Pausini MEO Arena
27 Oct Anastacia Campo Pequeno
29 Oct André Rieu MEO Arena
1 Nov Brandi Carlile Campo Pequeno
15 Nov Amon Amarth MEO Arena
18 Nov Joe Jackson Aula Magna
Food Desk every Sunday
Mesa de Domingo

One place. One story. Once a week.

The long read on the tables that made this city.

Primeiro

This week's table

The Sunday essay — with the rubric on the table: produce, technique, value, service, space.

Segundo

Miradouro da Senhora do Monte

Freshly verified — the newest entry to survive our fact-check.

Sobremesa

Pastéis de Belém

The 1837 classic — the benchmark every pastel de nata still answers to.

Walk your neighbourhoods

Night Desk on and underground

The Night Circuit

The rooms where the city plays live — from jazz cellars to riverside dancefloors.

B.Leza Cais do Sodré

Kizomba and semba on the river since 1995.

 Damas Graça

An old bakery up front, a concert room out back.

 Fábrica Braço de Prata Marvila

A factory of rooms: books, pianos, concerts.

 Galeria Zé dos Bois Bairro Alto

The art-house stage where the underground auditions.

 Hot Clube de Portugal

Europe's oldest jazz cellar, swinging since 1948.

 Lux Frágil

The riverside institution that made Lisbon nights famous.

 Musicbox Cais do Sodré

Under the pink street, the city's indie engine room.

 Tasca do Chico Bairro Alto

Fado vadio: amateurs sing, the room decides.
The Standing Beat
B.Leza live orchestras Thursdays & Fridays; DJs and dance classes Saturdays
Tasca do Chico fado vadio most nights — arrive before ten
Hot Clube de Portugal jazz sets through the week in the Praça da Alegria cellar
Opinion Desk signed, always

Cartas à Cidade

Essays written to Lisbon, in the second person.

Lisboa, we moved in without asking you first. You answered anyway — with weather, with hills that argue against hurry, with a light that forgives bad days. This magazine is our reply: we will keep your record honestly, date every claim, and never mistake you for a backdrop.

— Lisbohemian Editorial

Para Registo — once a month, the magazine takes a position on one city question. On the record.

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The Directory: every place, actually visited.

No copied lists, no five-year-old opening hours. We go, we check, we date-stamp every entry — so when you cross the city for a table or a view, it's there.

Restaurants Cafés Bars Miradouros2 Gardens1 Open the map →
The City Desk practical Lisbon, verified

Papelada

Lisbon's paperwork, explained in plain words. Visas, taxes, property, money.

Law Visas compared: D7, D8, D2 — in plain words 2026
Tax IFICI, the new NHR, explained 2026
Property Buying a flat: CPCV to escritura, the full sequence 2026
Money A mortgage as a foreigner — what banks actually ask 2026
Papers NIF, NISS, Utente: the first-week checklist 2026

Horário de Expediente — one reader question, answered by a vetted professional, every week. Ask the desk →

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“Oh blue sky — the same one of my childhood —”
Fernando Pessoa · Lisbon Revisited, 1923
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