Cine-teatro António Pinheiro

Cine-teatro António Pinheiro (Old & New) Rua D. Marcelino Franco

The "Old" Theatre was finally built in 1968 and broken down in 2018. this cine-theatre began as a project (see drawing front) by the architect Manuel Gomes da Costa(1921-2016), who already in 1955 completes and signs the integral project of renovation of the primitive and anachronistic theatre then existing, adapting it now also for cinema.

Once again MGdC presents a bold modernist project, which will have been inspired by the remodelling and adaptation to cinema of the before Batalha Theatre in Porto, the city of "his" modernist school. In both projects (which separate in about 8 years) the force of the imagery that animates the whole facade, produces on the outside an invitation and appeal to all this new, after all Modern, cinematic dynamics. But the project never landed.....

It was only in 1966 that another renovation project was made, and approved in 1968. At the beginning of construction in that year, new alterations were also made to the approved project, and finally the building took its current configuration till it was broken down...

In 2018, the construction started on a totaly new designed multifunctional theater for various cultural activities (dance, theatre, film and music), under the old name: "Cineteatro António Pinheiro" with a seating capacity of almost 600 seats. The new design (see photo of the model) with a 14 m. high tower caused quite a stir among the inhabitants of Tavira..... The new building is now finished and it's up to you to make a judgment about new and old. Although of course you have to visit a performance in the new theatre to really experience it .... but that dark tower of 14 m ?

Photos from the exhibition "Modernismo em Tavira": copyright @ANAFA