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Contemporary Performing Arts Research Residency

Esplanade Presents

Theatre | Talk

The Silent Crackers

Jung Chen (Taiwan)

26 May 2026, Tue, 7pm

1hr

(Intermission: None)

Esplanade Rehearsal Studio (Meeting point: Theatre Studio Entrance, Level 4, 15mins before start time)

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Synopsis

The Silent Crackers is a performance-led research project examining labour, diaspora, and performative silences amid the rise of global protectionism, with Singapore as a central observation point. The project focuses on migrant workers, gendered experiences, and cross-generational labour, investigating how resurgent conservatism and tightened borders reshape mobility, belonging, and cultural expression. It explores how multilingualism and silence carry social tensions, revealing both the limits and resilience of displaced communities in contemporary Asia. Through interviews, archival research, and intercultural dialogue, Jung translates these dynamics into textual and theatrical experiments.

Admission Age:
6 and above.
Language: English
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Artist Information

Jung Chen

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Jung Chen is a Taiwan-based writer-director whose practice spans theatre, dance, sound, and multimedia. She develops montage-like compositions that intertwine field research, personal narratives, and improvisation to evoke fluid atmospheres and global flows. Her work examines how capital and social structures shape everyday life and performance, tracing rhythms, silences, and gestures that convey meaning beyond words. Recent projects explore diaspora, labour, intergenerational dynamics, and collective memory, connecting individual experiences with broader societal currents.

 

Jung’s recent works expand across theatre productions, site-specific creations, and exhibitions, often integrating community co-creation, field research, and interdisciplinary exchange.

Date & Time

26 May 2026, Tue

7pm

Esplanade Rehearsal Studio (Meeting point: Theatre Studio Entrance, Level 4, 15mins before start time)
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