13 March 2009 – 13 March 2009 @ University Cultural Centre Theatre, National University of Singapore

Synopsis

According to legend, three sacred Guardians of Earth kept it in balance.

Let down by humans, they resolve to stand back and watch nature run its own course. 

Day by day, the world turns colder.

The citizens kept on their consumption and looked ahead, self-absorbed.

But Earth is ceasing on Sunday.

With everyone chipping in, a couple gets busy for their wedding.

Soon to realize, the end of the world also falls on that big day. Full destruction is on its way.

Written by: Li Xie
Directed by: Lee Chee Keng
Producer: Peter Sau

Sound Designer: Darren Ng
Set Designer: Wong Chee Wai
Lighting Designer: Lim Woan Wen

(Source: National University of Singapore Website)


credits

Li Xie
Playwright
Peter Sau
Producer
Darren Ng
Sound Designer
Wong Chee Wai
Set Designer
Lim Woan Wen
Lighting Designer

artefacts

Sun Day (2009), Review
I said it last year in my review of Frozen Angels, and I'll say it again: the NUS Arts Festival is turning out to be a boon for professional theatremakers, providing them with a lab for experiment with the raw resources of student talent to draw on for creative energy. In the case of Sun Day, the surprise is that Li Xie has for once written a script she isn't directing herself - a savage, soulful and very funny piece about consumerism and environmentalism, set in a shopping-crazed Singapore of the
Ng Yi-Sheng
Reviewed: 14 March 2009