Category: Theatre Companies

Arts, Preview, Singapore, The Necessary Stage, Theatre, Theatre Companies, Theatres

Preview: Civilised by The Necessary Stage

Break out the party poppers, cut the cake, and celebrate Singapore’s Bicentennial with The Necessary Stage (TNS)! But hold on a minute – should we really be celebrating our Bicentennial, an anniversary marked and marred by the complications of colonialism and an almost reverent commemoration of the white men and founding fathers who arrived on our shores to transform us from small fishing villages to booming metropolis, … Continue reading Preview: Civilised by The Necessary Stage

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Preview: Chonteng by Teater Ekamatra

Presented as part of their Artist Residency Programme, this April, Teater Ekamatra presents Rizman Putra’s Chonteng. Translating to ‘doodle’ in English, the installation takes the form of drawings exploring ideas of line and mark making based loosely on the method of automatic drawing, documenting the stream of iconography and creatures from the consciousness of the artist. First explored in previous exhibitions Labyrinth of Things I and II, which were … Continue reading Preview: Chonteng by Teater Ekamatra

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Preview: This Is What Happens To Pretty Girls by Pangdemonium

Sex. Violence. Blurred lines. After a strong start to their 2019 season with Late Company, for their second production of the year, Singapore’s favourite ‘ass-kicking’ theatre company is set for the world premiere of a brand new play – This Is What Happens To Pretty Girls. A completely original work inspired by the ongoing  #MeToo movement, This Is What Happens To Pretty Girls was written by Ken Kwek … Continue reading Preview: This Is What Happens To Pretty Girls by Pangdemonium

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Drama Box’s FLOWERS: An Interview with Creators Han Xuemei and Jean Tay

Coming to the stage this May, Drama Box kicks off their 2019 season with an all new show – in a house! Conceptualised by Han Xuemei, FLOWERS reunites the Drama Box resident artist with playwright Jean Tay, who worked on last year’s MISSING: The City of Lost Things, in an experiential installation where audiences explore a terrace house in Chip Bee Gardens, and in turn, discover the hidden issues of patriarchal … Continue reading Drama Box’s FLOWERS: An Interview with Creators Han Xuemei and Jean Tay

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Preview: ‘Til The End Of The World, We’ll Meet In No Man’s Land by Theatreworks

“Silence is silence. What’s deafening is the strain to hear it through the thunderous throbs of my blood pumping through my veins. What are you? Where am I?” This year, Theatreworks is set to make waves with Singapore’s very first women’s season of theatre, spotlighting female artists, and the specificity, duality, and impact of the Woman’s voice. The season opens with a brand new production … Continue reading Preview: ‘Til The End Of The World, We’ll Meet In No Man’s Land by Theatreworks

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Review: A Silent Hour – Buskers of Singapore by Toy Factory

Bridging the distance between audiences and buskers. Toy Factory is breaking new ground this year with their outreach programme for inclusive theatre sharing, presenting brand new ways and forms of experiencing the arts, not only through new technologies or ways of staging, but even the form itself. With A Silent Hour: Buskers of Singapore, creator Stanley Seah puts the spotlight on musician Yee Kien, one of … Continue reading Review: A Silent Hour – Buskers of Singapore by Toy Factory

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Arts, Interview, musical, Review, Singapore, The Theatre Practice, travel, travelXculture

Shanghai Nights: Liao Zhai Rocks! by The Theatre Practice (Review)

An overseas debut and source of Singaporean pride. SHANGHAI, CHINA – Presenting their original musical Liao Zhai Rocks! overseas for the very first time, it’s hard not to feel a sense of pride seeing The Theatre Practice’s name displayed across the massive theatre at Shanghai Culture Square. Written by Wu Xi, with soundtrack by Eric Ng and lyrics by Xiaohan, the musical feels only appropriate as debut, … Continue reading Shanghai Nights: Liao Zhai Rocks! by The Theatre Practice (Review)

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Review: FAUST/US (浮世/德) by Nine Years Theatre

Lest the demons get to me. Written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in the early 1800s, there is a timelessness to the narrative and themes discussed in Faust that have led to it becoming an inspiration for countless other works of art, and its regard as one of the greatest works of German literature. To stage it in a new capacity then, is certainly a challenging … Continue reading Review: FAUST/US (浮世/德) by Nine Years Theatre

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Strange Tales From A Theatre Studio: An Interview with Kuo Jian Hong, Joanna Dong and Sugie Phua of The Theatre Practice’s Liao Zhai Rocks! Shanghai Tour

The life of a Singaporean theatre production is often limited to a single staging before being relegated to a film in the archives, or living on in the memory of audiences lucky enough to have caught it. A restaging is a rare event, and for a company to present their work overseas rarer still. For The Theatre Practice (TTP), Liao Zhai Rocks! is nothing short of a … Continue reading Strange Tales From A Theatre Studio: An Interview with Kuo Jian Hong, Joanna Dong and Sugie Phua of The Theatre Practice’s Liao Zhai Rocks! Shanghai Tour

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Preview: FLOWERS by Drama Box

Drama Box returns to kick off their 2019 season with a brand new show from resident artist Han Xuemei, creator of last year’s MISSING: The City of Lost Things. Titled FLOWERS, the experiential installation is set to take place in a terrace house in Chip Bee Gardens, dealing with issues of patriarchal violence and its effects on others, regardless of gender, and invites audience members to (re)consider their lived experiences … Continue reading Preview: FLOWERS by Drama Box

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