Macbeth

Theatre 10€

Friday 25 September · until 31 Oct

The Teatro Nacional D. Maria II reopens after three years of renovation works with Shakespeare's Macbeth, directed by Pedro Penim — the same play that was on stage on the night of the 1964 fire — in a production that blends memory, haunting and rebirth.

Synopsis After three years closed for renovation works, the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II reopens its doors, and it does so with irresistible boldness and irony. The first play to go up on 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 Shakespearean 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 takes up its history again, and of a national theatre that seeks to assert itself as a navigator of a frontier where memory echoes and what is yet to come can be glimpsed. The historical destructive fire and the ambition that consumes the two protagonists intertwine on stage, in a contemporary approach that reflects on memory and rebirth, merging reality and illusion, and echoing the unsettling question: is the theatre truly free from 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. Cast and Creative Team 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 and lighting design Filipe Baptista, light Daniel Worm stage manager Bárbara Barradas, assistant director Joana Brito Silva, production Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, photography ©Humberto Mouco presentation of the Ageas Revelation Prize of 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), People with specific needs, Unemployed people, Performing arts professionals, Seniors (+65)