NO QUESTION OF SURRENDER: Three Days Before the FAll at Battlebox

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It is 12 February 1942 and the invaders have already reached Bukit Timah.

Enter the Battlebox as a member of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Corps, suddenly assigned to this bunker as the battle for Singapore draws near the city. As you receive your introduction to the inner workings of the secretive Fortress Command, let the staff - colonial and local - reveal how the war is really going. Discover the astounding mis-steps that charted our fall, and the brutal lessons that mapped out our future.

Whose war was it? Whose land is it?

NO QUESTION OF SURRENDER: Three Days Before the Fall transports audiences to the final days before the fall of Singapore in February 1942 in a new 80-minute immersive theatrical experience written and directed by Jonathan Lim.

Feel the pulse of World War II as you immerse yourself in the sights, sounds and smells of the Battlebox. NO QUESTION OF SURRENDER challenges a traditional theatrical experience by offering a unique opportunity to live and breathe the past.

Written and Directed by Jonathan Lim

Starring Alfred Loh, Izzul Irfan, Al-Matin Yatim & Justin Lee

Produced by Global Cultural Alliance in collaboration with the Battlebox as part of the National Heritage Board's Battle for Singapore programme.

*Please note that audiences will be required to move through the Battlebox and remain standing in several locations. This show takes place within an underground bunker and might not be suitable for claustrophobes.

Interested in other Battlebox programmes?

Check out Secrets Beneath The Surface: A Curator's Tour of the Battlebox by historian Tan Teng Teng and 'We Shall Remember: The Story of Singapore at War' – Children's Tour by author Sim Ee Waun on 3 March.

About Jonathan Lim:

Writer, director & actor Jonathan Lim is a graduate of Sydney’s National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), and created the parody show Chestnuts over 25 years ago.

He has directed plays and musicals for W!LD RICE, The Theatre Practice, Action Theatre, Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble and his own theatre company STAGES. He also created young & W!LD, W!LD RICE’s youth training wing.

Playwriting credits include Four Horse Road, Unforgotten the Musical, Gallery of Secrets : The Lost Lily, Diva to the Death, People Say Got Ghost and (The Bride Always Knocks Twice) with Liu Xiaoyi. Musicals written include H Is For Hantu, Women on Canvas, Getai the Musical, Pursuant, Sparks the Musical (for DBS’ 50th anniversary), the LOVE 972FM musicals Hero and Ju ; and WILD RICE pantomimes Oi! Sleeping Beauty! And A Singapore Carol.

Screenwriting credits include 2 seasons of the sitcom Meet the MP, the telemovie +65, the web series Cheerific, the Tiktok sitcom BTOgether and Eric Khoo’s feature film In The Room. His poetry and prose have appeared in Capsule and The Best of Singapore Erotica. He has also published Between Gods And Ghosts - a book on the Chinese supernatural landscape in Singapore.

He also co-hosts the Supernatural Confessions livestream Friday Night Live and conducts the Walk with Hantu : Changi ghost tour.