SRT's Production of "Everything but the Brain"

 

Singapore Repertory Theatre.  Singapore.  August 17, 2013.  Over the years, I’ve been to several plays at SRT, all of which have been excellent, but none as unusual as local playwright Jean Tay’s “Everything but the Brain.”  Performed by non-professionals, whose talent was palpable, the story line is impossible to describe.  On one level, it is about a stroke victim and his daughter who elects to take care of him.  On another level it is a fantasy in which three bears play a major role.  On another, it is about love and just being alive.  Watching “Everything but the Brain” is the type of experience that can only be had in theatre.