The complexity of it all

Am working on 5 hours of sleep from last night. We are in hyper mode here at Theatreworks. Aftet two weeks of editing and re-editing video, this week see us start to really pull the show together. A bunch of new equipment arrived today and there are masses of cords running about the rehearsal space for video, sound, lights, etc. This is really an amazing project. I've never experienced anything of the sort.

The first photo is of Daniel and Sezaly working with the Watchout. The Watchout is a system of 7 computers synced together to run the projection. They are uploading all the video content that Ka Fai and I have been developing.


Next is the rehearsal space. This is half scale, but it give you an idea of what will take place. We are projecting onto a scrim with another screen behind it. The scrim will be 13m x 19m and the other screen is a curve measuring 60 long. It is pretty complex.


The next to photos are looking at some image directly - I apologize for the low quality.



The show is called Diaspora and it follows several artists as they work with their identities between cultures. The show consits of acting that is live and via video feed, performance from the Chinese Singapore Orchestra, a Gambang Kromong band from Bali, dancing from an artist named Zai Kunnig, out video, sound by a Japanese musician, etc. This is all packed into 1:30. It's going to be intense.

On top of that all, the first two nights will have members of the IMF and World Bank attending as they are having their annual meetings in Singapore during that time. This means heavy security, which we all had to submit identification for.

So that gives you an idea of the show.

Events here have been crazy. Typical of the theatre. Lots of drama. I've done my best to stay out of it all. Though, even when things get tense, there is this sense that we are accomplishing something amazing. People keep talking about how this show is huge and the converage will be amazing. It's just starting to sink in for me. Behind the tired eyes, I'm extremely excited to see it all come together.

It actually makes me want to get down to my own work! That will come very soon.