CRAVE | by Elena Yeo, 3rd Culture Theatre

“I feel nothing, nothing. I feel nothing.” – C

Two men, two women…. four voices that intertwine to create a deeply moving exposition about the extremes of love, hope, longing, desire, disappointment, despair and loneliness.

This experiment by 3^rd Culture Theatre is an attempt to create the kind of experiential and visceral theatre that Sarah Kane sought to make.

Audience members are intimately connected to performers. Sound becomes textural through shifts in spatial perspectives. Fleeting hints of light and moments of utter darkness encourage unrestrained emotional responses to performance and text.

About 3rd Culture Theatre
3rd Culture Theatre was launched in 2011. Its mission is to inspire a love for theatre through the staging of emotionally engaging, intellectually provocative and intensely creative performances. The company has created work in Shanghai, Singapore and London including Art (Reza), I Am My Own Wife (Wright), and The Merchant of Venice (a collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company).

Elena Yeo, Producing Artistic Director
Elena has worked for over last ten years as an actor, producer and stage manager in London, Shanghai and Singapore. As a producer, Elena launched the inaugural Short + Sweet Theatre Festival in Singapore 2007. It consisted of 40 ten-minute plays staged over three weeks, and featured some of Singapore’s top actors, directors and playwrights. Other production and stage credits include Agamemnon (Berkoff), Love’s Labours Lost (Shakespeare), King Lear (Shakespeare), The Master Builder (Ibsen), Drift (Yu) and Caucasian Chalk Circle (Brecht).

Nicole Stinton, Director
Nicole has worked in the performing arts industry for over two decades across Australia and Asia, specialising in Musical Theatre and other forms of stylised theatre. Her extensive experience is not only as a professional director, playwright and actor, but also as a teacher, manager and vocal coach. Nicole has taught in the West Australian arts education system, including spending several years managing the Performing Arts department of a college. She’s lectured in musical theatre, acting, voice and management at a tertiary level and has published several textbooks on Drama, which are widely used in Western Australia.

Nicole holds an MBA in Arts and Entertainment Management, a Graduate Diploma of Education, a Bachelor in Theatre, and a Bachelor in Musical Theatre from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). She is currently working towards a PhD in Acting at WAAPA.

Cast
Gerald Chew
Sharda Harrison
Zach Ibrahim
Janice Koh