In consonance with the direction of Macau’s development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, and developing a basis for exchange and cooperation based on Chinese culture as the main key to promote the coexistence between different cultures, for the first time, drama will be used as the medium for exchange by inviting youth drama troupes from cities throughout the Greater Bay Area, Asia and Europe to present indoor and outdoor performances with Macau’s drama troupes. These performances will promote exchanges among youths from different origins, providing opportunities for them to learn and show their artistic abilities, and establishing a platform for friendship, in order to achieve cultural integration.
The Drama Festival 2019 is organised by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, Macao Government Tourism Office and Theatre Farmers, and co-organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau and Institute for Tourism Studies. During the Festival, there will be 15 indoor, outdoor and site-specific theatrical performances. Performance sites include Macao Cultural Centre–Small Auditorium, Blackbox Theatre in the Old Court Building, Taipa Houses‒Museum, Macao Museum–Mount Fortress Garden, and others. There will be various theatrical performances, including the musical, physical theater, mime theater, puppet show, improvisational theater, sensory theater for young children and other diverse plays. Macau’s youth and visitors will be exposed to theatrical arts and will experience the entertainment of theater through different senses.
Non-local theatrical troupes attending the Drama Festival 2019 are from Cape Verde, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Portugal, Singapore, Ukraine, regions in China such as Shanghai, Guangzhou, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Macau theatrical troupes include Theatre Farmers, SPARK Theatre Group, Miracle Lab, Rolling Puppet Alternative Theatre, Big Mouse Kids Drama Group and Bomb Theatre Garden. Some non-local theatrical troupes will perform together with local theatrical troupes to demonstrate artistic abilities, exchange knowledge with and learn from each other.
“Youth Journey Without Compromise” is a show by a company from the department of Performing Arts, Lee-Ming Institute of Technology in Taiwan, while “Macbeth” is performed by Japanese group, Theatre Moments. There are an array of shows from companies from Five Senses Education Experimental Theatre (Hong Kong), Macau’s Big Mouse Kids Drama Group, Guangdong Province Puppet Art Theatre, Miracle of Cans (Shanghai), and much more. “Vertep” is performed by Ukrainian company Three’Co, “Dream Her” hits the stage with Cape Verde’s Mindelo Portuguese Cultural Center Theater Group, “First Set” is done by Portuguese group AirDement, Korea’s Theatre H brings “The Eyes” and so on.
When: August 28–September 8, 2019
Where: Macao Cultural Centre, (Small Auditorium), Old Court Building, Blackbox Theatre, Taipa Houses, Square of Macao Museum
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International Youth Drama Festival 2019 is part of the mega international art and cultural event Art Macao.
Happening from May to October this year, Art Macao brings together cultural institutions, hotel and resort operators, consular missions in Hong Kong and Macau to create an unforgettable atmosphere and cultural vitality to thrill residents and tourists alike.
