The Year of No Return

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Dates:
In-venue:
21 – 22 May 2021, 8pm
22 May 2021, 2pm
Video on Demand (VOD):
5 - 12 Jun

Venue:
Victoria Theatre | Video on Demand

Tickets:
$58*, $68

*Limited concessions available for students, NSFs and seniors
Limited student tickets at $10

Advisory 16 (Some Mature Content)

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event details

Dates:
In-venue:
21 – 22 May 2021, 8pm
22 May 2021, 2pm
Video on Demand (VOD):
5 - 12 Jun

Venue:
Victoria Theatre | Video on Demand

Tickets:
$58*, $68

*Limited concessions available for students, NSFs and seniors
Limited student tickets at $10

Advisory 16 (Some Mature Content)

Every day, we are inundated with dire consequences of the climate emergency.

In the face of this threat to humanity, what do we do? Recycle? Switch to environmentally-friendly products? Be a vegan? Stop having children? What can we do—and do our actions even matter?

Why do we have such different responses to climate change? What makes one a denialist, or another to commit acts of civil disobedience in the name of climate justice?

Can we as individuals, and collectively, affect change? Or will politics and profit dictate the fate of this planet—our only home?

A ground-breaking interdisciplinary collaboration with artists from Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, The Year of No Return by The Necessary Stage seeks to unravel the complications and contradictions in humanity’s responses to climate change. This hybrid production incorporating live performance and video presentation seeks to question whether we live in an age of despair—or one of hope in the dark.

Written by
Haresh Sharma & Rody Vera  

Directed by
Alvin Tan    

Performed by  
Chihiro Hirai
Marco Viaña
Rody Vera
Siti Khalijah Zainal
Sukania Venugopal
Tan Guo Lian Sutton  

With Ensemble Cast
Ariel Lim  
Ezzafatin Aslam
Isaac Lim Jue Hao
Jaclyn Magdalene Rajendran
Rajkumar Thiagaras  Dancers
Edina Handali
Jereh Leong  

Voiceover Actor
Karen Tan  

Dramaturg
Melissa Lim  

Choreographer and Movement Director
Goh Shou Yi  

Set Designer  
Wong Chee Wai  

Lighting Designer
Yo Shao Ann  

Sound Designer and Composer
Ng Jing  

Costume Designer  
MAX.TAN  

Multimedia Designer  
Jasmine Ng  

Multimedia Co-Designer
Hanafi Haffidz

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The Year of No Return was initially due to be staged as part of the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) 2020, but was postponed to the 2021 festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic and mandatory safe distancing measures.

For 2020, we have created Digital Traces: The Year of No Return, a series of vodcasts and play readings that provide a glimpse into the world of the play. These were released monthly from 15 August to 15 November 2020 via SIFA's All-Access. Click here to view the vodcasts released so far.

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Photo Credit:
Tuckys Photography