ICT's virtual show 'Zoom Parah' reached 1k viewers from 20 countries


The 'Zoom Parah' cast (from top left, clockwise): Farah Rani, Branavan Aruljothi, Gregory Sze and Iedil Dzuhrie Alaudin. Photo: Instant Cafe Theatre

Instant Cafe Theatre’s (ICT) recent restaging of Singaporean writer/playwright Alfian Sa’at’s Parah shows that virtual theatre also has a place in the new normal of performing arts.

Renamed Zoom Parah for the virtual restaging, the show (July 25 and 26) attracted nearly 1,000 viewers from 20 countries worldwide, including Britain, Germany, New Zealand and the Netherlands.

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