2023

A Triple Bill

The Puppets Are Alright

Peepbird cuts right into the chrysalis of whatever this current time is, and made a space for me to confront this strange new world as it swivels, in all its decays and joys.” – Centre 42

Synopsis

The Puppets Are Alright is a celebration of all things puppetry. Featuring a triple bill of puppetry-led works, The Puppets Are Alright marks the final production of Ellison Tan and Myra Loke’s 2019-2023 stint as The Finger Players’ Co-Artistic Directors.

The show is a culmination of The Maker’s Lab from 2020 to 2023, an initiative by TFP to nurture and grow builders and designers of puppets and objects.

ARTIST’S LINE UP

PARTING

Playwright & Director: Oliver Chong
Puppet Designer & Maker: Loo An Ni
Performers / Puppeteers: Alvin Chiam, Angelina Chandra, Jo Kwek, Rachel Nip

A relationship has run its course and a man sits at his desk to finalize a separation.

MY FATHER THE AI MACHINE

Playwright: Chong Tze Chien
Director: Liew Jia Yi
Puppet Designer & Maker: Sim Xin Feng
Performers / Puppeteers: Doreen Toh, Neo Hai Bin

She clings on to her dead husband’s memories, lovingly preserved in an electronic shell of him in her house. He lives on in a fictional world that she tenderly and tirelessly recreates, while their son is caught in between, unable to move on.

DATE & TIME

22–25 Feb 2023 | 8PM
26 Feb 2023 | 3PM

VENUE

Drama Centre Black Box, NLB Level 5
100 Victoria St, National Library, S188064

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DURATION

2 hrs with 15 mins intermission

LANGUAGE

English and Mandarin (with English surtitles)

ADVISORY

Advisory (Some Mature Content)


PRODUCTION CREDITS

THE BENCH

Playwright
Ellison Tan

Director
Myra Loke

Puppet Designer & Maker
Marilyn Ang

Performers / Puppeteers
Ian Tan
T. Sasitharan

Assistant Makers
Bernice Ong
Prop-erly
Ray Ng

PARTING

Playwright & Director
Oliver Chong

Puppet Designer & Maker
Loo An Ni

Performers / Puppeteers
Alvin Chiam
Angeline Chandra
Jo Kwek
Rachel Nip

MY FATHER THE AI MACHINE

Playwright & Mentor to Director
Chong Tze Chien

Director
Liew Jia Yi

Puppet Designer & Maker
Sim Xin Feng

Performers
Doreen Toh
Neo Hai Bin


Co-Artistic Directors
Ellison Tan
Myra Loke

Programme Manager (The Maker’s Lab)
Daniel Sim

Costume Designer
Lim Chin Huat

Lighting Designer
Faith Liu Yong Huay

Set Designer
Azy Alias

Sound Designer
Serene Tan (Stan)

Production Manager
Lam Dan Fong (The Backstage Affair)

Production Coordinator
Alethea Koh

Stage Manager
Tennie Su

Asst. Stage Manager
Saffa’ Afiqah

Crew
Basil Wan

Surtitle Operator
Shang Dianjun

Sound Operator
Raymond Goei

Key Visual Photographer
Tuckys Photography

Key Visual Design
Goh Cher See

Photography Archival
Benson Lim

Videography Archival
Eric Lee Yuen Loong
Grace Baey

Special Thanks
Jed Lim
Edmund Khong


GALLERY


REVIEWS

The Puppets Are Alright is sophisticated storytelling about grief and love
– The Straits Times


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