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DATE
22 APR 2010, THU -
24 APR 2010, SAT
24 APR 2010, SAT
TIME
8pm
(180mins, not including intermission)
(180mins, not including intermission)
VENUE
Theatre Studio
PRICE
$25
Concessions: for students, NSF and senior citizens: $1 Save 20% with package of 3 to 5 different The Studios productions
Save 25% with package of 6 or more different The Studios productions
Not suitable for patrons aged 12 and below.
Concessions: for students, NSF and senior citizens: $1 Save 20% with package of 3 to 5 different The Studios productions
Save 25% with package of 6 or more different The Studios productions
Not suitable for patrons aged 12 and below.
SYNOPSIS
In 2008, spell#7 drew on the 1950s work of artist Chua Mia Tee for their critically acclaimed race-relations drama, National Language Class. Now, they return to paint the invention of Singapore on an even broader canvas.
A boy leaves Singapore for life on the South China Sea. He loves it, but history has other ideas. In a 1956 painting by the artist Chua Mia Tee, a passionate young man is declaiming a vision of the future; and there isn’t much room in it for sea nomads.
Then there's you. Somewhere in your experience, whether you know it or not, you carry the hopes of an earlier time, a dream of freedom, and a map of the Riau Archipelago.
And here comes spell#7, with its own version of events. spell#7 uses theatre to tease out the layers of meaning and memory that make up the present. In Epic Poem of Malaya, traditional storytelling combines with theatrical experiment to present a kaleidoscopic view of a society in flux.
Live music and immersive lighting will create a constantly shifting stage environment, where a multi-generational cast unfolds an expansive, big-hearted story of Singapore seen from the sea. It is the story of an island, but it is also a story about people: how they remember, what they forget, and how they shape and are shaped in turn by the place they live.
My father cried, and I cried, and then he said to me:
'Our life has just begun, and it will be a great one.'
'Our life has just begun, and it will be a great one.'
| Director | Paul Rae |
| Performers | Janice Koh K. Rajagopal Kaylene Tan Siti K. Zainal Tony Yeow |
| Writer & Sound Designer | Zai Kuning |
| Lighting Designer | Lim Woan Wen |
| Production and Stage Manager | Alvin Lim |
Log onto www.thestudios.com.sg for more information
