{"id":574,"date":"2026-04-21T14:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meocommediafest.pt\/sobre-o-festival\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:51:19","slug":"sobre-o-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meocommediafest.pt\/en\/sobre-o-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT THE FESTIVAL"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"574\" class=\"elementor elementor-574 elementor-435\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5b4431 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d5b4431\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-686da82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"686da82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <strong>MEO Commedia a La Carte Fest,<\/strong> <strong>Lisbon\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>new international comedy festival<\/strong>, debuts from <strong>October 29 to November 1<\/strong>, celebrating the legacy of <strong>Commedia a La Carte<\/strong>, the biggest national phenomenon in improv comedy. 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