Synopsis

A new day, a new light.

A maker goes about fixing theatre objects meant for forever archival, every object a glint of his self and of time. Life finds its way through his hands into these objects and back into him again, and little mournings come on like waves gentle, subdued, but never crushing. His time in the workshop is marked by the sounds of drills starting up, of sandpaper smoothening rough edges, of mallet against surfaces, of bird calls outside the window, of wind, of rain.

As he counts down to the last of the objects, the maker wonders – if what he’s doing is easing the way for dead things to come back to life, or if he never had a part to play.

This performance is created in response to the puppet developed by Sim Xin Feng, during The Maker’s Lab 2020 cycle.

Director
Myra Loke

Playwright
Ellison Tan

Puppet Designer & Maker
Sim Xin Feng

Costume Designer
Yeo Fu Bi

Lighting Designer
Lim Woan Wen

Sound Design
Ctrl Fre@k

Performers
Tan Beng Tian
Darren Guo
Sindhura Kalidas

Production Manager of The Maker’s Project
Ang Hwee Leng

Production Supervisor of The Maker’s Project
Lam Dan Fong

Stage Manager
Victoria Wong

Assistant Stage Managers
Shannon Ong

Special Thanks
Daniel Sim
Lin Xiang