The 21st Macao City Fringe Festival will be held from January 12 to 23, featuring 20 programs and 15 outreach activities.
This year’s festival will offer programs which will bring brand-new artistic experiences to audiences. The Sound Theatre’s “Back Hoe,” from the Edinburgh Fringe Showcase, presented at General Ye Ting’s Former Residence, is a unique participatory performance in which the audience will act as characters to narrate the stories, transcending the artistic boundaries of the past and demonstrating the charm of theatre.
In the Dancing Veins show, as part of the “Crème de la Fringe: Todos Fest!,” the elderly will share their memories of Macau with the audience through dance, showcasing their creative flair.
Using the DanceAbility method and symbiotic dance elements, the Body-Specific! show in “Crème de la Fringe: Todos Fest!” will allow the audience to enjoy dances created with unique physical characteristics.
In addition, audiences of the show Tenant, part of “Crème de la Fringe: Iao Hon,” will act as tenants who are looking for apartments to rent, experience the stories and changes of Iao Hon in person. The show Passerby from “Crème de la Fringe: Iao Hon” is a black box theatre performance, which will take a retrospective look at the changes in Iao Hon while imagining its future.
Meanwhile, the outreach activity “Not Junk Mail” will record the appearances and stories of Iao Hon on postcards and send them to different corners of the city. Another outreach activity, “Iao Hon Pop-up Store,” will connect the whole community with a hawker stall and enable passersby and those from the Iao Hon neighborhood to exchange stories with second-hand items.
Adopting the concept of “all around the city, our stages, our patrons, our artists,” this year’s Fringe Festival will continue to bring art into the community and retain the participatory “Art Exhibition for All” to offer the public a space to display their creativity and talent.
The Cultural Affairs Bureau said in a statement that interested parties are welcome to submit artwork or improvise on the spot.
The “Art Exhibition for All” will be held at the space next to Flower City Park from January 12 to 17 and then move to the Leisure Area at Praça das Orquídeas from January 18 to 23. LV
