Productions
2017 - Singapore
Actor, Forty
Sub-Title
演员四十
SYNOPSIS
In real life, there are no rehearsals and no second takes.
Actor, Forty features Golden Horse Award-winner Yeo Yann Yann returning to the Chinese theatre stage in a special Huayi commission.
This new original monologue sees Yeo collaborating with Cultural Medallion recipients, director Alvin Tan and playwright Haresh Sharma of The Necessary Stage. Candid and conversational, it examines the myriad identities that we take on and cast off in life—just as an actor does when she adopts different roles.
Blurring the lines between actor and character, Yeo plays an actress who has just been cast in a contemporary remake of Summer Snow《女人四十》, a 1995 Hong Kong film about a 40-something woman dealing with difficult family issues. The actress has a secret that she is struggling to keep under wraps—she is turning 40 and expecting her first child. Faced with the challenge of juggling a globetrotting job and raising a child, she confronts her hopes and fears. Will she still be able to find meaning in her career, and also play to perfection what could be her most challenging role yet—becoming a mother?
现实，无从彩排，也无法重来。
《演员四十》，金马奖最佳女配角杨雁雁回归中文戏剧舞台的全新独角戏。
华艺节委约新作，由杨雁雁携手新加坡剧场最佳拍档，文化奖得主及必要剧场导演陈崇敬与编剧哈里斯•沙玛全心打造。她担纲演出单人剧，娓娓道出她扮演的女演员面对事业与家庭两难的生命故事。
在剧中女演员的现实生活里，她在各个不同的生命角色间游走，她全力以赴，就像在每出戏里倾情演绎着不同的人物一般。
女演员在迈向40人生路之际，接获得奖电影《女人四十》即将重拍的主角重任，此时，她发现自己怀孕了！本是两件喜讯好事，竟让她陷入是否该透露怀孕实情的挣扎。希望与忧心揪着疼：到底她该专注哪个角色？
PRODUCTION CREDITS
- Director
- Alvin Tan
- Playwright
- Haresh Sharma
- Cast
- Yeo Yann Yann
- Set Designer
- Kok Heng Leun
- Lighting Designer
- Adrian Tan
- Sound Designer
- Julian Wong
- Translator
- Quah Sy Ren
- Costume Designer
- Max Tan & Yuan Zhiying (MAX.TAN)
- Production Manager
- Azyyati Alias
- Stage Manager
- Chee Mei Rong
- Draughtsman
- Chan Silei
- Surtitle Operator
- Yeo Fu Bi
- Crew-Performer
- April Kong Ming Qi
Muhammad Shafiq Haziq Bin Suderman
SCRIPT
Contact UsPREVIEWS
- 21 Nov 2016
- 161121 - Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报 - Let art inspire the new year 让艺术启迪新一年
- 30 Dec 2016
- 161230 - The Business Times - Haresh Sharma in season
- 03 Jan 2017
- 170103 - AAPPAC Newsletter - Interview with Alvin Tan
- 06 Jan 2017
- 170106 - Lianhe Zaobao - 华艺节《演员四十》 杨雁雁首次挑战独角戏
- 27 Jan 2017
- 170127 - The A-list - Tell Me Huayi
- 30 Jan 2017
- 170130 - The Nation - The rooster catches fire
- 02 Feb 2017
- 170202 - SG Now - Singaporean artists are in the spotlight
- 17 Jan 2017
- 170117 - 958FM - Radio Interview
REVIEWS
- 04 Feb 2017
- 170204 - bakchormeeboy.com - Review Huayi Festival 2017 Actor Forty by The Necessary Stage
- 06 Feb 2017
- 170206 - ST Life - Return to the local stage
- 07 Feb 2017
- 170207 - Lianhe Zaobao - A confession written for Singapore theatre《演员四十》写给新加坡剧场的一封告白
- 09 Feb 2017
- 170209 - Crystalwords -Actor Forty
- 19 Feb 2017
- 170219 - The Nation - Dedicated to diversity
- 21 Feb 2017
- 170221 - ST Life - Blur ethnic lines to promote different cultures
- 05 Mar 2017
- 170305 - Write Wing Theatre - Blurred (Story)Lines (Actor, Forty by The Necessary Stage)
- 24 Apr 2017
- 170424 - Lianhe Zaobao - Article on Fashion Designers Working on Costumes for Theatre.jpg
REMARKS
Commissioned and presented by Esplanade's Huayi 华艺节 2017
COMMENTS