RECALLING MOTHER by Checkpoint Theatre
In this funny and moving piece written and performed by Claire Wong and Noorlinah Mohamed, two women tell stories about two other women - their mothers - and the complexities of living with (and not living with) Mother.
The performers discuss the genesis of the piece:
"Neither of our mothers has much formal education, but they're both highly intelligent, capable and strong women. Both are wonderful cooks and love to feed us.
“But they find it difficult to talk to us - and we to them. Neither of them is fluent in English. We, on our part, have only functional abilities in our "mother tongues" - Cantonese and Malay, respectively. So, we get by, functionally. But we can't share our deepest, most complicated thoughts and ideas to our mothers in a common language.
“Yet through our telling and re-telling of stories about our mothers - and about ourselves with our mothers - we discover a kaleidoscope of memories, and of insights into ourselves, and into that strange, complicated and wonderful relationship that we think almost everyone has with their mother."
Performed in the intimate setting of an art gallery to an audience of just 80 people per night, Recalling Mother is a unique and engaging theatrical experience. Nuanced, compelling, honest and surprising, Recalling Mother is a celebration of the joys and challenges of motherhood - and daughterhood.
26 -30 August at 8pm.
Tickets $28 (excluding SISTIC booking fee). Discount of 15% for groups of 15 or more
Buy your tickets starting August 6th through SISTIC Website: www.sistic.com.sg, SISTIC Hotline: (65) 6348 5555 and SISTIC Authorized Agents islandwide.
Supported by Valentine Willie Fine Art.
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THE COMEDY OF THE TRAGIC GOATS by CAKE Theatrical Productions
The Goat Head was an artist. His most famous work, a magnificent blueprint of a utopian city.
One day as the Goat Head and his expectant wife appear to address the public, a gunshot is fired and the dictator is assassinated. Dissidents stage a coup and gain control of the country. A massive hunt is launched for all goats. All goats are wanted. All goats are hunted. After a time of purging, the dust finally settles.
Several years later two prisoners, Munsee and Boo wait behind bars.
Then word comes. The most wanted Goat has surfaced. The Goat from the expectant belly. The feared successor. The hunt resumes. The Goat could be anyone, teacher, astronaut, deep-sea diver, doctor. The Goat could be anything, fat, man, hairy, woman.
When a blueprint resembling the Goat Head’s Utopia is found in their prison cell, all eyes turn. Could one of them be the Goat? Munsee, a university student imprisoned for participating in a demonstration or Boo a construction worker for assaulting his supervisor. The interrogation begins.
Munsee or Boo? Which clown is the culprit?
The Comedy of the Tragic Goats is a tale of two clowns who dance and play to fend disaster away.
Story by Natalie Hennedige
Direction by Mohd Fared Jainal
Performance by Muhammad Najib Bin Soiman (bijaN) & Rizman Putra
Presented by Cake Theatrical Productions
Titisan Temasek adalah sebuah kelab teater bahasa Melayu di Politeknik Temasek. Kami amat berpegang kepada prinsip, "Yang Penting Enjoyz", sejak dari dulu lagi. Sebab itulah, tali perhubungan kami agak ketat, kerana Titisan Temasek tidak tertakhluk kepada Status Quo. Seniors ke, juniors ke, semua sama, tidak ada beza, kerana kami menganggapkan diri kami, masih belajar, dan bukan experts. P.s. Kalau you nak datang tengok we, tolong elakkan diri menggunakan bahasa baku. You'll know why.
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