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When the cloud catches colours

Queer East Festival

Two people perform on stage among large pieces of draping white fabric with bright lights projected onto it.

Thought-provoking theatre exploring the experience of two queer Singaporeans as they grow older. Based on true accounts, the show delves into relationships, family, insecurity, kindness and safety.

Qing and E are navigating life as queer individuals in their fifties. Qing is struggling to deal with the aftermath of a relationship ending after 20 years, and E is the sole-caregiver to a mother who doesn't fully accept her.

Written and directed by Chng Yi Kai, When the cloud catches colours is a verbatim play that explores what lies ahead for people who have spent most of their lives in the margins, and how a sense of safety can change for a queer person in Singapore as they get older. 

This event is part of Queer East, a Festival that showcases boundary-pushing LGBTQ+ cinema, live arts, and moving image work from East and Southeast Asia and its diaspora communities.
 

Running time: approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes, no interval

Age guidance: 14+

Performed in English, Mandarin and Singaporean Hokkien, with English surtitles.

Post-show talk, Fri 25 Apr
Hosted by Dr How Wee Ng. Free to same-day ticket holders. 

 

Presented by the Barbican.

Photo courtesy of Drama Box. The production was first staged in 2023 by Drama Box in Singapore.
 


 

Reviews

‘Chng has created a masterful blend of the undeniably real and engaging abstraction‘
The Straits Times (Singapore)

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