Air
An Esplanade Commission
Date
12 - 14 July 2024
Time
8pm (12 & 13 July)
3pm (13 & 14 July)
Venue
Singtel Waterfront Theatre at Esplanade
Language
Malay, with English surtitles
Tickets
$48 (standard) from Esplanade
Limited concession tickets for students, NSF, seniors and PWDs
Promotions available for Esplanade&Me members
“An intriguing exploration of Singapore’s lesser-known stories and the dispossession of the indigenous Orang Seletar” – The Straits Times
Air is a verbatim play, intimately sharing the authentic voices of the Orang Seletar, an indigenous coastal community that once lived in Singapore. Through interviews and conversations, the play unfolds their stories, struggles, and resilience as they compromise with the encroaching changes to ensure the survival of not only their people, but more importantly, their identity. As the community strives to preserve its heritage, the verbatim captures the raw emotions, dilemmas, and unique perspectives of the Orang Seletar.
First staged in 2019 as part of the well-received double bill, Tanah•Air: A Play in Two Parts, this new iteration of Air is a further development of the threads presented in the play’s original staging. In the careful hands of acclaimed playwright Zulfadli Rashid, materials new and old are woven into a tapestry of stories, resulting in an emotionally potent play that resonates now more than ever, confronting the issues of land, dispossession and community. Air is helmed by co-directors Adib Kosnan and Kok Heng Leun, and features evocative production design and a cast comprising Dalifah Shahril, Rizman Putra, Saiful Amri and Suhaili Safari.
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