Cargo Kuala Lumpur – Singapore SOLD OUT at the Singapore Arts Festival 2010
Video Courtesy of natashayong
On 30 May 2010, I attempted to buy a ticket for the Cargo Kuala Lumpur – Singapore show from ticketing agent SISTIC at the Esplanade Theatre. Not only was there no ticket available for the 01 June 2010 performance, but, all the rest of its shows till 12 June 2010 were already SOLD OUT!
I think there were two concepts that made the play irresistible for theatergoers:
1) The audience members are the actors; and,
2) The venue is mobile, i.e., the audience members cum actors are herded into “a specially converted truck” that is driven through the city.
Here’s a synopsis of what to expect:
Cargo Kuala Lumpur – Singapore
By Karrenbauer / Kaegi (Rimini Protokoll)
Produced by Hebbel am Ufer / BerlinCargo Kuala Lumpur – Singapore is a site-specific performance by the Swiss-German theatre collective Rimini Protokoll. As makers of a theatre that observes and analyses contemporary society, they prefer working with ‘real people’ instead of actors to investigate little-known and much ignored aspects of their work and lives.
In a specially converted truck, the audience is placed where freight used to once sit. In the cabin are two Malaysian truck drivers taking the audience on a simulated journey from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore.
As the truck starts to drive through lesser known streets of Singapore, their stories and music will synchronise with gas stations, truck parking areas, shipping companies and motorways in a trip that feels like a 3D-road movie experience.
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