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[INTERVIEW] [THEATRE] [Turning Audiences Into Accomplices: An Interview with director Tracie Pang, and cast members Coco Wang Ling and Ghafir Akbar on Pangdemonium’s ‘A Mirror’] Now out on Bakchormeeboy.com. “The urgency of those questions is reflected in the production’s rhythm, where there is no intermission at all, and you’re locked in with the cast for 150 minutes. “If you put an interval in, it breaks the conceit of the piece,” says Ghafir. “It’s supposed to feel like a pressure cooker and needs to stay closed long enough to cook. If you open it too early, it just doesn’t work, while balancing an urgency in telling this story as quickly as possible.”

That also ultimately extends beyond the stage. “I don’t think audience responsibility ends,” Tracie says. “Theatre is a live, breathing thing, and that’s what makes it different from film or TV. No two shows are ever identical. That’s the nature of human beings telling stories.”

Photo Credit: Ruey Loon

A Mirror plays from 26th June to 12th July 2026 at the Singtel Waterfront Theatre. Pangdemonium Tracie Pang Coco Ghafir Akbar

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