Cat, Lost & Found: an absurd romance of loss

“A cathartic opera on destruction, on loss, and on the meaninglessness thereof.”– Ng Yi-Sheng, The Flying Inkpot

“… fantastic and wonderfully irreverent, and the surreal comedy is thoroughly enjoyable, leaving one intrigued by the possibilities of theatricality exposed by the performance.” – Soumya Varma, independent essayist

“… an alternate universe that looks disturbingly familiar, a tragic-comic-horror tone, and the random interaction of puppets, people, film-characters, ghosts, and vaguely symbolic animals.”– Deanne Tan, The Flying Inkpot

Cat, Lost & Found finds its charm in the little things that most of us wouldn’t give a second look. The story about a man who falls in love with an usher in a movie theatre is a modern day fairy tale that has weird and wonderful characters permeating the stage.

A man falls in love with an usher who is besotted with a stray cat in the cinema. Meanwhile, the hero of the movie showing in the theatre loses the plot and enters real life to find his brother’s murderer, leaving his hapless wife to wait forlornly for his return on screen, rendering the movie static, dwelling on her agony indefinitely.

The man’s dead mother harasses her son 24/7 for a daughter-in-law while she combs the island looking for her missing husband.

Throw in more bizarre characters such as a chicken-assassin and a cat that literally has 9 lives into the mix and we have a recipe for the most unconventional love story.

Awards
2009
The Flying Inkpot’s Pick of the Year
2010
The Straits Times Life! Theatre Award nomination for Best Ensemble
The Straits Times Life! Theatre Award nomination for Best Sound Design (Darren Ng)

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