Furthest North, Deepest South is a meditation on the human need to explore the planet and the universe as much as the self. In it, Chong Tze Chien threads with typical images of contemporary globalisation with historic facts about Zhu Di and Cheng Ho in a way that invites the spectator to contemplate our capacity to control a planet and explore space, while at the same time we lose the coordinates of our own desires and get lost in seas of power and despair. 'When will it be enough?' asks Cheng Ho to Zhu Di when the former orders the latter to sail the seas for him and China, but he is also asking himself and therefore inviting us to do the same. A tale about power, desire, satisfaction and feat, Furthest North, Deepest South is a play about the eunuch admiral as much as it is about us today's geographical and intimate boundaries.
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Director: Felipe Cervera
Playwright: Chong Tze Chien
Lighting Designer: Tan Liting
Multimedia Designer: Yusri Sapari
Cast: Shannen Tan, Jessica Lee Xin, Gan Soon Rui, Walter Chan, Valerie Chua, Seah Wenqian, Rebekah Tan, Nur Sofihah binte Mohammad Sha'har, Elaine Hoong
Stage Manager: Renee Yeong
Assistant Stage Manager: Teresa Chen
(Source: National University of Singapore Programme)