2019


Commissioned by Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA)
FORKED
A classic tale illustrated by stunning puppetry
Synopsis
Jeanette Peh — a highly-westernised Singaporean junior college valedictorian — decides to abandon law school to follow her dreams of studying acting in London, where she will also hopefully find her occidental soulmate.
On arrival however, she is dismayed to find that her teacher and classmates labels her as one of the “Asian students”. She adopts a British accent and corrects the British students’ grammar well-meaningly, but that doesn’t seem to boost her popularity. At least she’s doing well in school… until she attends Baptiste Laroche’s acting class.
Monsieur Laroche wants her to perform more honestly by speaking in her native language. There’s just one problem: Jeanette is beginning to realise she doesn’t know what her native language is. In fact, she doesn’t really know who she is at all.
DATE & TIME
15 – 18 August 2019
Thurs – Sat, 8pm | Sat – Sun, 3pm
VENUE
Drama Centre, Black Box
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ADVISORY
Advisory 16 (Some Mature Content and Coarse Language)
AWARDS
The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards 2020
Best Actress – Jo Tan
Best Lighting – Lim Woan Wen
REVIEWS
Nabilah Said, Arts Equator
Isaac Tan, Centre 42
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PRODUCTION CREDITS
Director
Chong Tze Chien
Playwright / Cast
Jo Tan
Set Designer
Chan Silei
Sound Artist & Music Composer
Darren Ng
Lighting Designer
Lim Woan Wen
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