Fear Of Writing portrays a playwright’s creative handicap – the writer’s block – under intense anxiety and scrutiny. Through this crisis, Tan uncovers the existentialism of self-censorship and freedoms in Singapore. An urgent provocation of the country’s boundaries – as bound to art, artist, citizen and humanity. Fear Of Writing proposes a theatrical parable for the politics of today, a future for the Singapore dream.
“This play is about the complacency of the average Singaporean, of theatre audiences and practitioners because there is no danger, no real change enacted by our works. It is about the commercialization of theatre; hijacked as entertainment rather than being an engine of change. Can we find a real political theatre, where the audience goes in X and comes out Y? This is the difficulty in writing this kind of work in this day and age, hence the long gap between my last play and this one.” – Tan Tarn How
Director: Ong Keng Sen
Writer: Tan Tarn How
Video: Boo Junfeng
Set & Costume Design: Myung Hee Cho
Light Design: Andy Lim
Sound Design: Jeffrey Yue
Principal Cast: Janice Koh, Lok Meng Chue, Ling Poh Fong, Serene Chen, Tan Kheng Hua
Ensemble:
Dayah Rahim
Evan Yeung
Faizal Abdullah
Karina Sindicich
Kong Yit Sim
Nicholas Tee
Pavan J Singh
Wilson Xin
Youth Actors:
Clara Tan
Daniel Yao
Emma Yoon
Gracia Lam
Leanne Pestana
Lydia Tan
Nur Farhana Zolkifli
Producer: Tay Tong
Production & Stage Manager: Brynn Baudier
Technical Manager: Kailash
Technical Management: Chong Wee Nee, David Li, Ian Tan, Teo Wee Boon
Associate Director: Lok Meng Chue
Associate Set Designer: Chan Silei
Sound Engineer: Akira Yamauchi
Set Coordinator: Jed Lim
Costume Coordinator: Theresa Chan
Stage Team:
Bryn Herdrich
Celestine Wong
Goh Yi Jing
James Khoo
Jeremy Leow
Johanna Pan
Kng Hwee Mae
Kueo Gua An
Myra Loke
Nadia b Noordin
Ng Jing
Tan Xiang Yi
Terence Tan
Front of House:
Adlina Zolkifi
Cherie Tan
Eugene Tan
Geraldine Lim
Jamie Ng
Jaslyn Quek
Lyra Tan
Millennia Wang
Natalie Khoo
Vincent Teoh
Vivienne Lim
Administrator: Ong Soo Mei
Documentation: Don Aravind Rajah, Teow Yue Han
Project Management: Hoo Kuan Cien
Production Intern: Ng Siaw Hui
(Source: T:>Works Archive)