BENCHES - A Poetic Play | Peatixtag:peatix.com,2011:12021-11-15T09:39:34+08:00PeatixPoetry Festival SingaporeBENCHES - A Poetic Playtag:peatix.com,2018:event-3784992018-07-27T20:30:00SGT2018-07-27T20:30:00SGTBENCHES - A Poetic PlaySYNOPSIS A
girl, in search for her identity, returns to the park that her
grandfather used to take her to when he was still alive. He appears, and
together they embark on a journey spanning five decades, meeting faces
both old and new along the way, sharing tales that become an allegory to
her future. Benches is a coming-of-age, two-person poetic play on love, loss, and what it means for some stories to stay with us forever. This is the Singapore premiere of an international collaboration, supported by the Poetry Festival Singapore. Written by GIOVANNI ORTEGA (USA)Poetry by RANICE TAY (Singapore)Performed by GIOVANNI ORTEGA (USA) and RANICE TAY (Singapore)DETAILS LocationPlay Den, The Arts HouseDates/TimesFri 27 July 8:30pm Sat 28 July 4:30pm Sat 28 July 8:30pmSun 29 July 4:30pm (limited tickets left)AdmissionReserve your ticket online on the right hand side with your contact details.DurationAbout 60 minutes with Q&ARatingTo be advisedABOUT GIOVANNI ORTEGA Giovanni Ortega (AEA, SAG-AFTRA, SDC) is a theatre-maker based in Southern California. In the past year, he directed Mama Bares at East West Players, The House of the Spirits, Urinetown: the Musical in Pomona College and A Sunday Kind of Love (Orange County Playwrights Alliance). His international credits include directing Immigrant’s Diasporic Imagination (Styria, Austria) ALLOS (Kampala International Theatre Festival) Joe Orton’s What the Butler Saw (Upstage
Bern Theatre Company) in Switzerland and adapting The Kingdom of
Banaras for the Nirman Organization. Giovanni staged the Asian premiere
of ALLOS, The Story of Carlos Bulosan at the Haque Centre of Acting and
Creativity, a self-written, self-directed and self-produced one-man show
commissioned by East West Players Theater (March 2011). Criers for
Hire, his other commissioned work for East West Players Theatre, became
the highest grossing world premiere play in its 50-year history. He was
also the resident scholar for Australia’s 2016 National Play Festival. For more information, go to www.giovanniortega.com.ABOUT RANICE TAYRanice began writing and performing for theatre at age 13, and has since fallen in love with the transformative potential of theatre.As an actress, Ranice has collaborated with various independent artists and collectives. Her professional theatre credits include: Island Stories (GenerAsia Ltd.), In Search of Salt (Passerby Projects), Leaves (Passerby Projects), The Creation of My Body (Method Productions), and FLICKER (Make Space). Ranice also pens poetry and prose, and has performed various original works such as Yellow (Aesop, in partnership with the Singapore Writers Festival), Another (National Library Board, That's The Story of My Life) and Hands (Method Productions, Metaphors Be With You). Ranice is currently also pursuing a Theatre Studies degree at the National University of Singapore, where she is a recipient of the Performing and Visual Arts Scholarship.----------Updatestag:peatix.com,2018-07-28 12:22:282018-07-28 12:22:28The event description was updated. Diff#356923Updatestag:peatix.com,2018-06-14 08:26:022018-06-14 08:26:02The event description was updated. Diff#345315Updatestag:peatix.com,2018-06-06 09:30:272018-06-06 09:30:27The event description was updated. Diff#343055Updatestag:peatix.com,2018-06-05 17:59:062018-06-05 17:59:06The event description was updated. Diff#342838Updatestag:peatix.com,2018-06-05 17:58:562018-06-05 17:58:56Title was changed to "BENCHES - A Poetic Play". Orig#342837Updatestag:peatix.com,2018-06-05 10:43:182018-06-05 10:43:18The event description was updated. Diff#342769Updatestag:peatix.com,2018-05-23 07:24:352018-05-23 07:24:35The event description was updated. Diff#339521Updatestag:peatix.com,2018-05-22 08:34:272018-05-22 08:34:27The event description was updated. Diff#339235Updatestag:peatix.com,2018-05-14 02:28:042018-05-14 02:28:04The event description was updated. Diff#337127Updatestag:peatix.com,2018-05-02 04:15:222018-05-02 04:15:22The event description was updated. Diff#334657Updatestag:peatix.com,2018-05-02 02:30:292018-05-02 02:30:29The event description was updated. Diff#334621