The Vault: Past Perfect | SIFA X 2023
Photograph: "Geylang People In The Net (1997)" Courtesy of The Theatre Practice 照片由实践剧场提供
Photograph: "Geylang People In The Net (1997)" Courtesy of The Theatre Practice 照片由实践剧场提供
Rating: Advisory 16 (Some Mature Content)
Do note that the Black Box venue is located on Level 2, and is only accessible by stairs.
Synopsis
4 actors gather and they reflect on their journey through Theatre in the 1990s. With 20/20 hindsight, what did it mean to DO theatre in the 1990s? Why did they do what they do and more importantly, how? Without any rose-tinted glass, no misty water-coloured memories, these actors share their thoughts and ruminations. Guiding them is a young actor born in the 1990s, asking questions and also wondering – is the past really so perfect?
Conceptualised by Robin Loon and Casey Lim, and co-created with Nelson Chia, Oniatta Effendi, Serene Chen, Tan Kheng Hua and Lim Shi-An, The Vault: Past Perfect is a performance of pieces that draw on the personal archive, reflecting on the energy and legacy of Singapore theatre-making in the 1990s.
Production Histories 1990 - 1999
Click below for a look at some of the productions the Past Perfect creators were involved in back in the 1990s!
The Vault: Past Perfect is part of Centre 42's group show SIFA-X: there is no future in nostalgia, in collaboration with Singapore International Festival of Arts.
Photographs
Lim Shi-An, Nelson Chia, Oniatta Effendi and Serene Chen read an excerpt from Galileo (I Feel the Earth Move), 1997. View more at: Centre 42 Facebook