Gallery Talks

Sara Barros Leitão will be the guest at April’s Gallery Talks.

Born in Porto in 1990, Sara Barros Leitão is an actress, director and playwright who works regularly in television, film and theatre. An actress, director and playwright, she works regularly in television, film and theatre. She has frequently appeared as an actress at the São João National Theatre and the D. Maria II National Theatre (TNDMII) in recent years, working with directors such as Nuno Carinhas and Tiago Rodrigues. As a director and creator, her notable productions include the concert performances of Gil Vicente’s Trilogia das Barcas (2018) and William Shakespeare’s King Lear (2019), co-produced by the CCB and Toy Ensemble; Teoria das Três Idades (2018), co-produced by the Teatro Experimental do Porto and the Teatro Municipal do Porto and voted one of the shows of the year by Público; Todos os dias me sujo de coisas eternas (2019), based on research into Porto’s place names and presented as part of the Cultura em Expansão project; and Monólogo de uma mulher chamada Maria com a sua patroa (2020), voted one of the shows of the year by Público, named Best Show in the City of Lisbon by Time Out magazine and nominated for Best Show at the 2022 Golden Globes. Best Performed Portuguese Text at the SPA Awards (Portuguese Society of Authors). She won the first TNDMII/AGEAS Revelation Award. She was guest artistic director at Teatro Oficina. In 2020, she founded the artistic collective Cassandra, which she directs, to develop her projects.

Photography: Renato Cruz Santos