Puppet Origin Stories @ ONE-TWO-SIX: Only Puppets in the Building (2025)

29 October 2025 – 2 November 2025 @ Cairnhill Arts Centre

Synopsis

Every word from this line on is fiction and fantasy. 

In 1992, some few theatre companies moved into a building. Unbeknownst to them, they were all puppets. But these puppets had a home, transient and volatile as it may be. 

Some facts are present from this point on. 

Curated by Core Team Member Ellison Tan, Puppet Origin Stories @ ONE-TWO-SIX: Only Puppets in the Building is an obsession about the puppets that live and breathe in the building and their vibrant yet volatile homes. It is also an invitation to reimagine the trials and celebrations of the theatre companies that first made art come alive here at ONE-TWO-SIX Cairnhill Arts Centre.

Curator: Ellison Tan
Lighting Designer: Emanorwatty Saleh
Sound Designer: Bani Haykal
Spatial Designer: Bernice Ong 

Puppet Maintenance & Costume Coordinator: Loo An Ni
Puppetry Consultant: Oliver Chong

Key Visual and Programme Booklet Designers: Sim Xin Feng, Goh Cher See

Stage Manager: Keira Lee
Deputy Stage Managers: Marilyn Ang, Finna Kwang, Nur Amirah Binte Rohaizad 
Technical Manager: Peter Chi
Technical Crew: Lim Wei Kiat, Mo Fengling Yvonne, Mohamed Ezzat Erfan Bin Mohamed Lazim, Noor Hidayat Bin Norzizan, Tan Ding Yuan Alvan

Production Manager: Lam Dan Fong
Production Assistant: Chua Ya Ting

Exhibition Visual Design: Ellison Tan, Ong Xue Min, Paige Nicole Low
Exhibition Photography: Juliana Tan
Photo Archival: Poh Yu King
Video Archival: Amos Poh

(Source: The Finger Players Programme)


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credits

Ellison Tan Yuyang
Curator, Visual Designer
Emanorwatty Saleh
Lighting Designer
Bani Haykal
Sound Designer
Bernice Ong
Spatial Designer
Oliver Chong
Puppetry Consultant
Loo An Ni
Puppet Maintenance, Costume Coordinator
Sim Xin Feng
Key Visual Designer, Programme Designer
Goh Cher See
Key Visual Designer, Programme Designer