Dates: 25 & 26.03.2020

Time: 8pm

Venue: The Theatre Practice (54 Waterloo Street, S187953)

Multilingual performance with no surtitles

Director
Kuo Jian Hong 

Assistant Director (Director: Orang Minyak/The Temple and The Hotel)
Isabella Chiam

Playwright
Jonathan Lim

Set Designer
Petrina Dawn Tan

Props Designer & Set Dressing 
Chan Lee Lee

Lighting & Multimedia Designer
Genevieve Peck

Sound Designer
Sandra Tay

Costume Designer
MAX.TAN

Hair Designer
Ashley Lim

Make Up Designer 
The Make Up Room

Prologue Video Production Team
EDIT&PLAY

Cast
Abby Lai Ka Hei
Ahamed Ali Khan
Al-Matin Yatim
Andrew Mowatt
Ang Xiao Ting
Dennis Toh
Dwayne Lau
Ethel Yap
Isabella Chiam
Jodi Chan
Goh Guat Kian
Grace Kalaiselvi
Liz Sgt Tan
Ng Mun Poh
Ric Liu
Ruzaini Mazani
Sharon Sum
Sugie Phua
Vester Ng Kian Soon
Yeo Lyle

Dear Fellow Traveller, 

Like many before you, I’ve discovered that travel truly broadens the mind and unlocks new lenses to look at the world. Sometimes all it takes is a different viewpoint to reveal our assumptions and how little we question them. 

Filled with forgotten stories and imagined realities, the worlds of Four Horse Road looks beyond history painted in broad strokes, to offer a different perspective.

As we travel across time and space, we have the privilege to see a spectrum of experiences and circumstances play out. The human experience is complex. Within a single event – there are people who’ve suffered and people who’ve thrived. At the same time, human nature is simple. Joy, anger, fear, hope… our choices have always been ruled by our base instincts. Faced with this complexity, is there really a singular or fixed version of history? Is it fair for us to pass judgement on the past? 

Back in the present, we appear to be in the middle of a major event ourselves. Amidst the panic and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, what were the choices we made? Ten years later, how will we look back on this period? It’s times like now where the importance of history and art reveals itself. Author Toni Morrison said it best:  

“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. This is how civilisations heal.” 

As storytellers and world builders, it is our nature to imagine and play. What is the future we have envisioned? What can we learn from the past? As we re-examine our relationship to the rest of the world, it is more important than ever to keep “traveling”. Be open-minded. Ask questions. Remain curious. 

Thank you for journeying with us. 

Best wishes,
Kuo Jian Hong
Artistic Director of The Theatre Practice

Four Horse Road 2020 unfolds across multiple locations. As part of the performance, audiences will be required to move around, climb stairs, stand and sit on the ground for prolonged periods. 

• Audiences are advised to wear comfortable clothes and shoes.
• Please arrive early (at least 40 minutes before show time) to allow adequate time for temperature screening, bag checks, and bag deposit before the show.
• All audience members must take temperature, sanitise hands and fill in the Travel & Health Declaration Form upon arrival.
• Please bring your own surgical mask if required; masks will not be provided.
• Please do not carry large bags/items to the performance.
• All bags will be subjected to security checks upon entry
• Bags are not permitted within the performance and must be stored in the lockers provided.
• Personal belongings (including wallets and phones) will be locked in pouches provided by Practice, throughout the duration of the performance.
• Please note that there are no lifts within the performance premises.
• Audience members should download the TraceTogether app before attending the show.
• Due to the nature of the performance, latecomers will not be admitted.
• Patrons who do not comply with the house rules will be denied entry.