Portuguese Association of Theatre Critics
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The Portuguese Association of Theatre Critics or Associação Portuguesa de Críticos de Teatro (APCT) is the leading theatrical critic association in Portugal
. Although it dates back to before the 25th of April 1974, it was formally established on 28 November 1984. Its head office is located at 31 Avenida Duque de Loulé, in Lisbon
.
The association was founded by Luiz Francisco Rebello
, Carlos Porto, Fernando Midões, Jorge Listopad, Manuela de Azevedo, Maria Helena Serôdio, José Valentim Lemos, Maria Helena Dá Mesquita, Mário Sério, Orlando Neves, Tito Lívio and José Manuel da Nóbrega.
The formal entry of the Portuguese Association of Theatre Critics internationally occurred in 1987 in East Berlin
, at the Tenth Congress of the International Association of Theatre Critics, and was then represented by the Association members Maria Helena and Eugenia Serôdio Vasques.
The Portuguese Association of Theater Critics has developed its activities in various ways, actively intervening in the allocation of annual premiums, and the organization of (and participation in) meetings, seminars and conferences, both nationally and internationally.
Since 1990, and in various forms, the Portuguese Association of Theater Critics been actively participating in many of the initiatives of the International Association; it was represented in the Executive Committee from 1990 to 1992, when Helena Serôdio was elected as Secretary General, having been successively re-elected in 1994 and 1996. In 1998 she was elected Honorary Secretary General and later passed to direct the International Seminars for young critics. Many young critics and scholars of Portuguese theatre participated in some of these seminars, in several countries.
The most recent Congress of the International Association of Theater Critics, iwas held in October 2003 in Bucharest
, when the Portuguese came to join the Executive Committee, represented by Paulo Eduardo Carvalho.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. Although it dates back to before the 25th of April 1974, it was formally established on 28 November 1984. Its head office is located at 31 Avenida Duque de Loulé, in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
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The association was founded by Luiz Francisco Rebello
Luiz Francisco Rebello
Luiz Francisco Rebello is a Portuguese lawyer, playwright, drama critic, theatrical historian, translator and essayist....
, Carlos Porto, Fernando Midões, Jorge Listopad, Manuela de Azevedo, Maria Helena Serôdio, José Valentim Lemos, Maria Helena Dá Mesquita, Mário Sério, Orlando Neves, Tito Lívio and José Manuel da Nóbrega.
The formal entry of the Portuguese Association of Theatre Critics internationally occurred in 1987 in East Berlin
East Berlin
East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city...
, at the Tenth Congress of the International Association of Theatre Critics, and was then represented by the Association members Maria Helena and Eugenia Serôdio Vasques.
The Portuguese Association of Theater Critics has developed its activities in various ways, actively intervening in the allocation of annual premiums, and the organization of (and participation in) meetings, seminars and conferences, both nationally and internationally.
Since 1990, and in various forms, the Portuguese Association of Theater Critics been actively participating in many of the initiatives of the International Association; it was represented in the Executive Committee from 1990 to 1992, when Helena Serôdio was elected as Secretary General, having been successively re-elected in 1994 and 1996. In 1998 she was elected Honorary Secretary General and later passed to direct the International Seminars for young critics. Many young critics and scholars of Portuguese theatre participated in some of these seminars, in several countries.
The most recent Congress of the International Association of Theater Critics, iwas held in October 2003 in Bucharest
Bucharest
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, when the Portuguese came to join the Executive Committee, represented by Paulo Eduardo Carvalho.