Synopsis:

Your pain changed you.
But it didn't break you.
You've become something new.

Directed by Beverly Yuen, After Rain, We Breathe is a physical theatre performance that explores the lived experience of pain—emotional, physical, and unseen. It traces a body's journey through trauma, resistance, and gradual healing.

Drawing on real-life stories, the performance honours the messiness of injury recovery—the setbacks, pauses, and small triumphs. With humour and visceral physicality, it asks: What does healing look like when pain never fully goes away? A quiet reminder to keep moving, keep breathing, and even to laugh.

An interdisciplinary collaboration, the performance integrates scientific concepts such as pain perception and rehabilitation into the arts.

Creative collaboration includes Wendy Ng, APA Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, who serves as Consultant in Pain Science & Embodied Movement.

Director/Playwright: Beverly Yuen
Performers: Damien Ng, Elaine Siow, Kaelen Ong, Matthew Martin, Tan Yong Hong, Beverly Yuen

Event Dates & Times
8 Jan 2026, 8:00 PM (Preview)
9 Jan 2026, 8:00 PM (Opening)
10 Jan 2026, 2:30 PM
10 Jan 2026, 7:00 PM

Venue: Black Box, 42 Waterloo Street
(2nd Floor — no lift access)

Tickets (Culture Pass eligible): [url=https://www.sistic.com.sg/events/lite_rain0126]https://www.sistic.com.sg/events/lite_rain0126

(There will be a post-show dialogue session with physiotherapist Wendy Ng and the cast after each performance on 9 and 10 January. Please note that there will be no dialogue session for the preview on 8 January.)

Director/Playwright
Dr. Beverly Yuen is a theatre practitioner and educator with a BA in Theatre Studies from NUS and a PhD in Communication Studies from NTU. She is also a certified personal trainer. As the Artistic Director of Grain Performance & Research Lab, she explores the intersection of physical theatre, performance anthropology, and fitness.

In 1998, she trained for a year at the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards in Italy. She also founded In Source Theatre, through which she created and performed in over 25 original works. Beverly conducted NAC-funded research on "spiritual theatre", which was documented in a full-length film.