it won't be too long: the cemetery

About the Play

Unfolding in two parts (Dawn & Dusk), The Cemetery examines the notion and reality of a burial ground – looking in particular at how Bukit Brown represents loss and being lost. Do we need a new road for economic growth or do we need to hold onto some roots in our land?
 

Slip into the rhythms of Bukit Brown in the wee hours of the morning as the shadows of performers evaporate, giving way to daily routines when the sun rises. From the ghostly to the earthly, this performance of everyday life situates us firmly in the Bukit Brown Cemetery, which may disappear as contestations continue. Experience the very nature of Bukit Brown in the early morning, a site that has dominated the news in the last year but which you have perhaps never visited.
 

In the evening, Dusk shifts into the genre of verbatim theatre, as directed by Kok Heng Leun and shaped by playwright Jean Tay from the words and experiences of ordinary family members, various stakeholders such as the Heritage Society, civil society representatives, institutions and agencies. Discover the heartbreak and hope of everyone involved in negotiating the fate of Bukit Brown.
 

Dusk ends with an elegy to this process led by the indie pop band The Observatory.