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about 27 months ago (02/13/2022)
The Maker’s Project: What does it take to sustain the puppeteer? | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Courtesy of The Finger Players February 13, 2022 By Janice Yap (1,200 words, 6-minute read) What would it look like if makers had the space and time to reflect, research and incubate outside of working on a production? What benefits would it reap for this generation of puppeteers, and for the ones to come?...
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about 35 months ago (07/02/2021)
Podcast 92: Critics Live: OIWA by The Finger Players at SIFA 2021 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Arts House Limited July 3, 2021 Critics Alice Saville (UK), Amitha Amranand (TH), Matthew Lyon (SG) and Taisuke Shimanuki (JP) discuss OIWA: The Ghost of Yotsuya by The Finger Players, presented at Singapore International Festival of the Arts (SIFA)...
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about 35 months ago (06/05/2021)
OIWA - The Ghost of Yotsuya: Primal story of love, or the failures of it | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Courtesy of Arts House Limited June 5, 2021 An epic set, an epic story, and epic four years of painstaking training is one way to describe The Finger Players’ OIWA – The Ghost of Yotsuya, an aching horror story that retells the classic tale of vengeance revolving around a jilted woman...
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about 39 months ago (03/04/2021)
Citizen X marks the spot for a family treasure none of us can find | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Courtesy of The Finger Players March 4, 2021 By Corrie Tan (2,050 words, 10-minute read) Over the course of Citizen X , my father nudges me in the arm several times, whispering loudly and theatrically: “ It’s so similar leh!” All throughout the 75 minutes, he wiggles around in his seat, emitting sighs, laughter, tsk-tsks , and the occasional “wow”...
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about 42 months ago (11/16/2020)
(Episode 1) What's in a Scene - 《大狗民》Citizen Dog by The Finger Players | ArtsEquator Skip to content In this episode, Liu Xiaoyi and Oliver Chong unpack a scene from The Finger Players 十指帮 ‘s 《大狗民》Citizen Dog and talk about the set design, costume design and more...
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about 43 months ago (10/11/2020)
Bird is the word: Peepbird by The Finger Players | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Tuckys Photography October 11, 2020 By Nabilah Said (950 words, 4-minute read) If hope is a thing with feathers, then Peepbird , a 60-minute-long non-verbal show, would be it...
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about 54 months ago (12/02/2019)
Monsters' Ink: A Fiend’s Diary & Heather | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Tuckys Photography December 2, 2019 By Nabilah Said (1,500 words, 7-minute read) Spoiler Alert: The following contains major spoilers for the shows A Fiend’s Diary and Heather...
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about 55 months ago (10/22/2019)
This is what succession looks like: The Finger Players | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Juliana Tan October 22, 2019 By Corrie Tan (3,800 words, 15-minute read) I...
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about 57 months ago (08/28/2019)
Instructions for reheating: “Forked” by The Finger Players | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints August 28, 2019 By Nabilah Said (820 words, 5-minute read) In the pre-show for Forked , playwright and performer Jo Tan is warming up, prepping her body...
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about 62 months ago (03/27/2019)
Podcast 55: "Not In My Lifetime?" by The Finger Players | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Tuckys Photography March 27, 2019 Claire Teo and Stephanie Esther Fam respond to Not In My Lifetime? by The Finger Players which was staged at Gateway Theatre from 5 – 17 March 2019....
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about 71 months ago (06/29/2018)
"Framed, by Adolf": Truth as Shadow-Play | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Tuckys Photography June 30, 2018 By Akanksha Raja (850 words, six-minute read) In Framed, by Adolf , playwright-director Chong Tze Chien’s fascination with Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust continues from 2016’s Starring Hitler as Jekyll and Hyde , which explored the idea of the dictator as a failed artist...