Eighth Floor and a Half
5/5 (Thursday)
8pm
Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium
Tickets: MOP 150, 100, 80
Xiaodi’s mother brings him to a science museum, where he accidentally triggers a device that opens the mysterious ‘8½ Floor’. Here he uncovers a series of extraordinary episodes, while his mother turns into an animal. To escape from the fantasy world of the ‘8½ Floor’, Xiaodi must find the key, which has been snatched by the Monster Gale…
This large-scale, high-budget children’s puppet show features exquisite stage design, striking and fantastic stage effects and a carefully crafted plot. Dubbed “the Chinese version of The Lion King”, the show has garnered enormous public praise and won a number of awards, including the special “Wen Hua” Award. Eighth Floor and a Half is a green fairy tale, a story about the Earth and a hymn to life.
Artistic Director: Zhang Yuanming
Screenplay: Qian Jue
General Director: Fu Yongfan
Director: Wang Ling
Composer: Shi Song
Stage Design: Qin Liyun
Lighting Design: Liu Fengshu and Wu Chaoyuan
Puppet Designer/ Producer: Liu Ji
Puppet Artistic Director: Cui Keqin
Puppet Production Directors: He Weichao and Ye Shiyou
Main Characters and Cast:
Xiaodi: Gao Shan and Gao Danqing
Mama: Ye Xiaohui
Yangyang: Liang Meina
A-Lu: Mo Weijiang
Nannan: Zou Kelian
Huanhuan: Huang Xiaodi
* Suitable for children over the age of 3
Performed in Chinese/ Abridged surtitles in Portuguese
Duration: approximately 1 hour and 35 minutes, no interval
Family performance
