Nine Years Theatre and Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre jointly present to you First Fleet. The audience will be seated on the stage of the Cultural Centre’s auditorium, as they set sail with the players to explore the relationships between theatre and humanity.
The year is 1787. The First Fleet of the British Empire sets sail for Australia with a group of convicts aboard, to establish a penal colony. Along the way, the Governor instructs one of his lieutenants to rehearse a play with the convicts, with the hope of using the power of theatre to rehabilitate them. But who has ever heard of an officer putting up a play with his convicts? Certainly not the other officers, priest, judge, doctor or the convicts, who all have reservations about such a ridiculous proposition. Will they eventually be able to stage the play successfully? For these officers and convicts, is the foreign land that they are attempting to build a penal colony in, a brave new world or simply a nightmare from hell?
Creative and Production Team
Playwright & Director: Nelson Chia
Producer: Mia Chee
Cast:
Mia Chee
Hang Qian Chou
Neo Hai Bin
Timothy Wan
Jodi Chan
Shu Yi Ching
Set Design: Lim Chin Huat
Lighting Design: Gabriel Chan
Sound Design: Ng Jing
Costume Design: Loo An Ni
Surtitles Translator: Cherilyn Woo
Movement Coach: Lim Chin Huat
Performance Makeup: The Make Up Room
Production Manager: Tennie Su
Stage Manager: Tan Xiang Yi
Assistant Stage Manager: Natalie Wong
Lighting Operator: Ian Lee
Sound Operator: Rachel Ong
Surtitles Operator: Shang Dianjun
Front of House Manager: Valerie Chua
Key Visual & Title Logo: Ryan Loi
Key Visual Makeup: Delanie Wong
Admin Executive: Teo Pei Si, Ally Yong
Publicity Executive: Valerie Chua
Accountant: Lynzie Au Yeung
Intern: Phyllis Tan
(Source: Nine Years Theatre Programme)