34th Macao Arts Festival
“Macbettu”
TICKETING
1. Tickets for the programmes and the Outreach Programme “Selected Screenings of International Stage Performances” will be on sale simultaneously through the Macau Ticketing Network outlets, telephone and online booking from 10am on 23 March (Saturday).
2. On the first day of ticket sales, ticket purchases for the concert Frances Yip and Macao Chinese Orchestra are limited to a maximum of 4 tickets per performance per person; ticket purchases for all other shows are limited to a maximum of 10 tickets per performance per person.
SPECIAL TICKET ARRANGEMENTS
1. "Children Package” (including one child ticket and one adult ticket) and “Observer Tickets” are available for the show The Little Book. “Children Package” suitable for babies aged from 6 months to children aged 3 years old, who must be accompanied by an adult; “Observer Tickets” are limited to adults only and seating is assigned in designated area;
2. The “By Your Side Package” (including two tickets) is available for the show By Your Side – Forever here with you, which is suitable for children aged 6 years old and above;
3. The “Children Package”, “By Your Side Package” and the “Observer Tickets” cannot be used in conjunction with other offers.
TICKET DISCOUNTS
Early Bird Discounts #
Enjoy 30% discount on ticket purchases between 23 and 31 March, and 20% discount when buying tickets for the programmes on or after 1 April:
1. For at least 4 different performances; *
2. When purchasing 10 or more tickets for the same performance (group tickets);
3. For holders of Macao Teacher Card. ^
“Wondrous Encounters on Stage” Package
Enjoy 30% discount on ticket purchases for three different performances, including the Grand Opening: Jungle Book reimagined, Frankenstein/Creatures, Sleeping Beauty, Duck Pond and The Fury of My Thoughts, or two or more tickets for any performances of the show Duck Pond.
Selected Screenings of International Stage Performances
Enjoy 30% discount on ticket purchases for two different performances, including The Life of Pi, Brokeback Mountain, Written on Water and Some Like It Hip Hop.
Exclusive discount for BOC (Macau) cardholders
Enjoy 30% discount on tickets for the special programmes, including opening performance Jungle Book reimagined and the show Sino-Portuguese Concert, by presenting a BOC (Macau) Credit Card or BOC (Macau) Card.
20% discount #
1. For CCM Friends, OM Friends, Friends of the Macao Chinese Orchestra, Friends of the Macao Museum of Art when buying tickets between 23 and 31 March;
2. For holders of BOC (Macau) Credit Card or BOC (Macau) Card (not applicable to the special programmes);
3. For holders of MasterCard, VISA card or UnionPay card from ICBC, BNU, Luso International Banking Ltd, BCM Bank, Tai Fung Bank and OCBC Macau.
4. For Air Macau customers who purchase tickets at the Macau Ticketing Network outlets by presenting their respective boarding pass (flight code NX) within 7 days upon their arrival in Macao.
50% discount ^#
1. For holders of valid full-time Student Card (holders of local student card or overseas student card) on ticket purchases for two different performances;
2. For holders of Macao Senior Citizen Card or Disability Assessment Registration Card.
# The offer is not applicable to ticket purchases for the Outreach Programme activities.
* The offer is only applicable to tickets for the 34th MAF purchased through the Macau Ticketing Network.
^ Each cardholder can only use one discounted ticket per performance. Cardholders are required to present the respective document for admission, otherwise the full ticket fare will be charged.
A BEAUTIFUL OFFER FOR ART LOVERS **
Customers who purchase over MOP500 (net price after discount) are entitled to receive MGM dinning voucher* and one ticket for the “Wondrous Encounters” lucky draw, and will be eligible to win fabulous prizes. Buy more, get more! Tickets are subject to availability.
** Terms and conditions apply. The offer is only applicable to tickets for the 34th MAF purchased through the Macau Ticketing Network.
* Enjoy 15% discount at selected restaurants at MGM by presenting this voucher and registering as an MGM member. The Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government and MGM reserve the right of interpretation and final decision regarding any dispute concerning these terms and conditions.
