M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2025: The Troupe by Birds Migrant Theatre

Language
In English, with some Bahasa Indonesia, Bengali and Burmese

Accessibility Features
Open captions in English for all shows.

With a good cast giving their all onstage, an unflinching, objectively written story that speaks truth to the limitations of being a migrant in Singapore, and imaginative script that explores the pitfalls of love and family, Foreign Bodies was a rare, big-hearted, honest glimpse into migrant life, by migrant workers with a story to tell.

— Bakchormeeboy.com on Foreign Bodies

Please welcome The Troupe! They travel around towns and villages with their show. They perform stories about farmers, refugees, students, politicians and aid workers—people in search of a better life. As they stage their play, they discover that what they perform may be closer to home than they realise.

Birds Migrant Theatre returns to the Fringe with another important play that focuses on current world issues—from war to the refugee crisis—and how these tragedies pose questions to our common humanity. The Troupe looks at how people who are affected by displacement strive for a more positive future—not just for themselves, but for their families and community. Will suffering and desperation bring out the best in people—or the worst? What is the price of compassion?

Foreign Bodies is a well-told story that dramatises the legal precarity migrant workers may face in Singapore. It does so without resorting to mere sympathy or an easy us-versus-them set-up, choosing instead to let audiences into its protagonists’ dilemmas.

—The Straits Times Life on Foreign Bodies

There will be a dialogue with the artists after the 5pm performance on 12 January 2025, with speech to text interpretation available upon request. Please email your request to info@singaporefringe.com by 6 December 2024.