We are happy to share news from our sister Horizon Europe initiative, PREMIERE, which will host its final event, “PREMIERE Live: A Festival of Performing Arts, Technology & Experimentation”, on September 18, 2025, at Coliseu Porto Ageas in Porto, Portugal.
This high-level public event will bring together industry experts, creatives, researchers, and policymakers to reflect on key transformations on the crossroads of live performance, digital technology, and creative research. With the European media landscape in rapid evolution—driven by technological innovation, shifts in audience behavior, and new distribution paradigms—this evening offers a one-of-a-kind opportunity to get acquainted with all the tools developed within PREMIERE in a single immersive experience. .
WHY ATTEND?
This event offers a rare chance to explore the technologies and methodologies developed through the PREMIERE project. See first-hand how new technologies bring fresh possibilities to the creation, preservation, and accessibility of the performing arts.
– Performances on two stages. Experience Re-embodied Machine on the Arena Stage and Intuition Machine and VR Theatre experimentation on the Black Box Stage of Coliseu Porto Ageas.
– Multisensory and interactive experiences. Take part in archive mediation sessions and of archives multimodal and multidimensional experience. Discover how cultural heritage is preserved and made accessible through technology.
🎟️ The event is open to the public, and registrations are now live via the PREMIERE website.

