Our November theatre event/ "Sanctuary" by The Necessary Stage with Hanchu-Yuei of Tokyo | Peatixtag:peatix.com,2011:12021-11-15T09:30:08+08:00PeatixJane IyerOur November theatre event/ "Sanctuary" by The Necessary Stage with Hanchu-Yuei of Tokyo tag:peatix.com,2017:event-3127882017-11-09T19:00:00SGT2017-11-09T19:00:00SGTThe Necessary Stage is one of Singapore's most cutting edge theatre companies. It continues its 30th anniversary season with another provocative work—Sanctuary, an international collaboration with HANCHU-YUEI, one of Tokyo’s most innovative theatre companies.This play presents assorted characters—from social media influencers to virtual personal assistants—through the lens of hot-button issues of the day such as surveillance, alternative fact and post-life. Sanctuary investigates the fragility of the human condition, at a time when technology is eroding our humanity. We are the data, but the data is never ours.Come and join us for some pre show cheese & wine from 7pm, the show itself, and a post show dialogue (with Alvin Tan, Director, Suguru Yamamoto, Director/Playwright, & Haresh Sharma, Playwright).Please see this link for an intro to the play by Haresh:https://youtu.be/aL4HNb-KsIISynopsis of Play: A terminally ill woman hires a digital legacy company to record video greetings for her children to watch long after she is gone. In our technologically accelerating world, this scenario of social media legacy planning has become a reality. In the digitised future, memories can be made immortal. Our data can be turned into bots. Protests can happen from the comforts of our own homes. Humans, androids and robots are all adrift in cyberspace. Through the stories of seven characters, Sanctuary investigates how technology can potentially erode our humanity, even as it provides more ease of access to goods, services, and communications with one another.