Synopsis

“When is life worth living; when is death worth celebrating?”

The notion of death and reincarnation has fascinated mankind’s consciousness, religions and literature since time immemorial. 

Poop chronicles the aftermath of a suicide: A GRANDMOTHER bargains with divine powers to release her SON’S soul from hell. Failing which, she brings him home; she takes over the reins of bringing up her GRANDDAUGHTER, while keeping her DAUGHTER-IN-LAW at bay, saving the GRANDDAUGHTER all for herself. She tries to instill in her GRANDDAUGHTER that death is merely a joke, that there’s nothing to cry about as she takes her on a mind trip towards the underworld and purgatory — set against an all-too-familiar urban backdrop of fast food restaurants, underground trains, verdant pastures, and SBS buses. 

These personal fantasies of the afterlife are challenged however when her GRANDDAUGHTER contracts a terminal illness. 

The GRANDMOTHER fights with her DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, converses with the spirit of her SON, goes back in time, drinks a cup of Milo and watches her GRANDDAUGHTER take her final march towards her deathbed in a kind of apocalyptic graphic novel meets Victorian-era toy theatre.

The never-ending days of mourning are brought to lurid 3-dimensional, high-definition life as the agonizing wait for the ultimate redemption is an imprisonment in the realm between living and non-living on earth.

Director / Playwright
Chong Tze Chien

Sound Designer
Darren Ng

Sound Assistant
Jing Ng

Lighting Designer
Lim Woan Wen

Set Coordinator
Ctrl Fre@k

Puppetry and Props Designers & Makers
Ang Hui Bin
Steffi Tan

Production Manager
Lam Dan Fong

Cast
Janice Koh
Jean Ng
Julius Foo
Neo Swee Lin

Puppeteers
Ang Hui Bin
Darren Guo
Zee Wong

Production Manager
Lam Dan Fong

Technical Manager
Huang Xiang Bin

Stage Manager
Tennie Su

Assistant Stage Managers
Tan Xiang Yi
Toh Wen Fang

Crew
Phua Yun Yun

Wardrobe Manager
Chong Wee Nee