Boom (2023) – Director

Slanted Theatre in association with KXT Bakehouse is thrilled to announce the Australian premiere of Singaporean play, Boom, playing at KXT on Broadway from 6 to 21 October 2023.

★★★★★ ArtsHub
★★★★.5 Being Asian Australian
★★★★ Suzy Goes See
★★★★ Sydney Theatre Reviews
★★★★ Theatre Thoughts
★★★★ Sydney Arts Guide

Progress. Progress. Progress. Boom tells the story of an elderly woman and her property agent son in Singapore, who are struggling with the government wanting to reclaim their family home along with the pressure from their neighbours. An idealistic civil servant, Jeremiah, is facing the greatest challenge of his career—persuading a reluctant corpse to yield its memories and accept the exhumation of its body in an effort to put in a new building. This is a tale in which humanity gets left behind for the advancement of society, and the grief we feel from the loss of any kind.

Written by London-based Singaporean, Jean Tay, Boom was conceptualised at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2007 and developed and staged by the Singapore Repertory Theatre in September 2008. It was nominated for Best Original Script for The Straits’ Life! Theatre Awards in 2009.

Book Tickets

Season 06 – 21 Oct | KXT on Broadway

Playwright Jean Tay
Director Tiffany Wong 黃寶珠
Producer Natalie Low 劉嘉雯
Sound Designer & Composer Sam Cheng 鄭慧敏
Costume Designer Rita Naidu
Set Designer Aloma Barnes
Lighting Designer & Deputy Stage Manager Luna Ng 吳悅兒
Lighting Technician Capri Harris
Deputy Stage Manager Jake Fisher
Assistant Stage Manager Katie Ord
Production Dramaturg Adam Yoon
Accent Consultant Petrina Kow
Fight Director Sam Flack

with
Melissa Gan 颜丽媛, Tiang Lim 林珍妮, Josephine Lee 李徾汶, Natalie Low 劉嘉雯, Daniel MacKenzie, Gerwin Widjaja 黄世德 & Jordon Zhu 朱麒安

Mentor
Stage Management Natalie Low 劉嘉雯
Set Building John Sullivan

Thank you
Michael Cheng, Tessa Leong, James Lew, Jonathan Lim, Liz Lin, Susan Ling Young, Ivan Lo, Low Kum Wah Patrick, Eugene Lynch, Pastor Kathryn Lynch (St Stephen’s Uniting Church), Aaron Ronalds, Sifu Joshua Smith (Jow Ga Academy Australia), Luke Visentin, Matt Yuen, and Suzanne and John (KXT bAKEHOUSE).