I Thought We Had A Deal

SYNOPSIS

The key is that from beginning to end, we have never found ourselves.
In the moment we are unveiled, we are lost in absurdity forever.

關鍵就在於，我們自始至終，都不曾尋獲自己
被識破那一頁，已經永遠遺失在荒謬中

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Liew Chee Heai
Chee Heai is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice includes photography, performance art, installation art, and short video. In 2019, he made his directorial debut and performed in ‘Seni Tiga #03: Void in Void’. In 2022, he exhibited ‘My Island’, a site-specific installation, as well as directed and performed in ‘khakkhakkhak’ performance art. In 2023, he performed in ‘Sisyphus No. 9’ directed by Tung Jit Yang, and ‘Symbiocene’ directed by Lim Sheng Hui. He is awarded Best Set And/Or Visual Design in Theatre category for ‘Symbioscene’. Doing hands-on work every day makes his cells happy.

Lim Sheng Hui
Lim Sheng Hui is a theatre actor, director, and writer who enjoys bringing a poetic sensibility to her works. She recently founded the Terrafunk Theatre Collective, which is presenting an original theatre performance, Into the Symbiocene, for the Stockholm Fringe Festival this August. Sheng graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama from Vassar College, New York. When she is not in the theatre, she takes care of her eight cats.

Tung Jit Yang
Tung Jit Yang is a theatre performer and director. His past collaborations with director Liew Chee Heai: “Sisyphus No. 9” (2023) with Coebar Abel of francoe; “Material Woman in the Beauty World” (2023) by Leow Puay Tin as part of the Georgetown Festival; and “khakkhakkhak” (2022, Klang River Festival). He was previously director-in-residence at TAS, klpac; and artist-in-residence at theatrethreesixty. He is a graduate of the Tisch School of Arts, NYU; and recently attended the College Teatro at the 2024 Venice Biennale. His work has also been seen internationally in NYC, Jakarta, Vladivostok, and Tokyo.

Alice Teng
a young stylist, model, and fashion designer that has a passion for several artistic mediums. Being a daring artist, she appreciates working in a variety of capacities in the field, including modelling for Melinda Looi and the UAHA hair exhibition in 2023. She just released her first fashion collection, "Madi Dolli," which reflects on romantic connections in her immediate surroundings. Alice discovered that she also enjoys performing and being on stage after going through several art projects . "I thought we have a deal" will be her acting debut.

Coebar
An experimental musician who used to be the guitarist and vocalist for defunct post-rock quartet, GLASS, Coebar Abel is now half of Francoe, a genre-fluid duo. Although Coebar has released an album and toured Malaysia-Singapore with GLASS, his time with Francoe has proven more fruitful as they have three releases and was the opening act for Pamungkas's SEA tour and Bayangan's EP launch. He was also musically involved with Omar Ali's Kandang (2017 & 2019), Tung Jit Yang's Riwayat (2017), Losertown (2017), and Sisyphus No. 9 (2023), as well as Ho Lee Ching's OCD (2018) and IN/OUT (2019).

Bryan Chang
A generalist, Bryan’s work revolves primarily around graphic design, scenography and media arts. He has worked with, among others, The Bangkung Row Restaurants, British Council Malaysia, KLPAC, Theatresauce and The Cooler Lumpur Festival. Recent highlights include Mixtape for Maz; A Listening Body; Switchblade Operation: The Longing; Dari Pinggiran vol.1: SK Danau Perdana; Langkawi Walk The Doc 2022; Kaleidoscope Japan: Every Thought I’ve Ever Had; Hubs For Good Toolkit; MayWe Exhibition: Belas Masa; Unity (1918). He is also a co-founder of sans collective, an interdisciplinary art and design collective.

CREDITS

Director & Scenographer
Liew Chee Heai

Performers
Lim Sheng Hui
Tung Jit Yang
Alice Teng
Liew Chee Heai

Music
Coebar Abel

Lighting Design
Bryan Chang

Acknowledgements
Presented by KongsiKL
A Production of Dadadada Studio
Special Thanks to DouHouz, LevArt