Jeanette Peh—a highly-westernised Singaporean JC valedictorian—decides to abandon law school to follow her dreams of studying acting in London, where she will also hopefully find her occidental soulmates.
On arrival however, she is dismayed to find that her teacher and classmates label as one of the "Asian students". She adopts a British accent and well-meaningly corrects the British students’ grammar, but that doesn't make her popular for some reason. At least she’s doing well in school... until she gets to Baptiste Laroche's class.
Monsieur Laroche wants her to perform more honestly by speaking in her native language. There’s just one problem: Jeanette is beginning to realise she doesn’t know what her native language is. In fact, she doesn’t really know who she is at all.
Forked is Jo Tan’s first full-length play, featuring performers Ethel Yap, Jamil Schulze, Joanna Pilgrim and Chang Ting Wei.
Forked was conceptualised and begun in a playwriting masterclass by Huzir Sulaiman in 2016 and selected for further development under Saga Seed Theatre’s inaugural Seed Incubator Programme. It continues to be developed under Watch This Space—The Finger Players’ script mentorship platform.
Venue support by Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.
Presented with support from Cultural Matching Fund, Young Changemakers and the National Youth Council.
(Source: M1 Singapore Fringe Festival Website)