Dark Room follows the lives of inmates housed together in a five-by-five-metre cell, 23 hours a day, every day, until their release. This original work, based on true accounts, explores the codes and regulations of society on the inside. It charts the prison experience from pre-trial to imprisonment, and the reintegration into society as returning citizens.

If prison is the punishment that keeps on taking, Dark Room gives voice to the incarcerated by staging their stories and making their experiences visible to a wider audience.

The development of this second iteration titled Dark Room is supported by Centre 42’s Basement Workshop programme.

Performed in English, with some Mandarin and Malay, with English surtitles.

Advisory: This performance contains some coarse language.

CAST

Erwin Shah Ismail
Ian Tan
Lim Kay Siu
Mohd Fared Jainal
Nelson Chia
Neo Swee Lin
Noor Effendy Ibrahim
Oliver Chong
Pavan J Singh
Shafiqah Efandi
Timothy Nga

CREATIVE

Director/Writer: Edith Podesta
Producer: Michele Lim
Lighting Designer: Adrian Tan
Set Designer: Chris Chua Teck Leong
Sound Designer: Darren Ng
Costume Designer/Stylist: Hayden Ng

PRODUCTION

Production Stage Manager: Mirabel Neo
Assistant to Director & Producer: Tan Chia Wei
Assistant Stage Manager: Vivi Agustina
Understudy, Surtitles Operator & Rehearsal master: Chng Xin Xuan
Photographer & Moderator for post-show dialogues: Crispian Chan

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Applied theatre practitioners: Oniatta Effendi, Rosemary McGowan

(Source: Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay Programme, The Studios Online Website)