The Studios season in 2024 features four shows that dive deeply into the fault lines that divide the world.
SINGAPORE – Five years since Drama Box first told the story of Johor’s displaced Orang Seletar in its verbatim theatre show Air, co-director Kok Heng Leun, 58, finds it “depressing” that the villagers he met are still facing issues of displacement.
Works in the 2024 season map the fault lines of global politics onto everyday life. Singaporean artist Sim Chi Yin’s One Day We’ll Understand is a search for the artist’s late grandfather who was deported during the Malayan Emergency, while Ming Wong’s Rhapsody In Yellow tackles China-US relations through a ping-pong double concerto.
In 2024, discussions about colonialism are once again at the forefront on a global scale, says Kok. He recounts an incident of a Chinese developer arriving unannounced at the cemetery of an Orang Seletar village and planning for developments around their homes. Air co-directors Adib Kosnan and Kok Heng Leun say reconnecting with the Orang Seletar a second time has given them a chance to deepen their relationship with the villagers. ST PHOTO: AZMI ATHNI
Kok says of the importance of making the visit as a whole team: “It forces us as artists to pay more attention to the authenticity of things.”
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