A poem from the soldier

Bits and pieces
that's what is left.
Bones and ornaments
under a stone flab.

Old names are forgotten,
New names for the bones.
A god in placement of a human.

When they were alive, they have their own name,
When they died,their bones have new names.

The rich have decorative tomb,
the prositute has one flab.
Rough jagged stones identifying the officers
buried with collections from the war scene.

The General was there,
And so was the poet.
He who once ruled the East Asia military during war,
now share a place beside the one who wrote about the war.

All their souls rest here now in this soil,
in wasan road.
they look at me, as we sat isolated under the trees.

At that moment,
I felt the spirits.




NOTE:
A poem by Noushade. He was inspired after a trip to the Japanese Cementry.
During a time where the artists were indulging in a moment with the spirits while siting quitely on stone benches under the trees)

Conjuring inside our lighting designer's head

Lim Woan Wen has no words to describe her process, she only has visuals inside her head. And wow, so many....

The Lone Tree

The Never-ending Path

The Blinding Light

Lim Woan Wen
Associate Lighting Designer of The Finger Players since 2004

AWARDS
2006
Best Lighting Design, 6th Life! Theatre Awards
'Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea'
by The Finger Players

2008
Best Lighting Design, 8th Life! Theatre Awards
'Wong Kar Wai Dreams' by The Finger Players
Nomination, Best Lighting Design, 8th Life! Theatre Awards
'0501' presented by The Finger Players

2009
Best Lighting Design, 9th Life! Theatre Awards
'Pinnochio’s Complex' by The Finger Players

An award-winning lighting designer for 3 years in a row (a year gap in between).Come witness her intricate and nuanced lighting for 'The Spirits Play'.

Joining Lim Woan Wen is also award-winning set designer, Lim Wei Ling and Singapore's top fashion and costume designer, Anthony Tan. Not to mention our very exciting music ambassador to foreign countries, THE OBSERVATORY with lead vocalists cum composers, Vivian Wang and Leslie Low. They will be doing live music for each performance.

This is a rare gathering of the best designers in Singapore, lending their much-needed gravitas to the powerful script by Kuo Pao Kun, direction of Kok Heng Leun and TETC's international actors.

Should you come watch? Need we say more?

Traditions & Editions Theatre Circus = TETC = Talented, Educated, Top and Cool!

Peep into our set design

THE SPIRITS PLAY - 'All the world's a stage'


Can you visualize this?




Design by Lim Weiling

Intrigued by the complex workings in our life, she continually explores more satisfying ways to make sense of the world in her contemplative works. Wei Ling is constantly seeking reflective immersion by extensive dwelling in one continent after another. As a cross‐disciplinary spatial designer, Weiling incorporates a wide range of media in her creations that include architecture, installation, theatre, film, and graphic.

In 2005, she co‐founded [+O], a non‐profit multi‐disciplinary group, which recently has been selected as a presenter of Singapore Supergarden, Singapore Pavilion in the 11th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition 2008. Her works were seen in major festivals both in Singapore and overseas.

Some of her notable works include:

Installation
'Blueprint', Milan, Milan Design Week 2008
'Sound Seed Project', commission by Hua Yi Festival, Singapore.

Installation and scenography
'0501', a collaborative work devised and conceptualised by 10 artists, The Finger Players

Weiling is a graduate of the National University of Singapore in Architecture and subsequently received Masters of Arts in Design Futures with Distinction from Goldsmiths College, University of London.

She has just completed the prestigious 'Creator‐In‐Residence' at Tokyo Wonder Site in Japan this year.

Awards
President's Design Award 2007, Design of the Year, installation work for '0501'

Peep into our costume design

THE SPIRITS PLAY costumes

CAN YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE?

The GENERALThe MOTHER costume 1The LITTLE BOY costume 1 The GIRL The SOLDIERThe MOTHER costume 2The POET The LITTLE BOY costume 2 Design by Anthony Tan

Current Senior Lecturer and Course Leader at the Department of Fashion Studies, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA)

Some notable productions under his belt:

2001
'Best Production Design’, Life! Theatre Awards,
for ‘A Tinted Edge’, Toy Factory

2003
CHINGGAY PARADE

2004
I NUOVI COSMETICS 2004 SPRING/SUMMER COLOURS LAUNCH

2005
'QUIDAM’, Singapore, Cirque Du Soleil,
THUNDERSTORM, Hua Yi Chinese Festival, Singapore Chinese Orchestra
UNIFORM for TIGER BEER @ Asia Pacific Brewery
PEROFRMANCE UNIFORM for Singapore Chinese Orchestra

2006
'Best Costume Design’, Life! Theatre Awards,
for ‘Ten Brothers’, Toy Factory

2007
Head Designer, NATIONAL DAY PARADE at Marina Bay

2008
HUGO BOSS NEW FRAGRANCE DEEP RED FASHION SHOW
SHANGHAI BLUES the musical, Hua Yi Chinese Festival, Toy Factory

2009
THE CRAB FLOWER CLUB, Singapore Arts Festival, Toy Factory

6min45secs,Presentation Part 4,The Spirits Play

10min,Presentation Part 3,The Spirits Play

10min,Presentation Part 2,The Spirits Play