Every day, we are inundated with the dire consequences of the climate emergency. In the face of this threat to humanity, what do we do? Recycle? Switch to environmentally-friendly products? Be a vegan? Stop having children? What can we do—and do our actions even matter?

Why do we have such different responses to climate change? What makes one a denialist, or another to commit acts of civil disobedience in the name of climate justice?

Can we as individuals, and collectively, affect change? Or will politics and profit dictate the fate of this planet—our only home?

A ground-breaking interdisciplinary collaboration with artists from Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore, The Year of No Return  by Singapore theatre company - The Necessary Stage seeks to unravel the complications and contradictions in humanity’s responses to climate change. This hybrid production incorporating live performance and video presentation seeks to question whether we live in an age of despair—or one of hope in the dark.

Rating: Advisory 16 (Mature Content)
Performed in English, Japanese, Malay and Tagalog with English surtitles

Co-Writers: Haresh Sharma and Rody Vera
Director: Alvin Tan
Main Cast: Chihiro Hirai, Marco Viaña, Rody Vera, Siti Khalijah Zainal. Sukania Venugopal, and Tan Guo Lian Sutton
Ensemble: Ariel Lim, Ezzafatin Aslam, Isaac Lim Jue Hao, Jaclyn Magdalene Rajendran, Jovetta Tan (Jovy), and Rajkumar Thiagaras
Dancers: Edina Handali, Jereh Leong
Voiceover Actor: Karen Tan
Dramaturg: Melissa Lim
Choreographer and Movement Director: Goh Shou Yi
Set Designer: Wong Chee Wai
Lighting Designer: Yo Shao Ann
Sound Designer and Composer: Ng Jing
Costume Designer: MAX.TAN
Multimedia Designer: Jasmine Ng
Multimedia Co-Designer: Hanafi Haffidz