A despot has come to power. The society is listless, submissive and scared.
But beneath every violation of civil autonomy, there are humans, behind every resistance to power, there are individuals. And these people are not different to us but identical, they are not heroic or remarkable, but ordinary.
This prescient portrait of global politics and rise of authoritarianism forms part of Theatre503’s relaunch season. Tan’s innovatively written drama told from an unnamed place and spanning 320 years delivers snapshots of both a recognisable world and visions of the future. Through the lives of ordinary people – ornithologists, bureaucrats, soldiers, and tour guides No Particular Order charts the fall, rise and continuation of a nation, always asking the same question “Is it empathy, or power, that endures?”

31st May – 18th June 2022: Theatre503
A co-production with Theatre503
| Written by: | Joel Tan 陈文传 | |
| Director: | Josh Roche | |
| Designer: | Ingrid Hu 胡嘉倩 | |
| Sound Designer & Composer: | Sarah Sayeed | |
| Associate Sound Designer: | Rachael Murray | |
| Lighting Designer: | Clare O’Donoghue | |
| Video Designers: | Erin Guan 关绰莹 & Isabel Sun 孫瑀 for Vroom Lab Theatre | |
| Sound Technician: | Sylvia Wan 温美蓮 | |
| Production Manager: | Patrica Gilvaia | |
| Stage Manager: | Rose Hockaday | |
| Key Art Photography: | Eivind Hansen | |
| Art Direction: | Louise Richardson | |
| PR: | Diana Whitehead of Fourth Wall PR | |
| Images & Media: | Morgan Sinclair & Lidia Crisafulli |
| Daniel York Loh 丹尼约克罗 | ||
| Pandora Colin | ||
| Pía Laborde-Noguez | ||
| Jules Chan |
“this pivotal piece of socio-political art is a timely herald to a new dawn of thinking” – Tribe Arts
“…heralds a fiery new talent in Joel Tan.” – Evening Standard
“a well-crafted blend of the timeless and the immediate.” – Broadway Baby
“The cast is versatile in its multi-rolling. Daniel York Loh is particularly impressive” – The Stage
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