Reading-Presentation Details:
21 November 2021, Sunday
2pm
Black Box @ 42 Waterloo Street
(by invitation only)
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Synopsis
A young woman revisits her childhood home and realises she has lost all emotional connection with her hometown. As she struggles to rebuild connections with an old friend, a surreal encounter with a ghostly young girl takes her on a trip down memory lane, where she finds herself faced with confronting her past and redefining what “home” means to her.
Artist’s Statement/Inquiry
coming back follows a young woman’s search for belonging and seeks to explore our relationship with spaces and memory. This work-in-progress aims to:
- Explore memory through a non-linear storytelling form, as an attempt to reflect on our hazy relationship with nostalgia and trauma, and the ways in which they colour our experiences and perception.
- Examine the complex relationships between characters through the writing and workshop process, to find the nuances in friendships that have been influenced by time, distance, and perceived notions of trust and abandonment.
- Externalise a character’s psyche, their intangible conflicts and motivations, by utilising the stage as a liminal space for processing and charting internal journeys.
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Chuah Weiqi – Playwright
Weiqi is a visual and verbal storyteller with a curious mind, constantly excited by the strange workings of our world. She is drawn to narratives that explore the relationships we make with each other, with ourselves, and our realities. From stories about afterlife spirits in a pandemic-stricken columbarium, to documentaries diving into the hidden indie hip-hop music scene in Singapore, Weiqi’s works seek to unpack the ways through which we find our place in the world and how we make sense of our own journeys in growth and connection. As a creative swiss army knife, Weiqi channels her curiosities through her various ventures into creative writing, filmmaking, and theatre.
