The Enchantment of Sangkuriang (2008)

2008 – 2008 @ Theatre Studio, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

Synopsis

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Director and Lighting Designer: Jeffrey Tan
Playwright: Ng Swee San

Stage Manager: Athena Tan
Producer: Annie Pek

Music Director: Joyce Teo
Costume Designer: Moe Kassim
Hair Designer: Ashley Lim
Set Designer: Mohd Fared Jainal

Cast: Serene Chen, Mohd Fared Janal, Rajesh Krishnamuti
Musicians: Gamelan Asmaradana; Kang Atung, Joseph Chian, Ng Ting Hsing, Serene Tan

(Source: The Flying Inkpot Website)


credits

Jeffrey Tan
Director, Lighting Designer
Ng Swee San
Playwright
Athena Tan
Stage Manager
Annie Pek
Producer
Joyce Teo
Music Director
Moe Kasim
Costume Designer
Ashley Lim
Hair Designer
Mohd Fared Jainal
Set Designer, Cast

artefacts

The Enchantment of Sangkuriang (2008), Review
Totem and Taboo A clash of memes: a modern Singapore population re-enacting pre-colonial Sundanese traditions, each face of the production disrupting and problematising the other. I was hella confused for the first fifteen minutes of this show. It was as if I'd stumbled into some children's pantomime; one of those celebrate-our-Southeast-Asian-heritage shebangs full of live gamelan music, talking animals and magic.  Then came all the adult bits: patricide, incest and dog-fucking. "It'll be
Ng Yi-Sheng
Reviewed: 17 April 2008