A multi-lingual production with surtitles.
Conceived by Alvin Tan
Commissioned by the Singapore Arts Festival 2006.
A Japanese tourist loses her child in South East Asia; the ghost of a hanged Filipina maid demands justice; a Singaporean activist says enough is enough; a Thai monk tries to be calm. As the world becomes more mobile, has it also become more foreign? A unique collaboration involving artists from Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Japan, Mobile deals with stories of women and men who are affected by movement and migration.
"Ultimately, Mobile was a triumph, a triumph of cross-cultural understanding, a tale told through a common currency – suffering."
—The Star
Directed by
Alvin Tan (Singapore)
Tatsuo Kaneshita (Japan)
Written by
Narumol Thammapruksa (Thailand)
Rody Vera (The Philippines)
Tatsuo Kaneshita (Japan)
Head Writer
Haresh Sharma (Singapore)
Performed by
Reina Miura (Japan)
Tetsuya Kataoka (Japan)
Rody Vera (The Philippines)
Mailes Angeles Kanapi (The Philippines)
Jarunun Phantachat (Thailand)
Narumol Thammapruksa (Thailand)
Pradit Prasartthong (Thailand)
Aidli 'Alin' Mosbit (Singapore)
Chua Enlai (Singapore)
Set Design
Vincent Lim (Singapore)
Multimedia Design
Brian Gothong Tan (Singapore)
Lighting Design
Naomi Shoko Matsumoto (Japan)
Choreographer
Kuo Jing Hong (Singapore)