Smoke

On the day the newsroom of a small independent investigative journalism project says goodbye to what was its first home, Carolina returns after a long absence. Her return will confront her with the newspaper's new paradigm and lift the veil on several delicate pending matters. A play about press freedom and fundamental values, within a group where professional ties are intertwined with intimate relationships of love and friendship, and where each person deals, in their own way, with a recent trauma that affected them all. The play explores complex moral and ethical dilemmas, the tension between ideals and survival, and the personal cost of seeking the truth in a system that penalizes dissent. Smoke is a reflection on loyalty, friendship, and the compromises demanded when confronting injustice. The text was written within the framework of the international project Writing on New Realities, based on artistic residencies in Portugal and Turkey. It was published in a Turkish edition by Habitus Kitap (2025). Accessibility: Performance with Portuguese Sign Language interpretation on March 14.