“My grandfather was a durian farmer, back when they lived in a kampung. But in those 10 years, most Singaporeans were forced to relocate to public housing. Even after he moved, my grandfather was still trying to grow everything he could from a sixth floor concrete corridor. Everything he knew about growing durians was made obsolete so that knowledge was never passed down.”
A show disguised as a pickling workshop, Pickle Party is a multidisciplinary, multi-species performance. Set against the backdrop of Singapore’s rapid development from farmland to modern city, it dives into how humans, microbes and food security are connected—where does our food come from? What will we be eating next?
Led by directors Ang Xiao Ting (Extinction Feast, ECOncert) and Kuo Jian Hong (All The World’s A Sea, Four Horse Road), Pickle Party features live VJ-ing, live performance and community pickling. The production will be staged within a Singapore version of Tanja Beer’s critically-acclaimed The Living Stage, which combines stage design, permaculture and community engagement to create a recyclable, biodegradable and edible performance space.
Experience Pickle Party your way! For each performance, participants can choose to be Picklers (get hands-on with pickling on stage, limited slots) or be part of the General Audience (watch the performance from a different perspective). Kindly read through the important things to note and select your preferred audience experience at the point of ticket purchase.
Discover the power of edible hope.
Concept Artist / Co-Director: Ang Xiao Ting
Co-director: Ang Xiao Ting, Kuo Jian Hong
Scriptwriter: Wang Liansheng
Original Script (2023) & Additional Text: Ang Xiao Ting, Sim Xin Yi, Zoea Tania
Set Designer: Tanja Beer (Australia)
Set Assistant: Sophie Dye (Australia)
Lighting Designer: Faith Liu Yong Huay
Sound Designer: Sandra Tay
Costume Designer: MAX.TAN
Cast: Izzul Irfan, Elizabeth Loh
Producer: Joey Cheng
Technical Director: Lee Bee Bee
Production Manager: Victoria Wong
Stage Manage/Stage Crew: Eunice Yap
Deputy Stage Manager: Woon Siew Yin
Assistant Stage Manager / Stage Crew: Yaoyao
Sound Engineer: Sandra Tay
Multimedia Technician: Ian Lee
(Source: Esplanade website)