The play is a patchwork of twenty short scenes revolving around an unuttered question – what are human relationships made of?
A woman wants divorce because there was never any love between her and her husband. On her wedding day, a bride discovers her fiance had an affair with each of her four sisters. A mother is stunned when she learns her husband is happy with their son joining the army and risking his life at war. Two best friends get into a savage fight because one of them recalls their first encounter. A prostitute bargains down her services to hook a client.
What are those bonds that lead us to love, hate, help, betray, care, flee, fight, abuse, or lie? Each scene explores situations where a relationship is challenged, drawing us into a maze where appeased relations between humans seem as primal, desirable and quixotic as the reunification of the two Koreas.
Director: Jacques Vincey
Playwright: Joel Pommerat
Dramaturg: Marc Goldberg
Set Design: Dennis Cheok
Light Design: Marie-Christine Soma
Sound Design: Bani Haykal
Costume Design: Afton Chan
Multimedia Design: Brian Gothong Tan
Performers:
Cynthia Lee MacQuarrie
Ebi Shankara
Janice Koh
Karen Tan
Pavan J Singh
Tan Shou Chen
Timothy Nga
Umi Kalthum Ismail
Zelda Tatiana Ng
Producer: Grace Low
Translator: Marc Goldberg
Production Manager: Jeannette Chong
Technical Manager: Steve (ARTFACTORY)
Stage Manager: Stella Cheung
Wardrobe Manager: Fiona Lim
Head Technician: Ian Tan
Sound Engineer: Joseph Jeremiah
Rehearsal Sound Engineers: Aaron Jardine, Yeo Wen Xuan
Lighting Operator: Hakeem Kasban
Prop Maker: Joyce Gan
Production Crew: Sharham s/o Sridhar
Technical Crew: Lew Elim, Iskandar Nasir Rafie, Hussain, Zamier A Bakar
Production Assistants: Nikhil Verghese, Sara Warnar
Graphic Design: Roots
Photography: Crispian Chan
Videography: Andre Chong
Hair & Makeup (Publicity): Grace Meng
Social Media & Marketing: Matthew Aw
Administration & Finance: Mervyn Quek, Ong Soo Mei
Front of House & Engagement: Ahmad Ezzat Alkaff, Zina Ng
(Source: T:>Works Archive)