Macbeth

Theatre 10€

Saturday 26 September · until 31 Oct

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The Teatro Nacional D. Maria II reopens after three years closed for renovation with Shakespeare's Macbeth — the very play on stage on the night of the 1964 fire — in a staging by Pedro Penim that fuses memory and rebirth.

Synopsis After three years closed for renovation works, the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II reopens its doors, and does so with irresistible boldness and irony. The first play to go up on its stage will be Macbeth, the same one that was on stage on that fateful night of 2 December 1964, when a powerful fire left the theatre in ruins, fuelling the legends, superstitions and curses that have always surrounded this Shakespeare tragedy. Macbeth returns to the Sala Garrett to defy fate and combine haunting and future, in what will be the inaugural act of a building that resumes its history, and of a national theatre that seeks to assert itself as a navigator of a frontier where memory echoes and what is to come can be glimpsed. The historic destructive fire and the ambition that consumes the pair of protagonists intertwine on stage, in a contemporary approach that reflects on memory and rebirth, fusing reality and illusion, and echoing the unsettling question: is the theatre truly free of its destiny? Between ashes and new foundations, Macbeth transforms the stage into a battlefield where past and future confront each other, making the reopening of the D. Maria II a true act of exorcism and celebration. Artistic credits text William Shakespeare, direction and translation Pedro Penim, cast Ana Coimbra, Ana Tang, Bárbara Branco, Bernardo de Lacerda, Hugo Van Der Ding, João Grosso, José Neves, José Raposo, June João, Sandro Feliciano, Stela, Vítor Silva Costa, set design Joana Sousa, costumes BÉHEN (Joana Duarte), composition, sound design and lighting design Filipe Baptista, lighting Daniel Worm ponto Bárbara Barradas, directing assistance Joana Brito Silva, production Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, photography ©Humberto Mouco presentation of the Ageas Revelation Prize Teatro Nacional D. Maria II on 23 September, before the show Prices Stalls - 18€ 1st Balcony - 14€ 2nd Balcony - 10€ 1st Order Boxes - 10€ 2nd Order Boxes - 10€ Discounts Families Groups (+10 people) Young people (up to 30) Specific conditions Unemployed Performing arts professionals Seniors (+65)