ROMEU COSTA

In this book, which is not a comic book or anything like one, every little panel (of fabric) also has a story to tell. There is a patchwork quilt, a grandmother with a good memory and lots of attentive grandchildren. At bedtime, no books are needed: the grandmother just has to look at the quilt and all the characters and plots that live there, for the session to start...” in A Manta, published by Planeta Tangerina

Romeu Costa studied at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. While working as an actor, he also worked as coordinator and director of artistic projects with young non-actors and researchers. For Culturgest, he co-created o show “Enquanto Vivermos” with Pedro Gil. He is currently coordinating artistic projects for the "Maratona de Saúde” competition for the Gulbenkian Foundation and teaches the Science Communication course at Universidade Nova de Lisboa’s Doctoral School.