“The play begins at the point when the name Singapore was first used, and ends with its last usage.” More a discussion than a show, ‘Singapore’ is both a play and a place, but nothing actually happens in the performance. There are questions and answers, a cup of ginger tea, and a red envelope with a gift inside. If you enjoy conceptual art – or Samuel Beckett – you’ll love the premise behind ‘Singapore’, but it’s not a show for those unwilling to stretch the bounds of what they think theatre is capable of. Nonetheless, there’s some truth in the play’s philosophy: “We have moved past the postmodern, into the realm of the impossible, where the world and art are filled with contradictions.”
Summerhall, 13, 20 Aug, 3.00pm (3.50pm), £4.00 – £5.00, fpp298.
tw rating 4/5
[tw]
Sections: by Taylor Wallace - ED2011 Theatre Reviews - tw rating 4/5 | Tags: Summerhall, Theatre Of The Impossible
Also from ThreeWeeks...
ED2011 Theatre Review: LodeSTAR (Impossible Documentaries)
Like the rock songs it idolises, ‘LodeSTAR’ might be good on drugs but it’s dreadful sober. Our narrator lumbers between a paper-thin Howard Marks character spouting banal profundities about music,...
ED2011 Theatre Review: Drift (Shanghai Repertory Theater)
Dark, moody clouds drift across Oriental-style screens at the opening of this emotive piece following two dispossessed, fractured families in China and Singapore. As each individual struggles to find something...
ED2011 Theatre Review: The Realm Of Love Or Folding Laundry
The actors in a play are the medium through which discourse between the playwright and the audience is achieved. The play becomes a stand-alone work, resting on the boundary of...
GET ALERTS OF NEW THREEWEEKS CONTENT: Click here to sign up to the free ThreeWeeks email
