Written by Joel Tan

Directed by Edith Podesta

Performed by the 2023 cohort of Young & Wild

30 May - 2 June 2024 at Wild Rice @ Funan

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An earthquake in Japan reverberates in the lives of a host of otherwise unconnected people, each negotiating in some way the deep gulf of human loneliness and longing.

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People connects a kaleidoscope of characters in scenes that range from the tragic to the comically absurd: a kooky professor obsesses over a call from a handsome stranger; a heartbroken handphone salesman finds comfort in the legendary Monkey God; a palliative care nurse deals with the ward’s most unpleasant patient; a young lover stares down into the depths below the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Tense, lyrical and full of heart, People explores that age-old question: how deeply, really, do we dare to be known by someone else?

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