Third World Bunfight (South Africa)
28,29/5｜Saturday, Sunday｜8pm
Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium
Tickets: MOP 380, 300, 250, 120
Concept, Design and Direction: Brett Bailey
Music: Fabrizio Cassol (after Verdi)
Conductor: Premil Petrovic
Lighting Design: Felice Ross
Choreography: Natalie Fisher
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Characters and Cast
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Macbeth
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Owen Metsileng
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| Lady Macbeth |
Nobulumko Mngxekeza |
| Banquo |
Otto Maidi |
In this radical take on Verdi's Macbeth, Shakespeare’s story of greed, tyranny and remorse is set in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), amongst the wars and ruthless exploitation that tear that invisible corner of the world apart.
Within a milieu of multinational double-dealings, ethnic conflict, ruthless militia, “blood minerals” and glittering Chinese imports, a Congolese warlord, General Macbeth, and his ambitious wife murder the king and unleash atrocities on the crumbling province that they seize.
South African playwright, designer, director and artistic director of Third World Bunfight Brett Bailey’s idiosyncratic, iconoclastic works focus a probing lens on the world we live in; in particular the post-colonial landscape of Africa, and the historical and contemporary relations between Africa and the West.
For this not to miss astonishing appropriation of Verdi’s Macbeth, Verdi’s score has been rewritten and adapted for twelve onstage musicians by Belgian composer, Fabrizio Cassol, performed by an ensemble of ten South African opera singers, and the renowned trans-Balkan “No Borders Orchestra” conducted by Serbian conductor, Premil Petrovic.
Performed in Italian, with surtitles in Chinese, Portuguese and English
Duration: approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes, no interval
The Post-show Sharing Session is on 29 May, 2016.