Category
Theatre
Date
31-05-2013 until 01-06-2013
Time
20:00 until 21:15
Venue
Esplanade Theatre Studio
Where to buy the tickets
www.esplanade.com ; SISTIC; Esplanade Box Office
$25
Package of 4: $80
Concessions for students: $10
Concessions for NSF and senior citizens: $16
Price
Organiser
spell#7
Website
http://www.esplanade.com/whats_on/programme_info/thestudios_family_duet/index.jsp
Description
What does it mean to be on stage with your grandma? Perform with your sister, or dance with your child? In Family Duet, a multi-generational cast presents an off-beat mix of life experiences and perspectives on the world.
Two weeks before their first child was born in 2004, Kaylene Tan and Paul Rae performed Duets. Described by the Straits Times as 'stylish, quirky' and 'enigmatic', the show was an attempt to mark what it meant to be two in advance of becoming three. Now they are four. Time for some new home truths. Reflecting spell#7's intimate and inventive approach to theatre-making, Family Duet highlights the questions that family living answers but rarely asks: What is it to live together? How did I get these eyes? Are we ever too young to fail, or too old to disappoint? Where are the emergency noodles?
Three generations aged 6 to 66 mix conversation, media and dancing toys in scenes that probe the passage of time, the meaning of responsibility, and how people overlap. The result is a family autobiography that audiences of all ages will find both instantly recognisable, and totally unique. Written and performed: Paul Rae Kaylene Tan Lola Rae Summer Rae Eleanor Song Fiona Rae Sound/Music by: Zai Kuning On Duets "For me, the power of this production was in its sincerity in trying to capture in little snapshots the truth of how love – so ordinary, so beautiful, so real – can exist." - The Flying Inkpot
Follow the action on www.facebook.com/FamilyDuet and www.facebook.com/spellseven There will be a post-show dialogue with the artists after the 1 Jun, 8pm show. Workshop with the artist: Sharing the Space: Making Theatre Across Generations by spell#7 11 May 2013, Sat, 2pm
For more info on The Studios: www.thestudios.com.sg
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