Girl ah... Boy ah... can you help me find my cat?
An old dialect-speaking mother has lost her only companion – a cat. She asked for help, but was snubbed by her grown-up children. One night, the old lady left her house looking for her cat in a world that has left her behind – a world obsessed with progress and prosperity, which has forgotten the traditional, the old and the frail.
Mama Looking For Her Cat is a play about the communication differences and the estranged relationship between a mother and her children. Written by the Late Kuo Pao Kun in 1988, the play revolves around the theme of Singapore being a multiracial, multicultural and multilingual society. Two decades later, this poignant piece remains as powerful, as relevant and as emotionally hard-hitting as ever.
Multilingual with no English Subtitles (mix of English, Malay, Mandarin, Punjabi, Hokkien, Cantonese and Teochew).
90 minutes, with no intermission.
Written by: Kuo Pao Kun
Directed by: Benjamin Ho
Starring:
Mia Chee
Christie Chua
Jo Kwek
Eleanor Tan
Cheryl Wee
Tan Joo Geok
Al Hafiz Sanusi
Liew Li Ting
Ivan Lim
Mehreen Mir
Zach Ng
Farah Yasmine
Andy Yew
(Source: Paper Monkey Theatre Website)