António Lagarto

Who is António Lagarto?

António Lagarto is a Portuguese set and costume designer and artist.

He lived in London through the seventies and eighties, having graduated at St. Martin’s School of Art and the Royal College of Art. He developed his activity between London, Lisbon and Paris. He was Director of Teatro Nacional D. Maria II in 2005 and 2006 and Deputy Director. He was Director of Festival Internacional de Teatro – FIT. Since 2007 he is in charge of the Department of Set and Costume Design at Lisbon's Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema.

Lagarto started his career in performance art and environment / installations. His work has spanned from installations to photography, film, illustration, graphics and interior design. In 1978 he initiated his professional activity in set and costume design. Between 1975 and 1981 he collaborated in several art and design projects with architect Nigel Coates.

His set and costume designs for theatre, dance, ballet and opera have been seen at the Opéra National de Paris, Opera di Torino, Teatro María Guerrero and Teatro de la Comedia in Madrid, at Teatro SESC/Vila Mariana in S. Paulo, at Portuguese National Theatres, at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, Theatre Royal and Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, Théâtre national de la Colline in Paris, amongst others.