Eclipse
by Haresh Sharma M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2025 (organised and curated by TNS) Black Box, The Theatre Practice, Singapore This is the second Singapore theatre production about the Partition of India in as many months (the other being HuM Theatre's Train to Pakistan in November 2024). Both, incidentally, star Shrey Bhargava, who is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most exciting actors working in Singapore theatre today. Written by Haresh Sharma, Eclipse began life as a 20-minute piece staged by Scotland's 7:84 Theatre Company, one of four short plays excavating themes of nationhood. It was then developed into a full-length production as part of the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2008. Seventeen years later, the monodrama returns to the same festival with a brand new cast and creative team. The play follows three generations of men whose lives have been affected by the Partition. The son, a Singapore citizen, decides to scatter the ashes of his late father in his bi...
