Tortoise Tales / 《归途赛跑》
(2018)
Commissioned by the National Arts Council for Silver Arts 2018.
6 Sept 2018, 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Our Tampines Hub, Festive Arts Theatre.
Production Info
With support from Canon Singapore, Make It Share It (MISI), and The Necessary Stage
Production Credits
Director and Co-Playwright — Chong Gua Khee
Co-Playwright — Tan Liting
Set & Lighting Designer — Petrina Dawn Tan
Assistant Set Designer — Vivien Lau
Sound Designer — Jing Ng
Production Stage Manager — Azy Alias
Cast — Hang Qian Chou, Liow Shi Suen
→ Photo Credit: NAC Silver Arts 2018
The Tortoise and the Hare is a well-known folk story with many different versions.
A grandmother and her grandson collide with each other over the stories that each tells, one championing the importance of stories and the other questioning the impact stories can have. Will they ever agree?
Embark on a journey to revisit familiar tales that we grew up with, question what they mean, and expect surprises as well as an alternate ending or two in this heartwarming theatre performance.
Responses to Tortoise Tales /《归途赛跑》
“…Tortoise Tales presents a scenario that is at its core heartwarming and nostalgic. It is about the relationship between a grandmother and grandson, and how the stories told by the grandmother had an important influence on the grandson’s life as he grew up. … one very strong and engaging device is the use of hand shadow puppetry to mark flashbacks where the grandmother tells bedtime stories to her grandson. This effectively conjures up the nostalgia associated with childhood, and the innocence of the grandmother-grandson relationship.”