19 April 2017 – 6 May 2017 @ KC Arts Centre

Synopsis

If The Book of Mormon and Avenue Q had a baby, this would be it!

Troubled teen, Jason, is coping with his father’s recent death and is forced to join his mother, Margery, in her Sunday School puppet group. When this God-fearing boy discovers that his sock puppet has a life of its own, all hell breaks loose. Literally.

In this provocative dark comedy, Jason’s satanic sock puppet named Tyrone shows the children, the minister and the school bully who’s really in charge. Wickedly scandalous, Tyrone shocks everyone with his outrageous insinuations, exposing their deepest secrets – and teaching us all about what it means to be human.

Directed by Guy Unsworth and starring Daniel Jenkins, Janice Koh, Ann Lek, Thomas Pang and Gavin Yap, Hand to God is for those with a sense of humour and the stomach for a brutally honest reflection of life.

Cast: Daniel Jenkins, Janice Koh, Ann Lek, Thomas Pang, Gavin Yap

Director: Guy Unsworth

Production Designer: Susannah Henry
Lighting Designer: Lim Woan Wen 
Sound Designer: Lee Yew Jin – Ctrl Fre@k
Fight Choreographer: Lim Yu-Beng

(Source: Singapore Repertory Theatre Website)


credits

Guy Unsworth
Director
Susannah Henry
Production Designer
Lim Woan Wen
Lighting Designer

artefacts

Hand to God (2017), Review
Hand to God As the lights go up, we see children’s toys suspended several metres above the stage. Ominously lit, this is reminiscent of imagery from The Exorcist or other films about demonic possession. A grim monologue ensues about humankind’s anarchical beginnings and the dubious origins of morality. But the speech is not performed by an ominous hulking Satan or the leader of a modern-day cult but by a blue sock puppet with buttons for eyes and fraying seams. It is by balancing heavy philosop
Myle Yan Tay
Reviewed: 29 April 2017