Lu Siapa?
Who Are You?
Starring Jessie Cheang as the loving and attentive matriarch Bibik Swee Neo, Lu Siapa delivers the sentiment central to a Peranakan classic. What happens when you lose yourself and everything central to your identity? One day, Bibik Swee Neo realises that she is the culprit who leaves the household keys dangling by the front door. This leads to many incidents, when she finds herself struggling to remember past details. Eventually, her family discovers the truth behind her memory loss.
6 – 9 September 2018
Venue:
Drama Centre, Theatre, Level 3
Playwright (English): Nyonya Veronica Tan Lyann
Script Translators: Nyonya Audrey Tan & Baba Frederick Soh
Artistic Director: Baba Tony Quek
Shocom Chair: Baba Alvin Teo
Synopsis
As Bibik Tan Swee Neo turns 85, she finds herself suffering from a rapid decline of her mental ability. A bittersweet tale on dementia, this drama revolves around the ‘loss of self’. After a life as a strong woman, Bibik Swee Neo gradually becomes one who needs to depend on others. This deterioration gradually takes a heavy toll on her children.
Who will step up and assist her? How will each family member manifest their love for her? Will Bibik Swee Neo, who has cooked for her family for decades, get her recipes for Babi Pongteh confused with Bakwan Kepiting? Is that even possible?
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