Bios

We are dedicated to the creation and production of theatre shows in conjunction with other artistic expressions (music, dance, sound arts, visual arts), performed throughout the country. We have participated in colloquia and lectures on historical theatre, aiming at heritage education, in which areas we provide training and capacity building activities. We regularly collaborate on film, video, theatre and music projects, both with acting work and with the rental or creation of costumes, set design and props.

We have established partnerships with various entities in the creation and production of theatre, music, dance and artistic crossover shows, including artistic direction, production, set design, characterization, wardrobe, props, dramaturgy, text (creation of dramatic text and adaptation of texts for theatre).

We create and build costumes, sets and props, for our own use and for rental.

Following 10 years of work developed by Sons & Ecos, we founded Cantiga D’Alba – Associação Cultural, in 2017, whose work in the area of culture and education has been developed and presented mainly in the Municipality of Oeiras, but also throughout the country. In 2023, Cantiga D’Alba was awarded the silver medal of merit by the Oeiras City Council for the work developed in the area of culture.

Examples of entities and places where Sons & Ecos and Cantiga D’Alba have developed projects and presented shows:

Almada: Museu de Almada – Casa da Cidade; Museu de Almada – Covas de Pão; Biblioteca Municipal José Saramago.

Arouca: Mosteiro de Arouca

Avis: Centro Interpretativo da Ordem de Avis.

Braga: Museu dos Biscainhos; Mosteiro de Tibães; Palácio do Raio; Convento do Pópulo; Paços do Concelho de Braga; Biblioteca Municipal de Braga; Auditório do Conservatório de Música Calouste Gulbenkian.

Bucelas: Museu do Vinho; Igreja Matriz de Bucelas.

Cadaval: Real Fábrica do Gelo; Quinta do Gradil.

Cascais: Museu dos Condes de Castro Guimarães; Vila Romana de Freiria; Galeão do sal «Estou para ver»; Forte de Santo António da Barra; Casa de Santa Maria.

Castelo Branco: Paço Episcopal e Jardins; Praça Manuel Cargaleiro; Castelo; Museu Tavares Proença Júnior; Largo da Igreja de Louriçal do Campo; Cineteatro Avenida.

Coimbra: Antiga Igreja do Convento de São Francisco

Covilhã: Teatro Municipal

Évora: Convento do Espinheiro.

Gaia: Real Companhia Velha.

Idanha a Nova: Centro Cultural Raiano.

Lagoa: Centro Cultural Convento de São José.

Lamego: Museu de Lamego; Teatro Ribeiro Conceição; Escadório da Nossa Senhora dos Remédios;

Lisboa: Núcleo Arqueológico da Rua dos Correeiros; Museu da Cidade de Lisboa – Palácio Pimenta; Teatro Romano de Lisboa; Museu de São Roque; Palácio Foz; Assembleia da República; Lisbon Quake; Casa do Alentejo; Palácio Nacional da Ajuda; Freguesia da Ajuda; Praça de Touros do Campo Pequeno, Bolsa de Turismo de Lisboa; Palácio do Governador (Belém).

Oeiras: Palácio e Jardins Marquês de Pombal; Parque dos Poetas; Quinta Real de Caxias; Fábrica da Pólvora de Barcarena; Auditório Ruy de Carvalho; Casal da Manteiga, Mercado Municipal de Algés; Mercado Municipal de Paço d’Arcos; Auditório José de Castro, Jardim de Tercena.

Oleiros: Auditório da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Oleiros.

Penamacor: Casa do Povo; Pátio das Tílias.

Pedrógão Grande: Largo da Devesa; centro histórico.

Pombal: Museu Marquês de Pombal; Museu de Arte Popular; Jardim do Cardal.

Proença-a-Nova: Auditório Municipal.

Queluz: Pousada do Palácio de Queluz e Cozinha Velha; Aqueduto de Queluz; Parque urbano Felício Loureiro e Parque das Cavalariças; Bairro Conde Almeida Araújo; Palácio Nacional de Queluz; Jardim Central.

Reguengos de Monsaraz: Biblioteca Municipal.

São João da Pesqueira: Praça da República; Quinta e Palácio de Cidrô.

Seixal: Biblioteca Municipal José Saramago; Escola Básica de Fernão Ferro; Escola Básica dos Redondos.

Setúbal: Praça de Bocage.

Sintra: Adega de Colares

Tomar: Instituto Politécnico de Tomar

Vila Real de Santo António: Centro Cultural António Aleixo.

Vila Velha de Ródão: Casa das Artes e Cultura do Tejo; Estação Arqueológica da Foz do Enxarrique.

