Pedro Penim is one of the artistic directors of Teatro Praga collective. His work as a director and actor also extends to writing, conferences, translation and teaching and has been presented throughout the Portuguese territory as well as in France, Italy, Brazil, the United Kingdom, China, Germany, Spain, Slovakia, Turkey, Israel, Slovenia, Norway and Hungary.

Recently, his play Antes / Before served as a script for the film Past Perfect by Jorge Jácome, integrated in the official selection of Berlinale 2019. Outside Teatro Praga he worked with the British company Forced Entertainment (Quizoola!, 2014), the Belgian company tg STAN (Point Blank, 1998), Ant Hampton and Tim Etchells (The Quiet Volume, 2012) and Nassim Suleimanpour (White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, 2019).

In 2021, Pedro Penim became director of the Teatro Nacional Dona Maria II in Lisbon, and in January 2023, the theatre closed its doors for renovation, marking the start of… ‘a national odyssey’! Penim explained their idea to create a «more horizontal programming and operating model», which «think(s) about the needs of the territories and not just a need for production».

Thus the theatre’s programme has extended beyond the walls of the historic building, and since then the Odisseia Nacional project has taken the TNDM to over a hundred municipalities, presenting performances, workshops and activities in schools and communities. The reopening date is set for 18 September 2026.

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Doing It
2021 Edition
01.10 – 10.10