Mama Looking for Her Cat

Written by Kuo Pao Kun
Directed by Felipe Cervera

As Singapore's first multilingual play, Kuo Pau Kun's Mama Looking for her Cat is bedded into the cultural canon and has been staged many times since the first production by The Theatre Practice in 1988. It explores the emotional and mental breakdown of a hard-working mother, who struggles to find a common language with her children. Her alienation from her family and eventual collapse is precipitated by shifts in the cultural landscape of a developing new society, where traditions and older customs become increasingly disenfranchised.