It’s A Father’s Day

Synopsis:

The play takes place on Father's Day, which also happens to be a public holiday. Scores of people are crossing the Causeway, in their cars, to go to Malaysia. But who are they? Why are they leaving? What is their story? Should they be going? Is their journey a credible one?

This is the tale of four fathers in four different cars, stuck in the inevitable traffic jam. Each father has a different purpose, a different perspective, a different story. As each tale unfolds, we recognise that all is not as it seems and as we move towards the inevitable end, we halt the proceedings, allowing the audience to intervene and dictate what happens next.

This forum theatre performance is designed to challenge audience perspective, by examining the role of the father within each family unit, to consider the consequences their own resolutions may create, with the intention of highlighting a need for a more cohesive and empathetic society.

Ideology
Too often the way we deal with these issues is through knee jerk reactions, we shy away from sharing and force people to make irrational decisions based primarily on fear of altering the status quo. Through theatre we encourage people to talk, to use their communities to resolve their problems rather than facing them alone. We suggest places people can go to that will offer support and guidance such as Father support groups, counseling groups etc.

About Dignity Kitchen & Buds Theatre
Dignity Kitchen supports the rights of the disabled and disadvantaged in society, by offering them the opportunity to improve their circumstance. This play aims to highlight and aid recognition of this marginalised community.

Buds Theatre, aims to provide theatre for change, providing a voice for marginalised communities and individuals.

Combining a variety of social welfare organisations together – Dignity Kitchen, Buds Theatre and BYT – we start to create a new and empowered community, reaching out beyond specific target audiences and introducing new alternative approaches to build empathetic and socially conscious audiences.

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Conceptualised by Koh Seng Choon
Written by Stanley Seah
Directed by Claire Devine
Performed by Matthew Jasper, Zhang Wan Yi, Dominic Ng, April Kong, Adib Kosnan, Rebecca Lee, Alyssa Rahman, Vithiya Bala, Ronnie Thomas, Sahirrah Safit, Fadhil Daud, IIiya Izzudin