Jozé Sabugo

José António Soares Figueira, also known as Jozé Sabugo, is a storyteller, teacher, stage actor, and director from Portugal.

He studied at the Berthold Brecht Theatre and the Theatre of the Oppressed with Augusto Boal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as well as in Portugal.

He began his professional storytelling career in 1995 after creating the project *Hora do Conto* (Story Time), which brought books and reading to life at the Municipal Library of Sintra, Portugal. He was the first to introduce storytelling at a National Ethnography Congress, with one of the tales even broadcast live on Rádio Renascença.

After studying and performing theater in Brazil, he returned to Portugal and founded the Grupo Acusa Teatro (Accuses Theatre Group). Since then, he has continuously shared stories—through oral narration, library readings, school visits, museum programs, and festival performances.

In addition to storytelling, he works regularly in theater as a teacher, producer, programmer, and director at Casa das Cenas – Educação pela Arte (House of Scenes – Education through Art) in Sintra. He is also a member of the International Storytelling Network.

More information: Hora do Conto em Sintra