Dates / Schedules
Thursday and Friday, march 11 and 12, 2027 8:00pm
Saturday, march 13, 2027 7:00pm
Sunday, march 14, 2027 5:00pm
On the day that the editorial team of a small independent investigative journalism project bids farewell to its first home, Carolina returns after a long absence. Her return will bring her face to face with the newspaper’s new direction and uncover several delicate unresolved issues. A play about freedom of the press and fundamental values, set within a group where professional ties are intertwined with intimate relationships of love and friendship, and where each person is dealing, in their own way, with a recent trauma that has affected them all.
The play explores complex moral and ethical dilemmas, the tension between ideals and survival, and the personal cost of pursuing the truth in a system that penalises dissent. Fumo is a reflection on loyalty, friendship and the compromises required when confronting injustice.
The text was written as part of the international project Writing on New Realities, drawing on artistic residencies in Portugal and Turkey. It was published in a Turkish edition by Habitus Kitap (2025).
Accessibility: Performance with Portuguese Sign Language interpretation on 14 March at 5pm.
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Ages
Age rating to be determined by CCE
Data sheet
Text and Direction Tiago Correia
Assistant Director Francisca Sobrinho
Performance Francisca Sobrinho, João Cravo Cardoso, Miguel Nunes and
Joana de Verona
Set Design Ana Gormicho
Costume Design Sara Miro
Lighting Design Pedro Nabais
Original Music André Júlio Turquesa
Sound Design and Sound Effects Filipe Louro
Image Francisco Lobo
Production Management Inês Arinto
Executive Production Inês Guedes Pereira and Mariana Lourenço
Communication and Mediation Ana Tomás Lopes
Design Francisco Ribeiro
Research and Mediation Programme Support Fumaça (investigative journalism
project)
Mediation Programme Curation Margarida David Cardoso
Mediation Programme Guests to be confirmed
Production A Turma (a company funded by the Portuguese Republic – Culture, Youth
and Sport / DGArtes)
Co-production Centro Cultural de Belém, Cineteatro Louletano and Teatro
Nacional São João
Support in Istanbul Camões I.P. / Embassy of Portugal in Ankara, Akbank
Sanat (Istanbul) / IO Festival (Istanbul), GalataPerform (Istanbul) and Kaş
Theatre Days (Kaş)
Editorial Support Habitus Kitap (Turkey) and Húmus (Portugal)
Photo: FUMO (c) Francisco Lobo
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50% for Arts and culture professionals
50% for unemployed
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20% for people over 65 / for under 30s / students / for groups of more than 20 people
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