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Hi, Can You Hear Me?

by A Yagnya The Necessary Stage Esplanade Theatre Studio, Singapore How do we navigate a world of change and confusion? A world where natural disasters and wars leave us feeling powerless and disillusioned? Are we able to reach out and make ourselves heard over the din?  Written by A Yagnya and co-directed by Yagnya and Alvin Tan, this collaborative, devised The Necessary Stage production confidently blends the epic and the intimate, gently folding us into its complex narrative. In a prologue delivered by performer Sharda Harrison as herself, we are reminded that even as we turn off our devices and submit to the play, we cannot press a pause button on the real world outside. That world, with all its chaos and contradiction, continues to rage on and will be waiting for us as we leave.  In 2050s Japan, elderly Shimizu pines for his late wife while dealing with a dispassionate AI caretaker. In the present day, a broadcast journalist, John, carries on a long-distance affair with an older w

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