New theatre collective ‘castrates’ Kuo Pao Kun’s Descendants Of The Eunuch Admiral

Ang Kia Yee, founder of new theatre collective zone 境, is taking on theatre doyen Kuo Pao Kun's Descendants Of The Eunuch Admiral.

Listen Summarise A new theatre collective zone 境, founded by Ang Kia Yee, reimagines Kuo Pao Kun’s Descendants Of The Eunuch Admiral by cutting half the text and adding her own. The interdisciplinary performance incorporates dance, acting and electronic music. Ang wants to see more platforms for experimental, unfinished works in Singapore’s professionalised theatre scene. AI generated

SINGAPORE – It is ambitious enough for a new theatre collective to debut with a revered Singapore classic.

Poet and theatremaker Ang Kia Yee, 29, is upping the ante by also lopping off half of theatre doyen Kuo Pao Kun’s Descendents Of The Eunuch Admiral and inserting her own text in her Frankenstein recreation.