Name: Surviving Hope | Gateway Theatre
Start: 2022-09-02
End: 2022-09-04
Location: Gateway Theatre

1000+ are interested

2 Sep 2022(Fri) - 4 Sep(Sun)

Location:Gateway Theatre

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Gateway Theatre Black Box, 3615 Jalan Bukit Merah, Singapore 159461

About the event

Show Introduction

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"When we go to school, go to work, go home, go to sleep, five days a week, we hope for the weekend. When we meet new people, we hope for acceptance. When we are by ourselves, we hope that we are loved. But if you have ever felt like hope is nowhere to be found, that is where we find a story. Surviving Hope follows the journey of pursuing hope in the face of pain, and making a choice to yield, fight or endure.

Without hope, what would you do?"

Surviving Hope is an original theatre play inspired by real stories exploring notions of hope and mental wellness. The Playwright, Ivan Lim, uses his personal experiences and theatrical knowhow to juxtapose the elements required to express the deepest and intricate dilemmas faced in broken relationships. Told through the narrations of kids and parents, the story looks into how our childhood could potentially be a perpetual cycle of its own; in reinforcing our fundamental lack as a human being.

Titled 'Surviving Hope', this piece hopes to inject a sense of hope in the ever changing and complicated world we are living in.

Aims

Surviving Hope is a theatre piece scripted to shed more light on the current stigma of mental challenges in Singapore. The project seeks to stir deeper conversations and public discourse over those with mental health issues and how it could be important for everyone to see a glimmer of hope in every one of our struggles.

The term 'Surviving Hope' paints a faint optimism in overcoming our greatest fears and struggles and highlights the importance of staying committed till the very end. The play is presented in a covert narrative, through the eyes of children and parents, bringing out the ironies of human behaviours and conflicting mental states.