Our team

Raquel Alves Coelho | Artistic and pedagogical direction

She has been working in the areas of Culture and Education since 1991. In 1992, she founded the cultural and artistic collective Modus Vivendi, where she dedicated herself to the creation and production of cultural projects until 1996. She was part of the coordination team of the Educational Service of the National Palace of Queluz (1996 - 2007). She was responsible for Menagement and Promotion of the singer Teresa Salgueiro (2007 - 2010). She is a founding partner of Sons & Ecos, Lda., where she creates and produces cultural and educational projects, taking on artistic and pedagogical direction roles since 2007.

She is the author of texts for theatre, translation, adaptation and dramaturgy. She directs the creation of costumes and set design. In 2017, she founded Cantiga D'Alba - Cultural Association, of which she is president, with the social objective of creating, interpreting, promoting and communicating artistic and cultural works, and producing and carrying out artistic, cultural, educational, literary, training and scientific activities. She worked in translation (French – Portuguese / Portuguese – French), namely for cinema, between 1993 and 2019.

Her training has expanded into several areas, which, in her view, complement and interact with each other. She completed the 12th grade at the António Arroio Art School, in painting. She holds a degree in Modern Languages and Literature (Faculty of Arts, University of Lisbon). Master's degree in Art, Heritage and Restoration with the thesis Living History. Historical Recreation as a Vehicle for the Dissemination of National Historical and Artistic Heritage (1986-2009). Concepts and Practices (Faculty of Arts, University of Lisbon), distinguished with the Prize for Best Study on Museology (Honourable Mention), APOM Awards 2011. Following this path, she obtained the Diploma corresponding to the Advanced Training Course, in the doctoral course in Art, Heritage and Restoration (FLUL).

In the area of Teaching, she obtained a Master's degree from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa – Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, having taught Portuguese and French in the 3rd Cycle and Secondary Education.

Catarina Coelho | Communication, Design, Characterization, Dance and Production

Graduated in Communication Design from IADE - Instituto Superior de Artes Visuais, Design e Marketing. With specialized courses in Adobe Indesign - Advanced and Adobe Photoshop - Advanced, from FLAG. Trained at LAGO Explorer, in Heilbronn - Germany. Worked as a freelancer for several entities, in the area of design - creation of corporate image. Worked as a graphic designer for Vimeca Transportes and Scotturb between 2004 and 2006. Between 2006 and 2018, worked at Lidl&cia, in the Marketing and Advertising department, starting with the management of the website, as well as pagination and graphic creation work, and went on to coordinate a pagination team for various graphic media, including the Dica da Semana newspaper. In the area of design, created fashion catalogs for the brand, graphic development for brand activations at the Lisbon Zoo. In charge of managing television and radio advertisements for the non-food area. More recently, she was in charge of managing and coordinating the television program “Chef de Família” – broadcast on Fox Life, with Chef Henrique Sá Pessoa.

Ten years of training in classical dance with Nilma Williams, attending the Sussex Summer School in the United Kingdom for 4 years, during which time she developed knowledge in various types of dance, from classical to modern and contemporary. She has developed production and image work in the performing arts for Sons & Ecos and Cantiga D’Alba. She is part of the team of these entities, being responsible for the areas of communication, design, image and dance.

Anaïs Le Saux | Sound engineer, Production

Graduated in Sound and Image – sound branch, from the Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha. Postgraduate in Musical Arts from Universidade Nova de Lisboa – Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Postgraduate in Acoustics from the same faculty. She has held DJ and music production workshops at ProDJ. She participated in the Sound Design Masterclass, with Rui Miranda, at Restart. She has created and produced sound recording, mixing and sound design projects for Sons & Ecos, Casa da Achada, Câmara Municipal de Oeiras, Cantiga D’Alba. She did an internship in the area of live sound at the company Puro Audio, having subsequently carried out several works in this area, becoming a member of the entourage of singer Teresa Salgueiro in 2019, with whom she has worked internationally in live sound. She carries out sound recording, mixing and mastering projects in the music industry and in sound design. Worked on the promotion of the film «Andar em Frente», by Helena Inverno and Verónica Castro. She is a member of the Sons & Ecos team (2018 – present) where she creates sound design for theatre, for soundwalks and other sound creations for multidisciplinary shows. In this entity, she is part of the production, promotion and animation team, costume design and set design. She is an associate of Cantiga D’Alba where she works in her training and professional area. She has worked as a trainer in the area of music production in the studio and has developed community projects with young people for social inclusion, through artistic and technological activities applied to sound.