PRESENTED BY WATTLE AND DAUB WITH KAKILANG
BY TOBI POSTER-SU
PRODUCED BY NATALIE CHAN
DIRECTED BY ISKANDAR SHARAZUDDIN
On January 17th 1874, Eng Bunker woke to discover his brother Chang was dead. The twin brothers, Siamese immigrants and entertainers who had carved out an uneasy space in the rotten heart of the American dream, were conjoined by a band of cartilage and shared a liver. This is the story of Eng’s final hours; alone for the first time in his life.
Using puppetry, music and striptease, this is a gothic horror about siblinghood, diaspora and the brutal cost of assimilation; about being entirely alone in the universe, and about waking up chained to a dead body.
Commissioned by Kakilang and supported by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants.
★★★★★ “The whole thing is a triumph” – Sad Garage
★★★★ “Ghoulishly grotesque, cheekily funny and exquisitely designed… a visceral, deeply investigative contemplation of identity” – Everything Theatre
★★★★ “Gory, morbidly witty, and hauntingly compelling… a captivating confrontation of identity, the immigrant experience, and loss” – North West End
★★★★ “provocative and raunchy… bizarre, fun and amusing entertainment that speaks volumes.” – London Pub Theatres Magazine
★★★ “rather too camp” – The Reviews Hub
Creative Team:
Writer/Performer: Tobi Poster-Su
Director: Iskandar Sharazuddin
Associate Director: Rebecca Goh
Set and Costume Designer: Erin Guan
Set and Costume Design Assistant: Janne Legaspi
Lighting Designer: Cheng Keng
Sound Designer and Composer: AJ Turner
Composer: Tom Poster
Movement Director: Jasmine Chiu
Puppet Designer and Maker: Aya Nakamura
Puppet Maker: Kayla Teodoro
Puppet Making Assistant: Jennifer Dingwall
Assistant Puppet Maker: Bok Li and Katya Markson-Matthews
Stage Manager: Vivi Wei
Production Manager: Brent Tan
Producer: Natalie Chan
