CLAIRE WONG

CO-FOUNDER AND JOINT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF CHECKPOINT THEATRE

“Since we are always incubating new work, Checkpoint Theatre had the advantage of being able to conceptualise for, and pivot to, a new medium. We embraced digital platforms and created a new season comprising recorded audio experiences of plays such as Lucas Ho’s The Heart

and launched our first video series,

Comes to Mind,

Two Songs and a Story.

For artists like myself, who write our own plays and develop our own original work, it is more important than ever to be making theatre during this pandemic. Theatre is a critical lens through which we consider the human condition, in a specific place and at a specific time.

I feel an urgency to listen and observe, and to reflect and respond, through my art-making. For audiences, our stories have the power to comfort and make us feel less alone, to inspire and help us carry on, to challenge and push us to do better. For me, this pandemic has amplified the importance and power of theatre and storytelling.”