A woman enters. She threads a familiar space—an empty space with nothing but a pot and a dying tree; a single leaf dangling. She speaks to her invisible audience, at times herself, as she attempts to reveal a story. She deviates, jokes, confesses, reveals, but struggles at completion. Suddenly, someone enters. He carries on his routine and waits. Nobody comes. He begins to dance, uninhibitedly, and he goes...

Waltz of the Flower is inspired by Samuel Beckett’s Footfalls and Waiting for Godot, as well as Zeami Motokiyo’s The Damask Drum, touching on themes of loneliness, memories, and longing. This work was originally conceived by Caroline Chin in 2018 as a final year individual project under the Intercultural Theatre Institute.

Learn more: www.substation.org/septfest2021/waltz-of-the-flower

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Waltz of the Flower is presented as part of a double-bill, together with OEOS. There will be a 20min intermission. There will be a post-show dialogue with Caroline Chin & Lina Yu on 6 March from 9.10pm onwards.