ART:DIS (Arts & Disability Singapore) presents a double-bill showcase for two nights, featuring a pan-disability cast in collaboration with industry professionals.
Showcase 1
The Other Side is a dramatised reading exploring themes of dignity, autonomy, and the profound complexity of love when confronted with the decision to let go.
In a near future where assisted suicide has been legalised, Stephanie, a young woman with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, faces the painful choice of continuing a life of diminishing quality or opting for an assisted death. Her older sister, Janice, struggles deeply with the morality of her choice, reflecting on her own beliefs and their shared past. What does it mean to love someone who relies heavily on you? Who has control in a situation where control can’t be found? Who’s right, who’s wrong, does it matter in the end?
Lead Artist & Playwright: Shalom Lim
Performers: Sherry Toh & Karen Tan
Director & Mentor: Claire Teo
Co-writers: Karen Tan & Claire Teo
Script Advisor: Verena Tay / Set Advisor: Aida Sa’ad
Creative Narrator: Su Paing Tun
Creative Captioner: Jayda Naomi Michael
Creative Enabler: Pearlyn Ow
Stage Manager: Nur Adani Binte Muhammad Adam
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Showcase 2
Who Am I? is a multi-disciplinary performance exploring identity and personhood.
Not deaf enough. Not hearing enough. Not dependent enough. Not independent enough. Not enough. Well, after being told that she is this and that and therefore she will never/always be this and that, one woman has had enough of everyone’s expectations and assumptions about her.
Through a tapestry of borrowed texts, original writings, and swordplay, this is the journey a woman takes as she finally confronts her deepest and darkest fears, vanquishes the demons that haunt her, and emerges a stronger warrior at the end.
Lead Artist, Writer & Performer: Jade Ow
Director & Mentor: Peter Sau
Creative Narrator: Verena Tay
Dramaturg & Script Advisor: Verena Tay
Script Contributor: Alvan Yap
Creative Enabler: Hety Wong Hei Ting
Stage Manager: Hope Fiyero
Creative Captioner: Amalia
