This quiet piece… is probably the most difficult thing I’ve ever written and performed, my whole life.
[.gif]'s Hail Nothing took years to finish; sub:shaman's songs are crazy challenging; Beside Ourselves was 300 hours of rehearsal; Displaced Persons’ Welcome Dinner was an impossible task… and yet this little thing took more out of me than I have ever given to a work.
But as I was shaking in front of lights and cameras… the Checkpoint Theatre team stood by with tissues, hot milo, and endless warmth. Huzir cried with me during our final take and in those silent, shared sniffles… I could feel the air in the room wrap its arms around me.
You don’t have to like it –– it’s awkward, frenzied, uncomfortable… and perhaps just solipsistic ramblings. But it means the world to me that I was given this voice, and the safe space to lay myself bare in a way I never thought I could.
I am deeply honoured to be a part of Two Songs and a Story (An online video series), especially alongside this stellar cast –– Ants Chua, inch, Jo Tan, Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai, and directed by Huzir Sulaiman and Joel Lim.
The show opens this Thursday and runs till 31 Aug ✨ I can’t wait to see what the other 4 artists did with their pieces.
Tickets are on sale now! –– https://checkpoint-theatre.org/event/two-songs-and-a-story/
Your ticket will be a link that allows you to watch any of our works within 72 hours. I do hope you join us x
