27, 28/5(Thursday, Friday)
8pm
Dom Pedro V Theatre
Tickets: MOP 50
A Barraca (Portugal)
August: Tales of Emigration – A Musical Show
Theatre Guide Prize for Best Adaptation (2007)
Dramaturgy, Staging and Theatrical Space: Maria do Céu Guerra
Props e Costumes designer: Miguel Figueiredo
Voice Director: Mariana Abrunheiro
Musical work: Mariana Abrunheiro, Sérgio Moras, Rui Sá
Cast: Mariana Abrunheiro, Rita Fernandes, Susana Costa, Luís Thomar, Pedro Borges, Rui Sá, Sérgio Moras, Sérgio Moura Afonso e Tiago Cadete
Lighting designer: Fernando Belo
Sound designer: Fernando Pires
August speaks of the aspirations, the sacrifices, the life changes, the frustrations and of the triumphs and joys of the Portuguese émigrés, a social group that brought much economic wealth to Portugal. From scorn to compassion, the actors and audience journey by bus, by boat, by train, even flat-bed truck, tasting emotions that no doubt will aid in better understanding these people, who today continue to be thought of as the “other” Portuguese.
With surtitles in Chinese and English
Duration: approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, no interval