Desmond Sim’s one man play Shrimps in Space is finally getting a revival this November! First written in 1999 and lauded for its heart and humour, we follow the life of Lim Huat Bee (Hang Qian Chou of Nine Years Theatre) as he grows up. Known as ‘Hay Bee’ to his friends (shrimp), Lim is a skinny, scrawny ‘shrimp’of a boy cautiously navigating his way through school … Continue reading [Preview] Shrimps in Space by GenerAsia Limited
The Necessary Stage rounds off their 2016 season with a sequel to their 2013 piece Best Of, which starred Siti K. Titled Best Of (His Story), the performance is once again written by Haresh Sharma and directed by Alvin Tan, and stars TV and theatre’s Sani Hussin, playing the role of Siti K’s husband, now taking to the stage to tell his side of the story. We … Continue reading Preview+Interview: Best Of (His Story) by The Necessary Stage
The annual W!ld Rice pantomime is back! W!ld Rice is bringing back their hit musical and last year’s Life! Theatre Award Production of the Year Monkey Goes West this Christmas season, a perfect send off to the year of the Monkey! Monkey Goes West riffs on the Chinese fantasy classic Journey to the West, where orphan Ah Tang embarks on an epic quest in a strange land, joined by … Continue reading Preview: Monkey Goes West by W!ld Rice
If you think your funny bone is broken, look no further than these doctors to heal you with humour. After all, laughter is the best medicine. Enter Dream Academy’s 3rd iteration of Happy Ever Laughter: Standup Comedy Madness, the hit series that brings together the very best of local standup comedy in one big night of fun-filled digs at our little red dot! This year’s edition features a whopping … Continue reading Preview: Happy Ever Laughter: Standup Comedy Madness! by Dream Academy
The Second Breakfast Company (abbreviated as 2BCo) will be presenting their debut production this Week: a staging of Malaysian writer Leow Puay Tin’s Family, also marking the play’s 20th anniversary. Fun fact: Leow Puay Tin starred as the first Emily in Stella Kon’s timeless monologue Emily of Emerald Hill in its Malaysian premiere! Family will be directed by 2BCo artistic director Adeeb Fazah and is supported by … Continue reading Preview: Family by The Second Breakfast Company
Asylum Theatre will proudly be staging Ira Levin’s Deathtrap for the very first time in Singapore this October! Levin is best known for penning contemporary classics such as Rosemary’s Baby and The Stepford Wives. While Deathtrap was his sole play, it was a success, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Best Play in 1978 and ending up as the longest running thriller-comedy on Broadway. The play … Continue reading Preview: Deathtrap by Asylum Theatre
“Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes/how do you measure a year in the life?” Pangdemonium ends off their 2016 season of love with none other than the musical origin of its theme – Jonathan Larson’s 1996 musical Rent! Last staged in Singapore by the Singapore Repertory Theatre back in 2001, Rent gives Puccini’s opera La Boheme an update to its setting, surrounding a … Continue reading Preview: RENT by Pangdemonium
The creative team behind the show. From left: Albert Tay, Darrell Ang, Glen Goei and Chong Tze Chien. Wagner’s classic opera The Flying Dutchman will be getting its very first full staging here in Singapore this October! And if that wasn’t exciting enough, it will also receive a creative twist, in that it will move away from its classic Nordic setting to that of an Asian fishing … Continue reading Preview: The Flying Dutchman by The Wagner Association
Local Life! Theatre Award-winning mandarin theatre company Nine Years Theatre will be staging a production of Taiwanese play Red Sky this October! We’re very excited for its Singaporean premiere, and will definitely be going down to catch it. Check out this exclusive interview as we pose nine questions to Nine Years Theatre artistic director Nelson Chia: (B denotes bakchormeeboy, and N denotes Nelson Chia’s answers) … Continue reading Preview + Interview: Nine Questions with Nine Years Theatre
The Finger Players return to the stage this October with Starring Hitler as Jekyll and Hyde. Starring Hitler tells the story of the Jewish holocaust from a new perspective, in an allegory to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic The Strange Tale of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The play mashes up history and fiction, painting a portrait of Jekyll as a young painter by day who turns into anti-Semitic terrorist … Continue reading Preview: Starring Hitler as Jekyll and Hyde by The Finger Players
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