How can one survive and love in a broken world? How do we get along with ourselves?
Inspired by British playwright Sarah Kane’s last work 4.48 Psychosis, Young Artist Award recipient Liu Xiaoyi presents FOUR FOUR EIGHT, a brand-new work that leads you into a world, a social construct, where every audience member becomes a participant in a space of gathering and camaraderie; anchored in a place of urban loneliness – the bar.
Taking place in and around an actual bar, the perceptions of individual audience members are challenged the moment when one enters the performance environment. Taking in the sights and sounds, each person becomes aware of the presence of self, others, the space, and various activities in the venue. The experience is an individual realisation, and is up to you to create and dictate.
Creative Team
Created by: Liu Xiaoyi, Lim Woan Wen & Darren Ng
Text/direction/performance by: Liu Xiaoyi
Designed by: Lim Woan Wen & Darren Ng
Book designed by: Studio Augment
Production Team
Produced by: Jo Lim
Production: CW & MT
Preshow: Theresa Wee Yenko
Preshow Translation: Chong Woon Yong
Social Media Facilitator: Lim Sim Lin
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