@ The Singapore Arts Festival 2012
Produced by The Finger Players (SG) in association with The Teatri Sbagliati (IT)
And this performance is about…
…karma, reincarnation and past lives.
A daughter faces her transvestite father’s impending death. However, her last lap with him does not come smooth, as she unearths his suppressed secret which wreaks emotional hell on the parent-and-child relationship.
It is not the father’s penchant to cross dress that drives a wedge between the two — that is open knowledge. It is something else.
While the horrified daughter struggles with the emotions that run riot through her, her father, trying desperately to discern the meaning of life, is greeted by divine visions that connect him to the past.
During these moments, he realises that the kinship with his daughter was wrought not when he adopted her — but at the genesis of the universe.
They had spent numerous lifetimes together, not always as father and daughter, before settling on the tumultuous one they have today.
How many more hundreds, no, thousands of years more before the ties cease to exist?
Go for The Book of Living and Dying…
…if you are fascinated by the Tibet reincarnation system, which inspired the production’s creator, The Finger Players, when it went to Tibet.
…if you believe that every relationship you have is not a singular event in history but one that is repeated in the consciousness of every individual.
…if you have secrets of your own and sometimes wonder at their consequences.
THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE BOOK OF LIVING AND DYING IS…
…The Finger Players, one of Singapore’s leading theatre companies specialising in puppetry, in association with Teatri Sbagliati.
The Finger Players burst onto the local arts scene in 1996 as Singapore’s only active professional puppetry company. Today, it reaches out to an average audience size of 35,000 a year in Singapore and other countries.
Teatri Sbagliati hails from Italy and its founder Antonio Ianniello holds holy trinity roles of playwright, actor and director. His artistic works oscillate between television and theatre.
The Mastermind behind this performance is…
...The Finger Players, one of Singapore’s leading theatre companies specialising in puppetry, in association with Teatri Sbagliati.
The Finger Players burst onto the local arts scene in 1996 as Singapore’s only active professional puppetry company. Today, it reaches out to an average audience size of 35,000 a year in Singapore and other countries.
Teatri Sbagliati hails from Italy and its founder Antonio Ianniello holds holy trinity roles of playwright, actor and director. His artistic works oscillate between television and theatre.
Advisory: Performed in English, Italian, Mandarin and Cantonese. (English surtitles provided where needed)
Parental Guidance is recommended
Pre-registration is required to secure a seat. Book online here
