Dreamplay: Asian Boys Vol. 1 is a campy, fabulous extravaganza charting the journey of a goddess, Agnes, after she descends to earth. Armed with fantastic powers, she is on a heroic mission: ‘to save gay men from themselves’.
And thus Agnes lands in Singapore, where a mysterious guide called ‘Boy’ offers to show her around. They travel through time, meeting with horny, sweaty rickshaw coolies, love-doomed resistance fighters during the Japanese Occupation, and the lonely drifters of a virtual landscape known in the ’90s as the ‘Internet Relay Chat’.
Blending the divine with the profane, by turns harrowing and hilarious, Dreamplay is a fabulous tour through Singapore’s history, throwing light and fairy dust at the little-known beginnings of an alternative community on the island. Written unapologetically at the tentative turn of the millennium, it has rightly earned its place as one of the pioneering works in Singaporean queer theatre.
Cast
Koey Foo
Caleb Goh
Jo Kukathas
Rodney Oliverio
Peter Sau
Tan Shou Chen
Production Credits
Playwright: Alfian Sa’at
Director: Ivan Heng
Set Designer: CK Chia
Lighting Designer: Mac Chan
Multimedia Artist: Brian Gothong Tan
Sound Designer: The Gunnery - Azmi Jaffar, Paul Searles, Ben Rosen
Costume Designer / Wardrobe Manager: Theresa Chan
Hair Designer: Ashley Lim
Makeup Designer: Beno Lim (M.A.C)
Producer: Tony Trickett
Production Manager: Leong Mun Hoi
Production Executive: Sazali Hussain
Production Coordinator: Phua Yun Yun
Assistant to Director: Tabitha Loh
Technical Manager: Tay Huey Meng
Assistant Technical Manager: Ng Wei Ling
Stage Manager: Justina Khoo
Assistant Stage Managers: Allison Menon, Nadya Noordin
Stage Assistants: Jasmine Jin, Jason Sing
Lighting Operator: Sin Foo Weng
Sound Operators: Tabitha Loh, Teo Wee Boon
Projection Operator: Loretta Song
Makeup Artist: The Makeup Room
Wardrobe Assistants: Éclair Lim, Karen May Ng
Hair Assistants: Jane Neo, Michelle Wai
(Source: Wild Rice Programme)