abstractSynopsis:
On 23 August 2017, a powerful typhoon hit Macau, Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta. The Macau Meteorological Bureau put out its warning too late, so Macau residents had no idea of the severity of the situation and were unprepared, leaving the city to suffer massive damage. This play attempts to narrate the events of Typhoon Hato from multiple perspectives, while investigating the historical, cultural and political currents underlying this incident. Characters include the Filipino-Chinese bungee instructor on Macau Tower and his gambling-addicted grandmother, a Filipino former domestic helper; the high school student who yearns to see the wide world despite her fear of heights and never having left the Macau peninsula; a typhoon enthusiast from Hong Kong; and the gods of wind and sea, who have taken on human form. These individuals of different ethnicities, classes and languages find their destinies brought together by the typhoon.