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White Pearl
Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 5w, 1m
Image: 2019 Royal Court Theatre Production (Tristram Kenton)
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Cast Size
5w, 1m -
Duration
90 minutes -
Suggested Use
- Scene Work
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Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
“It's just a fun ad. Now the whole world is going crazy.”
In Singapore, Clearday™ has developed from a small startup into a leading international cosmetic brand in less than a year. But when a draft of the company’s latest skin cream advert is leaked, the video goes viral globally for all the wrong reasons.
YouTube views are in the thousands and keep climbing; anger is building on social media; and journalists are starting to cover the story. This is an international PR nightmare; the company cannot be seen to be racist, they’ve got to get it taken down before America wakes up.
History
Cast Attributes
Performing Groups
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting Clearday™ Headquarters, Singapore.
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features Multimedia
- Duration 90 minutes
- Cautions
- Alcohol
- Strong Language
- Mild Adult Themes
Media
“A bracingly funny corporate satire.” – The Guardian
“King’s play brings a ruthless clarity to each line of dialogue – the writing ricochets effortlessly between its characters...King’s assured approach to her female characters – equally magnetic as they are spiky – reflects exactly what makes her play so riveting: the unapologetic display of blemishes and imperfections.” – Time Out
“White Pearl is a little gem. In 90 minutes [it] takes on a wide range of subjects: Corporate hypocrisy, the base values of the beauty business, the frenzy of social media and, not least, mutual suspicion between westernised and homeland Asians.” – The Guardian
“White Pearl makes a case that those seeking to make inroads into the Far East, perceiving a new El Dorado, are no better that colonial conquistadors of an earlier age — and entirely unequipped to understand the specifics of a complex cultural region.” – Variety London
“A scathing, gleefully nasty corporate satire” – The Stage
“It has a boldness, ambition and acerbic humour on a scale that makes you sit up and pay attention.” – Time Out
“King’s writing has that quality where almost every line whip-cracks through the air and leaves a welt.” – The Upcoming
Videos
Inside White Pearl
White Pearl Sizzle Reel - Studio Theatre
Photos
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Image: 2019 Royal Court Theatre Production (Tristram Kenton)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.