A show with no dialogue and no actors? Check out The Noose's Judee Tan's directorial debut

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A show with no dialogue and no actors? Check out The Noose's Judee Tan's directorial debut

A Man Waiting For The Leaves To Fall is a 20 minute digital performative narration that examines themes surrounding broken and lost communication, too every bit her relationship with her late father.

A digital theatre production with no actors or dialogue? Actress Judee Tan'southward directorial debut is all about a new theatre experience, exploring the human relationship of the moving-picture show medium inside a new theatre paradigm where theatrical blueprint, instead of actors, takes centerstage as characters.

Supported by the National Arts Quango digital presentation grant, The Aesthetic Project presents A Man Waiting For The Leaves To Fall – a xx minute digital performative narration that chronicles the pivotal events in a homo'due south life.

Judee Tan reprises her iconic role as Kim Bell Cha on The Noose. (Photo: todayonline.com)

Tan, the actress-comedienne who has consistently fabricated Singaporeans laugh every bit wacky correspondent North Korea Kim Bong Cha on news parody series The Noose and impressed audiences equally a multi-faceted theatre actress, told CNA Lifestyle that she'southward e'er wants to explore something like this.

Production photos from A Man Waiting For The Leaves To Autumn. (Photograph: Judee Tan)

"When Covid-xix first struck, there were many job opportunities geared towards actors but not for designers or product people," she said. "So in actuality, I wanted to transport in 2 proposals that featured both these groups respectively."

Just so her father passed abroad in the heart of her proposal application.

"I institute myself writing near him, my relationship with him, and what his death meant to me," she revealed.

She added: "And I but had enough reserves to transport in one application that featured designers every bit cardinal actors of the show."

Paying tribute to these ofttimes-overlooked behind-the-scenes champions of theatre aside, this product too examines themes surrounding broken and lost communication and the societal gaps acquired by modern social club's rapid evolution that force generations and social tribes apart.

Product photos from A Man Waiting For The Leaves To Fall. (Photograph: Judee Tan)

"Covid or not, I already had a vision of how I felt the piece should be communicated," said Tan. "To facilitate the creative design process, I really wrote a script with characters and dialogue, a and then-called 'normal script', and used that as a base for the designers and myself to create a visual and aural narrative."

Not only is it Tan'southward first fourth dimension directing, it's also her first fourth dimension "fully producing".

Product photos from A Homo Waiting For The Leaves To Fall. (Photo: Judee Tan)

"It's a steep learning curve," she shared. "I retrieve the hardest for me would exist trying not to be overwhelmed by all the responsibilities and people direction."

Only in the end, it's something well worth the while. And Tan wants to invite everyone to "join in on this journey of creating a new expression of theatre".

"I think the best way to explore the evolution of theatre would be to go dorsum to what we love nearly theatre - telling the story," she said.

A Man Waiting For The Leaves To Fall will run online from March 22-31. Tickets are priced at S$10 and are bachelor at https://sg.bookmyshow.com/o/TAPMAR21. Cheque out @_theaestheticproject on Instagram for more data.

A show with no dialogue and no actors? Check out The Noose's Judee Tan's directorial debut

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