Ruang is a double-bill of two original works by local theatre-makers Johnny Jon-Jon and Faizal Abdullah.

Projek Peringatan Negara (The National Memory Project)
by Johnny Jon-Jon

The National Memory Project (NMP) is a national knowledge initiative to capture and preserve the essence of a country. When an officer of the memory corps is tasked with retrieving a memory from a convict awaiting his execution, she learns that a memory without its roots is merely the imagination.

Lampu Merah (Red Light)
by Faizal Abdullah

Pause. Truth. Pause. Truth. Silence. Fear. Do we fear the truth? 3 actors are in a room; enclosed and away from the world. A world that is judging them. Judging them and telling them what is right and wrong. Can they survive the judgement? Can they be real?

About Hatch Theatrics:
Hatch Theatrics (Hatch) is an incubation platform for a collective of young and multi-hyphenated theatre makers. Hatch aims to rediscover, reinvent and revitalize Singapore’s contemporary Malay theatre. Under the guidance of Noor Effendy Ibrahim, the collective pledge to hatch original works, which are fluid, socially conscious, honest in approach and effective in communication. Hatch aims to generate constructive discourse while celebrating the beauty, idiosyncrasies and complexities of the Malay self in relation to contemporary Singapore milieu. We are dedicated to continually refine our craft to achieve artistic excellence. We also believe in conducting research and documentations to retain our relations with the past, to remain relevant to the present and to stay inspired.
This production is co-presented by The Substation and supported by Arts Fund.