The Necessary Stage » Sanctuary

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.

The Necessary Stage continues its 30^th anniversary season with another provocative work—Sanctuary, an international collaboration with HANCHU-YUEI, one of Tokyo’s most innovative theatre companies.

It 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.

Dates: 1 – 4 & 8 – 11 November 2017, 8pm 4 – 5 & 11 – 12 November 2017, 3pm
Venue: The Necessary Stage Black Box
Tickets (excluding SISTIC ticketing fee): $36 \| $28* * Concessions for students, NSFs, senior citizens, and PWD card holders Rating to be advised Get your tickets now at SISTIC Website: www.sistic.com.sg SISTIC Hotline: 6348 5555 and SISTIC Authorised Agents islandwide. For school, group and corporate booking offers, please contact The Necessary Stage at (65) 6440 8115 or via email at admin@necessary.org.

Playwrights:	Haresh Sharma & Suguru Yamamoto
Directors:	Alvin Tan & Suguru Yamamoto
Dramaturg:	Ken Takiguchi
Lighting:	Yo Shao Ann
Set:	Vincent Lim
Sound:	Bani Haykal
Visuals:	Kazuki Takakura
Performers:	Audrey Luo, Ellison Tan Yuyang, Fumi Kumakawa, Mikie Tanaka, Kan Fukuhara, Sachiro Nomoto, Yazid Jalil