
Event endedHeld on October 07, 2025 – November 02, 2025
Rio de Janeiro Theatre Festival
R. do Passeio, 38/40 - Centro
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Rio will win in October a new event that promises to be established in the city's cultural calendar: the first edition of the Rio de Janeiro Theatre Festival. With a duration of almost one month, from October 7 to November 2, the festival will occupy the Riachuelo Theatre.
Rio will win in October a new event that promises to be established in the city's cultural calendar: the first edition of the Rio de Janeiro Theatre Festival. With a duration of almost one month, from October 7 to November 2, the festival will occupy the Riachuelo Theatre.
The event will bring together 12 recent shows that marked the theatrical scene, as well as debates, workshops and meetings with professionals from Brazil and abroad. Among the montages that will return to the stage are ‘Prime Facie’starred Deborah Falabella, and ‘Monkeys’With Clayton Nascimento. They also integrate the programming ‘To Alive – inside someone’s head’ (Renata Sorrah and Brazilian Company), ‘I don’t give myself up, No! ’ (Othon Bastos), ‘The Heaven of Language’ (Gregório Duvivier) ‘King Kong Fran’ (Raphaela Azevedo) and ‘Tom on Farm’ (Armando Babaioff), who completes almost nine years on the poster.
Confirmed shows:
October 7 and 8 (Third and Fourth): ‘To Vivo [inside someone’s head]’ - With Renata Sorrah and the Brazilian Company. Direction: Marcio Abreu.
9 October (fifth): ‘The extra’ - With Matthew Solano
10 October: ‘Stop Talking Bad About Routine’ - With Elisa Lucinda
11 October (Saturday): ‘Monkeys’, with Clayton Nascimento
12 October (Sunday): ‘I do not give myself, No’, with Othon Bastos
14 October (third): ‘Bras Cubas’, with the Warehouse Theater Company
From 16 to 19 October (fifth to Sunday): ‘Scenes of Menopause’, with Claudia Ray and Jarbas Man of Mello
21 to 22 October (third and fourth): ‘Fictions’, with Vera Holtz, direction of Rodrigo Portella
23 October (fifth): ‘Tom na Fazenda’, with Armando Babaioff and Denise Del Vecchio, direction of Rodrigo Portella
24 to 26 October (Friday to Sunday): ‘The Heaven of Language’, with Gregorio Duvivier
October 29th (fourth) - ‘King Kong Fran’, with Rafaela Azevedo
31 October to 2 November (Friday to Sunday) - ‘Prima Facie’, with Deborah Falabella and direction of Yara de Novaes
ServiceRio de Janeiro Theatre FestivalDates: 07/10 to 02/11
Location: The Riachuelo Theatre
Address: R. of the Walk, 38/40 - Center
Ticket: Learn how to acquire Here.
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Dates (6)
Last date
October 31 – November 2
All day
R. do Passeio, 38/40 - Centro
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October 7 – 12
All day
R. do Passeio, 38/40 - Centro
Tue, October 14
All day
R. do Passeio, 38/40 - Centro
October 16 – 19
All day
R. do Passeio, 38/40 - Centro
October 21 – 26
All day
R. do Passeio, 38/40 - Centro
Wed, October 29
All day
R. do Passeio, 38/40 - Centro
Starts
Tuesday, October 07
Ends
Sunday, November 02
Admission
Paid admission
Address
R. do Passeio, 38/40 - Centro
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