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 30th 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.
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 30th 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 |
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Venue: The Necessary Stage Black Box |
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Tickets (excluding SISTIC ticketing fee): |
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 |
past works

Actor, Forty《演员四十》

Balek Kampong

Being Haresh Sharma

Best Of

Best Of (His Story)

Boxing Day

Crossings

Frozen Angels

Fundamentally…

Gemuk Girls

Ghost Writer

Gitanjali [I feel…

Good People

Manifesto

Mobile

Mobile 2: Flat…

Model Citizens

October

Off Centre

Past Caring

Pioneer (Girls)…

Poor Thing

Rosnah

Sanctuary

Separation 40

Singapore

Sofaman

Those Who Can't,…

Those Who Can’t,…

Underclass

untitled women