Category: Theatre Companies

Arts, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre, Theatre Companies, Toy Factory

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

Having started off their 2019 season with Stanley Seah’s The Transition Room, Toy Factory is back again this April with a new addition to their outreach programme for inclusive theatrical sharing as they present A Silent Hour: Buskers of Singapore. Conceptualized and developed by Associate Artistic Director Stanley Seah, A Silent Hour was inspired by street performers who perform with passion and gusto every day, and for this theatrical production … Continue reading Preview: A Silent Hour – Buskers of Singapore by Toy Factory

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Arts, Preview, Singapore, Theatre, Theatre Companies, Wild Rice

Preview: W!ld Rice’s Unveils House Warming Season To Open New Theatre At Funan

At long last, local theatre company W!ld Rice is throwing open to doors to their very own theatre as they announce the house open in their new home at the recently revamped Funan lifestyle complex. Located in the very heart of the city, W!ld Rice’s theatre only officially opens in September this year, but from July to August this year, W!ld Rice will be offering  … Continue reading Preview: W!ld Rice’s Unveils House Warming Season To Open New Theatre At Funan

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Arts, Singapore, The Theatre Practice, Theatre

A Creative Space To Work, Create and Collaborate: Practice Tuckshop Reopens To Go Full Time

  Nestled in the heart of Waterloo Street lies the home of The Theatre Practice (TTP), and along with it, the Practice Tuckshop. A creative space for all to work, create and collaborate, the Practice Tuckshop has flung open its doors once again to the public to act as a shared space for all to gather for a wholesome drink, chill out or even have … Continue reading A Creative Space To Work, Create and Collaborate: Practice Tuckshop Reopens To Go Full Time

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Review: Not In My Lifetime? by The Finger Players

Inclusive theatre highlighting the aesthetics of access and the lives of SPED teachers. Some say originality is dead, but one would be surprised to find that each year, theatre companies continue to find new ways to innovate or put untold stories on the stage. Not In My Lifetime?, The Finger Players’ first production of 2019, happens to be one of them. Written by Alvan Yap, Not … Continue reading Review: Not In My Lifetime? by The Finger Players

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Dealing with the Devil: An Interview with Performer Mia Chee and Director Cherilyn Woo of Nine Years Theatre’s FAUST/US (浮世/德)

This March, Nine Years Theatre (NYT) opens their 2019 season with what is now their signature style of adapting a Western text into Mandarin, this time around having selected Goethe’s Faustus, the quintessential ‘deal with a devil’ story of a scholar who sells his soul in exchange for his wildest dreams. But in Nine Years Theatre’s FAUST/US, not only will protagonist Faust be receiving a gender swap; for … Continue reading Dealing with the Devil: An Interview with Performer Mia Chee and Director Cherilyn Woo of Nine Years Theatre’s FAUST/US (浮世/德)

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Preview: Holier Then How by TheatreWorks (24 Hour Playwriting Competition 2018)

After a fruitful competition held at everyone’s favourite theme park from hell Haw Par Villa last year, TheatreWorks is proud to present Xavier Tay’s Holier Than How, one of the winners of the 2018 24-Hour Playwriting Competition. Directed by Jeremiah Choy, Holier Then How follows a devout woman struggling with the differences between her two sons – one faithless and one unfaithful. But a hundred days after her husband’s … Continue reading Preview: Holier Then How by TheatreWorks (24 Hour Playwriting Competition 2018)

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

Review: It Takes All Kinds by Theatre for Seniors (The Necessary Stage)

Community theatre-style presentation of honest, heartfelt stories. The Necessary Stage’s (TNS) Theatre for Seniors programme turns 10 this year, and over the last decade, has slowly but surely instilled a small interest group of seniors with the power of theatre and the arts. Over the last weekend, the community theatre group presented devised work It Takes All Kinds this weekend, comprising a medley of scenes inspired by the … Continue reading Review: It Takes All Kinds by Theatre for Seniors (The Necessary Stage)

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Review: Still Life by Checkpoint Theatre

An activist uses art as a means of  finding new ways of seeing and recalling her mother.  Former AWARE president Dana Lam is known more for being an activist than an artist. But take a peek at her biography in the programme booklet, and you’ll notice that she’s performed in more shows that you’d expect. In addition, Dana is also a trained painter, and it … Continue reading Review: Still Life by Checkpoint Theatre

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

“I often feel like there are two souls living in me. One with an overwhelming zest with love for life, desperately clinging onto the world and all its wonders, the other is immensely yearns to fly above the dust, and into the light.” The classic tale of a deal with the devil gets the Nine Years Theatre (NYT) treatment as the company presents FAUST/US this March. … Continue reading Preview: FAUST/US (浮世/德) by Nine Years Theatre

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Review: Late Company by Pangdemonium

Emotional, poignant drama unfolds at the worst dinner ever.  Dinner parties can be absolute nightmares. But dinner parties aimed to make peace with the parents who bullied your son into suicide? Unthinkable. Such is the case for grieving parents Debora and Michael (Janice Koh and Edward Choy) in Late Company, who invite Tamara and Bill (Karen Tan and Adrian Pang), and their son Curtis (Xander … Continue reading Review: Late Company by Pangdemonium

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