1 August 2019 – 3 August 2019 @ Annexe Studio, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

Synopsis

Created by veteran theatre practitioners, this participatory theatre piece seeks to explore the conditions, challenges and support required by those living in poverty. Participants are in turn, invited to unpack and question each other’s beliefs and assumptions.

Through this process, all of us have to make difficult and life-changing decisions together as a community. How do we respond?

Created by: Li Xie, Jean Ng, Kok Heng Leun
Facilitated by: Li Xie & Kok Heng Leun

(Source: Peer Pleasure Website)


credits

Li Xie
Creator, Facilitator
Jean Ng
Creator
Kok Heng Leun
Creator, Facilitator

artefacts

The Class Room (2019), Review
Every Vote Counts Towards a Better Life Three hundred families with 800 dollars each, 150 minutes, 56 voters, four conditions, one scheme, and one decision to make.  The Class Room, created by Li Xie, Kok Heng Leun, and Jean Ng, and facilitated by Li and Kok, is a participatory theatre work that brings each audience member through a simulation of a social worker’s experience. The show begins with each audience member putting on a lanyard that transforms them from passive audience to fully engaged
Yong Yoke Kay
Reviewed: 3 August 2019