The Spirits Play (2009)

The world of spirits is a world of flux.

Five post-war personas in a state of limbo gather at a deserted place.

Searching for a way home, they stop only to hear each other’s poignant tales of war and loss, endeavors and bygone dreams.

Soon, haunting memories of guilt and pain are unveiled and they realize they are tangled to each other in their choices and consequences.

With their relationship to each other now clear, they unleash a series of questions about the sense and senselessness of war.

‘To die for the motherland is to die in glory!’ against ‘Did we win the battle? Was there any real deed of bravery?’

They start drifting again.

Starring:
Andy Ng (Hong Kong)
Beto Ruiz (Mexico)
Ee Mien Sia (Singapore)
Lin Pei-Ann, Themis (Taiwan)
Miyuki Kamimura (Japan)
Mohamed Kunju Noushad (India)

Playwright: Kuo Pao Kun
Director: Kok Heng Leun
Presented by: Traditions & Editions Theatre Circus (TETC), a collective of TTRP graduate artists from Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, China, Japan, Philippines, India, Poland and Mexico

Set Designer: Lim Wei Ling
Lighting Designer: Lim Woan Wen
Costume Designer: Anthony Tan
Music/Sound Composed & Performed by: Vivian Wang and Leslie Low (The Observatory)

Producer: Peter Sau
Assistant Producer: Zachary Ho
Production Stage Manager: Helmi Fita
Assistant Stage Manager (The Spirits Play): Gloria Tan
Assistant Stage Manager (Creative Lab): Siti Raudha Tehan

Sound Operator: Gloria Tan
Lighting Assistant: Nureen Raidah bte Mohamed Sarib
Wardrobe/Props Management: Siti Raudha Tehan
Surtitle Operator: Tan Li Ting

House Programme Editors: Jeffrey Tan, Tan Wan Sze
Graphic Designer: Keris Phua
Publicists: Peter Sau, Zelda Tatiana Ng 
Production Photographer: Kar-Wai Wesley
Front of House Managers: Low Kah Wei, Zelda Tatiana Ng
Front of House:
Ang Hui Bin
Chen Zhi
Leanne Ong
Lin Poh Foong
Li Tian Jiao
Sia Ee Mien
Tan Wan Sze
Yeo Yann Yann
Guan Jin Sen
Tung Ka Wai
Chris Lee Ban Loong
Rachel Chua

(Source: Synopsis from Traditions & Editions Theatre Circus Website and Credits from Traditions & Editions Theatre Circus Programme)