The Puppets Are Alright (2023)

22 February 2023 – 26 February 2023 @ Drama Centre Black Box, National Library Building

Synopsis

The Puppets Are Alright is a celebration of all things puppetry. Featuring a triple bill of puppetry-led works, The Puppets Are Alright marks the final production of Ellison Tan and Myra Loke’s 2019-2023 stint as The Finger Players’ Co-Artistic Directors.

The show is a culmination of The Maker’s Lab from 2020 to 2023, an initiative by TFP to nurture and grow builders and designers of puppets and objects.

THE BENCH

On a bench, Paul and his father tell each other stories, disregard their unhappiness with reckless abandon, and allowed their souls to be healed by each other.

PARTING

A relationship has run its course and a man sits at his desk to finalize a separation.

MY FATHER THE AI MACHINE

She clings on to her dead husband’s memories, lovingly preserved in an electronic shell of him in her house. He lives on in a fictional world that she tenderly and tirelessly recreates, while their son is caught in between, unable to move on.


PRODUCTIONS UNDER THIS TRIPLE BILL


artefacts

The Puppets Are Alright (2023), Poster
Poster for The Puppets Are Alright (2023).
The Finger Players
Recorded: 22 February 2023