Theatre

Miguel de Senna Fernandes: the lawyer and playwright keeping patuá alive

Miguel de Senna Fernandes

Miguel de Senna Fernandes (b. 1961, Macau) is a Macanese lawyer, playwright, and theatre director, and the son of writer Henrique de Senna Fernandes. He has practised law since 1989 and served as a notary public since 1995. He writes and directs for Dóci Papiaçám di Macau, a troupe that performs entirely in Macanese patuá — an endangered Portuguese-based creole — working to preserve the language and the community's culture; the troupe's theatre has been listed as Macau intangible cultural heritage since 2012.