Written and performed by Ranice Tay and Ang Gey Pin
Videography/design by Kow Xiao Jun
Presented by NUS Centre For the Arts (Singapore)
Dreamtalk 話夢 unfolds in a house of shapeless things, where everything is born and everything wanes. Here, a dreamer is half-asleep, and a rousing guardian stands watch. A journey is waiting in the shadows. In an ever-flowing wind, distant voices and peculiar beings are beckoning, reaching, seeking – and then, passing. And you, peering into this room, might find yourself imprinted when you finally leave.
This is a practice-as-research project’s latest phase of development. The performance has, in each phase, evolved with the changing landscapes within us. Organically blending movement, texts and songs, we unravel the transformative potential of the actor’s body. It is a quest to confront the transience of living and ask: Are we willing to see beyond sight? Will we resist, or can we surrender to the flow of life? Are we truly awake, or are we all just passing-by in a dream?
Originally part of the NUS Arts Festival 2020: Ways of Seeing, Dreamtalk 話夢 brings together the fresh young talent of NUS Performing Visual Arts Scholar, Ranice Tay, and the seasoned experience of theatre pioneer, Ang Gey Pin. Through a collaboration with spatial/lighting design & videography by Kow Xiao Jun, Dreamtalk 話夢 has been reworked and presented as an intimate online theatre experience that invites you to embrace your inner world. Post show dialogues followed the performances.
PREVIEW by Ong Sor Fern, The Straits Times
