Roots (2017)

By adelyn-1800, 28 March, 2021
Production Name
Roots
Date and Venue
Start Date
Date
Date format
Whole date is confirmed
End Date
Date
Date format
Whole date is confirmed
Venue
Cloud Gate Theater, Taiwan
Person Credits
Person Profile Reference
Oliver Chong
Role
Director
Playwright
Actor
Set Designer
Person Profile Reference
Lim Woan Wen
Role
Lighting Designer
Person Profile Reference
Wong Chee Wai
Role
Sound Artist
Person Profile Reference
Lam Dan Fong
Role
Stage Manager
Person Profile Reference
Celestine Wong
Role
Assistant Stage Manager
Person Profile Reference
Tan Xiang Yi
Role
Surtitlist
Person Profile Reference
Natalie Chai
Role
Tour Manager
By Company / Artist
The Finger Players
Body Title
Synopsis
Body Content
Body Text

Roots is the winner of The Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards 2013 for Best Production and Best Script. Written, directed and performed by Oliver Chong from The Finger Players, Roots centres on his journey in search of his ancestral home in China. With only the scantiest clues to go on, he struggles to uncover a family secret which may or may not be true. Fixated on finding the truth, Chong's multilingual monologue skilfully and humorously portrays the different characters encountered on his increasingly confusing search.

Body Text

Director, Playwright, Actor & Set Design: Oliver Chong
Lighting Design: Lim Woan Wen
Sound Artist: Wong Chee Wai

Stage Manager: Lam Dan Fong
Assistant Stage Manager: Celestine Wong

Surtitles: Tan Xiang Yi
Tour Manager: Natalie Chai

(Source: The Finger Players Brochure)

Thumbnail
Exposed blue sections amidst snow. The feet and legs of a person in white pants standing on one of the exposed blue sections. Beneath their feet is the word '根' in white font.
Teaser Name
The Finger Players
Teaser Date
Date
Date format
Whole date is confirmed