HOTEL
A hotel in Singapore is opened at the turn of the century, when the island is still a jewel in the crown of the British Empire. Each day, new faces appear and swiftly disappear – guests and staff alike.
Every ten years, we check in to meet the hotel’s residents: Indian mutineers, Cantonese nannies, Malay film stars, Japanese soldiers, transsexual sex workers, wedding guests, suspected terrorists, and more. They live out the pivotal moments in their personal lives, as empires die and new ones are born from their ashes.
Even though the chambermaids clean up after them, readying the room for the next guests, traces of the past persist, and time reveals its cyclical nature. Ghosts communicate with the living, doubles are separated by decades, and a single moment of decision haunts the generations that come after.
An immersive, multi-generational epic, HOTEL explores the notions of empire, nationhood, migration and identity against the backdrop of a shrinking world. Spanning a century and performed over close to five hours in nine languages, this groundbreaking theatrical event highlights the eclectic energies born from the collisions between the old and the new, East and West, tradition and modernity.
Written by Alfian Sa’at & Marcia Vanderstraaten
Directed by Ivan Heng & Glen Goei
Starring Munah Bagharib, Rebecca Das, Brendon Fernandez, Ghafir Akbar, Ivan Heng, André Jewson, Jo Kukathas, Dwayne Lau, Lee Chee Keng, Moo Siew Keh, Pam Oei, Oon Shu An, Siti Khalijah Zainal & Yap Yi Kai
HOTEL is performed in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Malay, Tamil, Urdu, Tagalog and Japanese, with English surtitles
Advisory: 16 (Some Mature Content)
Date: |
8 June - 8 July 2023 |
Time: |
2.30pm/7.30pm |
Duration: |
Part 1: Approximately 2 hours 45 minutes (with 20 minutes intermission) Part 2: Approximately 2 hours (with no intermission) |
Specific Accessibility Show Date |
Captioned Performances: 20 & 21 June 2023; 22 & 23 June 2023/Audio-Described Performance with Touch Tour: 1 July 2023 |