Jiwo Jiro: Zero Soul
The next world, really excited working with Mr Bijan...yeah!
JIWO JIRO
NAJIB SOIMAN (SINGAPORE)
15 – 16 January 2010, 8pm
(75 minutes with no intermission)
Esplanade Recital Studio
$19
Festival commission . World premiere
Jiwo means soul while Jiro means zero. Put together, JIWO JIRO means “zero soul”.
A story about man and machine. A little man who speaks loudly like the tall fat giant who sleeps in the cabinet. He sings like the nightingale who has lost her chord. He dances like mad on the rooftop. He cooks with a microwave recipe in mind. He climbs the ladder to fix the bulb. “Stupid” is his first word said before everything.
But somewhere after midnight, he cries while staring at his own invention – an electronic bonsai tree – while the villagers laugh out loudly until he sleeps. In his dreams, he imagines a world where the difference between man and machine blurs, where the line between humanity and technology fades, and where the soul and the silicon chip unite.
He questioned the Laws of Human Nature every night.
Right or Wrong? Man or Machine? Jiwo or Jiro? He asked…God.
Muhammad Najib bin Soiman is an arts educator and theatre practitioner who has worked with various companies such as The Necessary Stage, W!ld Rice, Cake Theatrical Productions, Teater Ekamatra, Panggung ARTS, etc. He was the President of Teater Ekamatra from 2006-2007 and the Artistic Director of Panggung ARTS from 2008-2009. Recently he was awarded Best Actor at the 9th ST Life! Theatre Awards 2009 for his heartbreaking role as a photographer detained without trial in the play Gemuk Girls by The Necessary Stage.
JIWO JIRO
NAJIB SOIMAN (SINGAPORE)
15 – 16 January 2010, 8pm
(75 minutes with no intermission)
Esplanade Recital Studio
$19
Festival commission . World premiere
Jiwo means soul while Jiro means zero. Put together, JIWO JIRO means “zero soul”.
A story about man and machine. A little man who speaks loudly like the tall fat giant who sleeps in the cabinet. He sings like the nightingale who has lost her chord. He dances like mad on the rooftop. He cooks with a microwave recipe in mind. He climbs the ladder to fix the bulb. “Stupid” is his first word said before everything.
But somewhere after midnight, he cries while staring at his own invention – an electronic bonsai tree – while the villagers laugh out loudly until he sleeps. In his dreams, he imagines a world where the difference between man and machine blurs, where the line between humanity and technology fades, and where the soul and the silicon chip unite.
He questioned the Laws of Human Nature every night.
Right or Wrong? Man or Machine? Jiwo or Jiro? He asked…God.
Muhammad Najib bin Soiman is an arts educator and theatre practitioner who has worked with various companies such as The Necessary Stage, W!ld Rice, Cake Theatrical Productions, Teater Ekamatra, Panggung ARTS, etc. He was the President of Teater Ekamatra from 2006-2007 and the Artistic Director of Panggung ARTS from 2008-2009. Recently he was awarded Best Actor at the 9th ST Life! Theatre Awards 2009 for his heartbreaking role as a photographer detained without trial in the play Gemuk Girls by The Necessary Stage.
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