"Christmas is not as much about opening presents than opening our hearts." - Janice Maeditere
'Tis the season to spread love and kindness to an often overlooked community in Singapore - our migrant worker friends! In conjunction with our upcoming digital production Behind The Wall, Gateway Arts is launching our Gift A Gift and #KindnessStartsAtHome campaigns. We hope that through this programme, parents and children will be inspired to be kind, and show appreciation for our migrant worker friends' contributions to Singapore.
SYNOPSIS
Written by award-winning playwright Jean Tay and directed by Samantha Scott-Blackhall, Behind The Wall follows Tommy, a little mouse who ventures beyond a mysterious wall in the perfect city of Pura Pura, where he meets animals that talk and look different, like Al the Elephant, a worker from a faraway land. Behind The Wall shows us that, while people may look and sound very different, we are all the same on the inside, and just as capable of kindness.
This 30-minute film is designed for families with children 5 to 12 years old, and is accompanied by a 20-minute post-show activity video and digital activity booklet, which provides insights into the lives of our migrant worker friends.
Click here to find out more!
GIFT A GIFT
From 15 Nov to 5 Dec 2021, with every ticket purchased, patrons will have the option to donate $10 to our Gift A Gift initiative. Every dollar donated will go towards providing care packs of essential items such as toiletries, masks, hand sanitizers and more to our migrant worker friends!
We will then be distributing them to our beneficiaries together with our partner HealthServe, on International Migrants Day.
#KindnessStartsAtHome
Gateway Arts believes that creating a kinder world begins with a culture of kindness in our own homes.
A thank you card will be included in the Behind The Wall post-show activity booklet for all patrons. We encourage all parents to print and decorate the thank you card together with your children, and post the completed card on social media, using the hashtags #BehindTheWall, #GatewayArtsSG and #KindnessStartsAtHome.
You can give these thank you cards to any migrant worker friend you meet, and we will also share these images with them!
TICKETING DETAILS
Streaming online from 18-31 December 2021
Tickets are available now
Book before 30 November 2021 to enjoy 15% Early Bird discount
Group bookings of 20-40 tickets per transaction are also entitled to a 20% discount
Images Credit: Gateway Arts
Age
5–12
Price
General: 20 SGD (From 1-31 Dec)
Early Bird : 17 SGD (From 15-30 Nov)
Group Bookings: 16 SGD (For 20-40 tickets per transaction)
Telephone number
+65 6819 0788
Links
Address
SingaporeGateway Theatre, 3615 Jalan Bukit Merah, Singapore
How to get there?
By Bus:
To Bukit Merah Town Centre (Bus stop ID 10091) & Opposite Bukit Merah Town Centre (Bus stop ID 10099) - 14, 147, 196, 197, 855, 961, 961C, Premium 765
To Bukit Merah Bus Interchange (Bus stop ID 10009) - 5, 16, 57, 123, 131, 131M, 132, 139, 153, 167, 176, 198, 272, 273, 851
By Train:
Take the East-West Line to Redhill Station, and walk through Redhill Close to get to Bukit Merah Town Centre, where Gateway Theatre is located.