A hotel in Singapore is opened at the turn of the century, when the island is still a jewel in the crown of the British Empire. Each day, new faces appear and swiftly disappear – guests and staff alike.

Every ten years, we check in to meet the hotel’s residents: Indian mutineers, Cantonese nannies, Malay film stars, Japanese soldiers, transsexual sex workers, wedding guests, suspected terrorists, and more. They live out the pivotal moments in their personal lives, as empires die and new ones are born from their ashes.

Even though the chambermaids clean up after them, readying the room for the next guests, traces of the past persist, and time reveals its cyclical nature. Ghosts communicate with the living, doubles are separated by decades, and a single moment of decision haunts the generations that come after.

An immersive, multi-generational epic, HOTEL explores the notions of empire, nationhood, migration and identity against the backdrop of a shrinking world. Spanning a century and performed over close to five hours in nine languages, this ground-breaking theatrical event highlights the eclectic energies born from the collisions between the old and the new, East and West, tradition and modernity.

Cast:
Ghafir Akbar
Munah Bagharib
Rebecca Ashley Dass
Brendon Fernandez
Ivan Heng
André Jewson
Jo Kukathas
Dwayne Lau
Koji Miyoshi
Moo Siew Keh
Pam Oei
Oon Shu An
Siti Khalijah Zainal
Yap Yi Kai

CREATIVE TEAM
Playwrights: Alfian Sa'at, Marcia Vanderstraaten
Directors: Ivan Heng, Glen Goei
Set Designer: Wong Chee Wai
Lighting Designer: Alberta Wileo
Multimedia Designer: Brian Gothong Tan
Costume Designer: Theresa Chan
Sound Designer: The Gunnery
Hair Designer: Ashley Lim
Make-up Designer: Bobbie Ng
Prop Master: Joyce Gan

PRODUCTION TEAM
Head, Production: Melissa Teoh
Technical Manager: David Sagaya
Production Co-ordinator: Angela Ee
Stage Manager: Anne Lee
Assistant Stage Managers: Joanne Ooi, Shamirul Aizan
Stage Assistants: Joyce Gan, Lim Shien Hian, Simon Ong, Cindy Sng
Stage Crew: Shafiq Jalaludeen
Technicians: Muhammad Azhar bin Azman, Jayant Daniel Singh
Hair Assistant: Michelle Wai
Make-up Artists: Esther Goh, Low Jyue Huey, Amber Zheng
Wardrobe Manager: Theresa Chan
Assistant Wardrobe Manager: Nurarina Nasir
Dressers: Noor'ain Afiqah, Nur Fa'iqah, Nur Fatin Nabilah Mohd Rafie, Rilla Djono
Surtitle & Multimedia Operator: Liana Haron
Followspot Operators: Ramizah Binte Rashidi, Suhaila Sharip
Lighting Operator: Faiz Zainuddin
Fly Operator: Fauzul Armri
Radio Operator: Syed Almahdali