Lack of Tea: Humour, Taboos, and Censorship
Lack of Tea: Humour, Taboos, and Censorship
Moderation: Pedro Vieira
Can humour be so powerful that it needs to be suppressed? Can it shake the essential pillars of our societies — make the teacups crack? What danger lies in uncontrolled humour, which tempts certain powers to censor it? And is it even possible to forbid humour? Perhaps there are teas that kill flies.
17 MAR 7:00 p.m.
Tea, Herbal Tea, and Kombucha: Humour and Cultural Differences
Marco Neves, Maria João Cruz
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Is humour universal? Why is it that, pretty much everywhere, we tell the same jokes, changing only the nationality of the characters? Or are there cultural types of humour? Identity-based humour? Is it true that only one type of fly falls into each cup of tea?
25 MAR 7:00 p.m.
Lack of Tea: Humour, Taboos, and Censorship
Rui Lopes and Rita Luís, Mélanie Toulhoat
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Can humour be so powerful that it needs to be eliminated? Can humour shake the essential pillars of our societies? Make teacups crack? What danger does uncontrolled humour pose that leads some censorship powers to want to ban it? And is it even possible to forbid humour? Are there teas that eliminate flies?
1 APR 7:00 p.m.
Cold Tea: Humour, Death, Tragedy, and Fear
Verena Alberti
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Is humour really the best weapon against fear? And against the worst of all fears — the fear of death?
25 MAR 2026
WED 19:00
Free admission*
Duration 2h
*By pre-booking or collecting your ticket 15 minutes before the event (limited to the venue's to capacity).
On the day of the event, pre-bookings that have not been collected will be made available 15 minutes before the start of the event.
Guests
Rui Lopes e Rita Luís, Mélanie Toulhoat
Project design and direction
Miguel Fragata and Inês Barahona
Communication
Mafalda Guedes Vaz
Executive production
Luna Rebelo and Sofia Bernardo
Production
Formiga Atómica
Formiga Atómica is a structure supported by the República Portuguesa – Cultura, Juventude e Desporto / Direção-Geral das Artes and Câmara Municipal de Lisboa / Polo Cultural Gaivotas | Boavista
