One Day in this Place, Cake Theatrical Productions

One Day in this Place is part of "In a Decade", a platform by Cake Theatrical Productions to provide artistic opportunities for new generation of artists.

This play, written and directed by Artistic Director Natalie Hennedige, deals with people of diverse background existing in a crowded place.  It consists of a series of vignettes, with obvious references to Singapore. 

Pace for the first part of the performance was draggy, too much of the multi-racial stuff, at times seemed like a college production with all those song and dance items.  So, when it comes to the latter part, the theme of the play was somehow lost to the audience.

The new generation of 10 actors put up a commendable performances, in particular during the second half.  Ong Chin Hwee and Faizal Abdullah were standouts, although I hope that the latter would not take on too many gender-reversal roles in the future.

While this production may not be perfect, it provided a good platform to expose the new generation of actors, which it succeded.  Hopefully, we would see more of these actors appearing in subsequent Cake productions in the near future.