Getting to Know You
by Edward Eng Gangguan! Theatre Goodman Arts Centre Black Box, Singapore So much of theatre depends on the relationship between actor and audience: sharing a common space, getting comfortable with one another and surrendering to a live experience that can never be replicated. In Getting to Know You , presented by young theatre collective Gangguan! Theatre , playwright Edward Eng pushes the boundaries even further. There are no rehearsals. Two actors are presented with a script moments before they go onstage. They only see their individual lines and discover the characters they play in real time along with the audience. Each performance features a different pair of actors. It's an ambitious theatrical experiment and even if the concept is interesting, it falters in its execution. In order for a show like this to work, one needs both a compelling script and a pair of actors who are able to embrace anything that is thrown at them. Eng, unfortunately, gives us a rather tired piece fea...
