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Date:11 - 14 Jan 2017
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Time:11 – 14 Jan: 8:00pm
14 Jan: 3:00pm -
Duration:70min with no intermission
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Venue:Centre 42 Black Box
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Admission:$25
$19 - Concessions for students, NSF, senior citizens and persons with disabilities -
Advisory:TBC
Synopsis:
What does it mean to be feminine or masculine today, and can you take on shades of both at the same time?
Five characters navigate life on the fringes as they grapple with gender definitions, whether by choice or by circumstance. At best, society disregards them. At worst, they are relentlessly harassed—even viciously bullied—for being a 'freak'.
Inspired by the true stories of women (and men) who relate to being butch, Pretty Butch examines feminine masculinity that is often hidden from everyday life, and explores the diversity of butchness through the experiences of different people who defy gender conventions.
Created and directed by Tan Liting, together with an ensemble cast, Sound Designer Jing Ng and Lighting Designer Helmi Fita, Pretty Butch takes an honest look at what it means to be grey in a world that only recognises black and white.
Developed in residence at Centre 42
Supported by Two Queens Asia, FRY Bistro, Bar Naked and The Garden Slug
About Tan Liting
Tan Liting is a director interested in devising performance from personal stories. Liting likes guitars, sneakers and referring to Liting in the third person. Liting is a founding member of Theatre Cell.
Relationship to Art & Skin
Gender is skin deep. To be comfortable in one's own skin is not as simple as it sounds. Our ideas of male and female have evolved over the years, and we have constantly changed different "skins" to suit the ideals of masculinity and femininity. The concept of being butch has also evolved over the years, and its archetypes seem to have become archaic as the concept of gender becomes more fluid. Is being butch only skin deep? Or does being butch point to something closer to the core of our humanity?