FREE PERFORMANCES AND GENERAL SEATING
Seating for all free admission venues and for the performances in the Box II of the Macao Cultural Centre, Mandarin’s House, The Old Ladies’ House of the Macao Holy House of Mercy and Former Iec Long Firecracker Factory, as well as screenings at Cinematheque．Passion is not assigned and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
FREE TRANSPORTATION
Free transportation to Praça Ferreira Amaral, Av. Horta e Costa, Fai Chi Kei and Toi San will be available after every performance at the Macao Cultural Centre.
NOTICE
1. The organiser strongly urges audience members to arrive at the performance venues 10 minutes before the performances;
2. The organiser reserves the right to determine at what time and in what manner latecomers are admitted, and to reject the admission of latecomers or audience members who abandon the performance venue during the performance;
3. Children under the age of 6 will not be admitted to the programmes and outreach activities. Some of the programmes and outreach activities have minimum age restrictions and suggestions. Please refer to the introduction of the programmes and outreach activities. The organiser reserves the right to request and to examine the valid ID to determine his or her age, and to deny admission to any person when proof of minimum age cannot be provided;
4. Since some programmes are still in the creation process, the minimum age restrictions and suggestions are tentative. If there is an adjustment in regards to the minimum age restrictions and suggestions according to the content of the programme, spectators with tickets for the programmes that are not suitable for them to attend the programmes, can request a refund by presenting their intact tickets within the designated period. For any updates about the adjustment of age restrictions, the organiser will announce on the Macao Arts Festival website and the respective page on Facebook in due course;
5. All mobile phones, beeping and lighting devices should be switched off throughout the performances;
6. Smoking, eating, drinking or the possession of plastic bags and/or objects considered dangerous is prohibited in the performance venues;
7. To avoid undue disturbance to the performers and audience members, cameras and recording devices are strictly prohibited unless expressly authorized by the organiser;
8. The organiser reserves the right to change the programme, the cast of performers, the performing date or time and the seats at any time;
9. In case of inclement weather conditions, please check the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s website, the Macao Arts Festival website and the respective page on Facebook for the latest updates;
10. The Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government reserves the right of interpretation and final decision of any disputes on these terms.
COUNTER SALES
Macao
- 71-B, Av. do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida, G/F
- 108, Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira, Palácio Bldg, G/F (Next to Café de Coral)
- 176-186, Av. Artur Tamagnini Barbosa, D. Julieta Bldg, G/F
- 267, Av. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, Lei Man Bldg, G/F F, Taipa+
+Ticketing outlets may be temporarily relocated. Please refer to the updates on the website of the Macau Ticketing Network.
TICKETING HOTLINES AND WEBSITES
Macao: (853) 2855 5555
Hong Kong: (852) 2380 5083
Mainland China: (86) 139 269 11111
Online Ticketing: www.macauticket.com
ENQUIRIES
Telephone: (853) 8399 6699 (during office hours)
Email: fam@icm.gov.mo
Website: www.icm.gov.mo/fam
Dark thirst for power
This is Shakespeare like we have never seen or heard before! Macbettu is a physical theatre play transposing the classical Macbeth to the Sardinia’s ancient culture and language. Conceived by Alessandro Serra, one of the most personal directors on the Italian stage, this daring take delivers an all-male cast in the purest Elizabethan tradition.
The Bard’s ever-contemporary story of ambition and betrayal has been re-written into a lucid, yet passionate reflection on human abyss. In a spectacle of images, sounds and hypnotic gestures, Macbettu takes us back to ancient times, revisiting classical archetypes through ancestral rituals, in a struggle between characters, against the primordial forces of nature. An empty space is filled by rocks, dust, iron and blood, crossed by the actors’ martial physicality. The sombre setting draws locations and evokes presences in a play that launched Serra’s work on the international scene.
Distinguished as Best Production by the Italian UBU Awards, this show hasn’t stopped touring ever since it premiered. Thoroughly soaked in the remains of distant civilizations, this reinvented Shakespearean masterpiece has now eventually reached us. An intense ride, certainly not meant for the fainthearted.
Director, Set, Lighting and Costume Designer: Alessandro Serra
Sardinian Translator and Linguistic Consultant: Giovanni Carroni
Stage Movement Collaboration: Chiara Michelini
Co-production: Sardinia Theatre and TeatroPersona Company
International Tour Management: Aldo Grompone
Remarks: Dust may be generated during the performance
Post-show talk on 25 May