Date: January 7 – 11, 2008
Venue: Gallery Theatre, National Museum of Singapore
Type of Production: Interdisciplinary Theatre Production
Country of Production: Singapore
Presented by The Necessary Stage (TNS) as an anchor production for the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2009
Director: Alvin Tan
Playwright: Haresh Sharma
Multimedia Artist: Loo Zihan
Multimedia Programmer: Brian Gothong Tan
Cast: Siti Khalijah & Najib Soiman
As the world advances its research on life sciences, stem cells and artificial intelligence, what impact is there on human life and relationships? What does the future hold? Can life be built from scratch? Frozen Angels is a workshop-performance exploring current issues of science, using digital media and theatrical performance.
Frozen Angels looks at the narratives of people affected by advancements in life sciences – a young Junior College couple wishing to be together forever; an elderly father struggling to cope with his daughter’s departure; a lab technician sells stem cells but can’t help her ailing mother.
All these stories look at how families can be manufactured and/or re-invented. The elderly father forms a familial bond with his maid to cope with an absent daughter. When the young couple get their wish to ‘live forever’, they discover, 200 years later, that they have outlived their family and friends. Can they still be happy together when the only family they have is themselves?
Frozen Angels is a seamless integration of multimedia/technology and live action based on issues surrounding stem cell research and how these issues affect individuals and families.
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