Live Fringe
50 mins with no intermission
Asian Premiere
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50 mins with no intermission
Asian Premiere
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*Concessions for students, NSFs, senior citizens and PWD card holders
Peek inside the macabrely funny world of The Neighbor’s Grief Is Greener, set in the archetypal sterile and static setting of a 1950s American suburban kitchen.
A bored husband, his Stepford wife and a femme fatale meet in a cheeky interrogation and subversion of femininity through slick contemporary dance and physical theatre. The Neighbor’s Grief is Greener bitingly probes the discomfort of perfection in domesticity, tackling gender roles and sexuality with plenty of irony, humour and wit in a thought-provoking and critically acclaimed performance.
Winner of:
Best Performance of Quality Label from Move-Award, Europe
Best Actors from Valise International Theater Festival, Poland
Best Choreography and Stage Movement Design and Best Costume Design from Acco International Fringe Theatre Festival, Israel
Presented in collaboration with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay and with support from Embassy of Israel in Singapore.
The Neighbor’s Grief is Greener is a performance rooted in testing and critiquing the classic stereotypes of the “ideal woman” as they appeared in the 1950s through different mass media.
By using the 1950s to reflect upon contemporary society, the performance examines and re-examines the representation of women and the different roles that they are expected to fulfil. With Marilyn Monroe as the beauty icon then, the beauty industry evolved around the “perfect” combination of beauty with the ideals of being the impeccable housewife.
By re-testing these clichés and images in the performance, The Neighbor’s Grief is Greener subverts original footage from radio and television shows to re-test the images and clichés, creating a new perspective on the “ideal woman”.
Click here to find the route to Esplanade.
Peek inside the macabrely funny world of The Neighbor’s Grief Is Greener, set in the archetypal sterile and static setting of a 1950s American suburban kitchen.
A bored husband, his Stepford wife and a femme fatale meet in a cheeky interrogation and subversion of femininity through slick contemporary dance and physical theatre. The Neighbor’s Grief is Greener bitingly probes the discomfort of perfection in domesticity, tackling gender roles and sexuality with plenty of irony, humour and wit in a thought-provoking and critically acclaimed performance.
Winner of:
Best Performance of Quality Label from Move-Award, Europe
Best Actors from Valise International Theater Festival, Poland
Best Choreography and Stage Movement Design and Best Costume Design from Acco International Fringe Theatre Festival, Israel
Presented in collaboration with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay and with support from Embassy of Israel in Singapore.
RELATION TO THEME
The Neighbor’s Grief is Greener is a performance rooted in testing and critiquing the classic stereotypes of the “ideal woman” as they appeared in the 1950s through different mass media.
By using the 1950s to reflect upon contemporary society, the performance examines and re-examines the representation of women and the different roles that they are expected to fulfil. With Marilyn Monroe as the beauty icon then, the beauty industry evolved around the “perfect” combination of beauty with the ideals of being the impeccable housewife.
By re-testing these clichés and images in the performance, The Neighbor’s Grief is Greener subverts original footage from radio and television shows to re-test the images and clichés, creating a new perspective on the “ideal woman”.
“If the thought of living in a sterile 1950s cliché complete with mindless daily duties that rob you of your individuality, personality and soul conjures images of finally snapping and carelessly gliding across a blood-drenched slip-n-slide, then this is the performance for you!” —Hollie Gibbs, CoolCleveland.com
“Amichai’s use of humour and timing allow the audience to sink in to the world on stage, and when that world becomes messy, dirty, difficult and uncomfortable we are right there with them.” —Amy Watson, Platform
Getting Here
Click here to find the route to Esplanade.