ABOUT ATDA
Adventures of the Temporal Displacement Agency (ATDA) is mixed-reality and immersive role-playing experience where five participants play pre-written protagonists in an unfolding story: Time travelling back to 1942 with the Temporal Displacement Agency to decide if the fall of Singapore is necessary to ensure the birth of a nation.
For audiences more familiar with conventional theatre, ATDA forms an extension of the forum theatre format, with the introduction of a greater agency on the participant’s part to take control over how the story plays out. The participants are expected to improvise with performers, creating a unique theatrical experience each time.
ATDA is proudly brought to you by The Substation and Void Deck Games Singapore.
TIME TRAVEL BACK WITH US TO 1942
ONLINE SCREENINGS
Catch our live stream at Twitch.tv/VoidDeckGamesSG this Saturday.
Watch Sam See, and Bakchormeeboy LARP for the first time. Veteran LARP player, Syrena- Singapore's First Mermaid
will show our nascent Void Navigators the ropes and hopefully avert the horrors of occupation.
Our featured stream starts at 5.30pm.
Catch other teams at these alternative streaming times, 1pm, 3pm and 7.30pm.
EXHIBITION
11 APRIL 2021
SUBSTATION THEATRE
12 - 7PM
A CHANCE TO VIEW THE SETS ALIVE WITH VR REALITY EXPERIENCE !
DON’T YOU WORRY, WE HAVE CONSIDERED ALL POSSIBLE AREAS TO TAKE YOU ON THIS EXPERIENCE!
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Woon Tien Wei
Co-Artistic Director of The Substation
Woon Tien Wei is an artist and curator who works and lives in Singapore. He studied at Goldsmith’s College, London. He completed his Doctoral of Creative Arts at Curtin University (2012) where he researched about artistic strategies in Singapore’s Renaissance.
He was the President of The Artists Village (2001), co-director and founder of The Danger Museum (since 1998), a founding member of a net art collective tsunamii.net (2001),a co-founder of a curatorial collective p-10 (2002-2008) and co-founder of the cultural and social collective Post-Museum (since 2007). His practice can be seen as collaborations between himself and other individuals, organisations, collectives.
Raihan Harun
Artistic Director of Void Deck Games Singapore
Trained at the Victorian College of the Arts, Raihan wants to change the world through play.
He is passionate about creating wonder, myth and magic for people who want to escape from a world that demands conformity and endless productivity.
Raihan tells stories, makes theatre and designs games, to conjure imaginary worlds; a simulation that entices people to shed their identity and become larger-than-life characters in a story.
Raihan believes in the power of people and community. Through games of make-believe, he hopes to inspire players to be better versions of themselves.
PRODUCER
Joanne Lim
Producer/ Experience Director of Void Deck Games.
Trained at the University of New South Wales as a designer, Joanne is an evangelist for live action role-playing games.
She knows that it’s not easy for a new player to immerse themselves in a fictional reality.
Joanne ensures that each newcomer slips into the imaginary world, suspending disbelief and easing into their roles as an imaginary character.
She charts every player’s journey in the game, from improvisation workshops, to designing props and signposting points of interaction.
Nothing is left to chance in the voyage to the sea of dreams.
JACK OF ALL TRADES
ANG KIA YEE
Co-Writer, Lighting Designer, Stage Manager
Ang Kia Yee is a poet and artist. Her interdisciplinary practice spans and cross-pollinates between the fields of poetry, theatre, performance art, pottery, fiction and essays. Guided by romance, devotion and a fascination with the collapse of formal boundaries, she gravitates towards transdisciplinary processes that involve the distortion and co-mutation of mediums, languages and forms, with a particular interest in the acts of translation that take place in the process.
CAST #1: JACQUELINE
Jacqueline is a single mother who is protective of her daughter, Sophia. She is a successful self-made businesswoman in the textiles trade with Japanese exporters.
CAST #2: SOPHIA
Sophia is the daughter of Jacqueline and the bride of Boon How. She is English-educated, obedient, very much in love; and disinterested in politics and creating trouble through conflict. She wants a simple and happy family life.
played by
KAREN TAN BEE LIN
Karen Tan Bee Lin is a Singaporean-based actor of screen and stage, voiceover artiste and writer. She holds a double degree in English Literature and Theatre Studies from the National University of Singapore. Bilingual in English and Mandarin, Karen is adept at both comedic and heavily dramatic roles. She is a versatile and sought-after voiceover artiste. In her free time, Karen sings and plays the ukulele.
played by
KELLY CHOO
Kelly Choo is a Singaporean actress with roots in dance and English literature. She finds joy both on stage and on screen, especially when working with scripts that delve deeper into the human psyche. In the progression of her acting career, the effectively bilingual performer also hopes to learn more of stuntwork, as well as showcase her underappreciated talents in whistling one day.
CAST #4: PROFESSOR NYRA
Pioneer of time travel technology, Professor Nyra is the Lead Scientist at the Temporal Displacement Agency; a confidential project of the Utama Foundation. Elderly, extremely intelligent and somewhat unstable, she has seen too much.
CAST #3: FATHER DE SILVA
A devout and respected priest. Father De Silva is the confessor of the Governor who holds considerable influence with the British.He is a humble peace-keeper with natural leadership.
CAST #5: BOON HOW
The groom of Sophia, Boon How is a Chinese-educated, anti-Japanese, pro-Chiang Kai-shek supporter who is intelligent, serious and troubled.. He is also an art teacher from the Nanyang school whose close friends are the caretakers of the Tao Nan School.
played by KONRAC KUC
Konrad Kuc is discovering how acting is a means of finding his inner truth and how it can bring a brand new perspective on things he thought he already understood. He is a student at the Haque Centre for Acting and Creativity (HCAC) where he gets to regularly play with the dark and light within, and he is delighted to perform in ATDA.
played by NISHA MARIE JOSEPH
Nisha Joseph is an actor and theatre-maker based in Singapore and
Melbourne. A 2016 Acting graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, she is best known for her roles in the touring comedic musical
Romeo Is Not The Only Fruit (dir. Jean Tong), Melbourne Theatre
Company’s 2020 Cybec Electric season, Make Me A Houri (dir.Stephanie Ghajar) and award-winning short films St. Bernie (dir. Elise Tyson) and Big and Tall and Hairy (dir. Becki Bouchier) for which she also received a nomination for Best Actress at the 48 Hour Film Festival Awards. She has also recorded audiobooks for Audible including Beautiful, Messy Love and Leila’s Secret. Nisha speaks English and Malay and is a talented singer.
played by YOAP RUI HANG
Yoap Rui Hang is a Singaporean actor, singer, and voice actor. While his background is largely in stage acting, he relishes performing whether it is in front of a camera, behind a microphone, or on stage. Rui Hang is a bilingual performer with a very versatile voice, and is adept at cartoon voices and impressions. On his off days, Rui Hang also ice skates and plays tabletop RPGs.
ATDA TEAM
Artistic Directors:
Woon Tien Wei, Raihan Harun
Producer/Experience Director:
Joanne Lim
Co-Writer, Stage Manager, Lighting Designer:
Ang Kia Yee
Casts:
Karen Bee Lin Tan, Kelly Choo, Konrad Kuc, Nisha Marie Joseph, Yoap Rui Hang
Programme Manager:
Marilyn Giam
Facilities & Technical Manager:
Muhammad Isyraf Bin Sabtu
Technicians:
Azril Bin Athni & Nur Aliff Bin Osman
Videographer:
Jason Soo
Technical Support for Twitch Streaming and VR Film:
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