Pangdemonium’s The Father: An Interview with Actors Lim Kay Siu and Keagan Kang

Multiple-Life Theatre Award 2018 nominee Pangdemonium springs into their 2018 season with one of their most socially relevant plays yet – Florian Zeller’s The Father. Receiving critical acclaimed when it premiered on London’s West End, The Father stars Lim Kay Siu as Andre, a man who’s fallen prey to dementia and becomes increasingly unsure of the very fabric of reality and the world he lives in. Prior … Continue reading Pangdemonium’s The Father: An Interview with Actors Lim Kay Siu and Keagan Kang

Preview: The Father by Pangdemonium!

Tackling the theme of Hope and Home this year, Pangdemonium’s 2018 season is starting off on an incredibly poignant note as they present the Singaporean premiere of Florian Zeller’s Moliere Award winning play The Father.  Directed by Tracie Pang, The Father follows André, a 70 year old man who’s managed to lose his beloved watch again. His daughter and son-in-law aren’t helping much, sneaking around the house and … Continue reading Preview: The Father by Pangdemonium!

Preview: Pangdemonium’s 2018 Season

How time flies! In the flash of an eye, it’s already November, and as we’re fast approaching the end of the year, we’ve started thinking about what’s in store for us on the theatre calendar in 2018. As always, Pangdemonium has already made their announcement ahead of time, and will be presenting three carefully curated set of plays surrounding the theme of HOPE & HOME in 2018. … Continue reading Preview: Pangdemonium’s 2018 Season

Review: Fun Home by Pangdemonium

In 2006, Dykes to Watch Out For cartoonist Alison Bechdel released a graphic novel memoir of her life. That book was Fun Home, and has since gone on to garner a huge fan following, as it traces Bechdel’s life growing up in rural Pennsylvania, focusing on the relationships she shared with her family, and her own journey of coming to terms with her sexuality. That book of course, … Continue reading Review: Fun Home by Pangdemonium

Preview: Fun Home by Pangdemonium

In yet another monumental year for Pangdemonium, their 2017 season rounds off with the Singaporean debut of award winning musical Fun Home! Adapted from graphic novelist Alison Bechdel’s (Dykes to Watch Out For) best selling memoir of the same name, Fun Home tells the story of Bechdel’s life growing up in a uniquely dysfunctional family, in the titular ‘fun home’ (short for funeral home). Fun Home will grip you with … Continue reading Preview: Fun Home by Pangdemonium

SIFA 2017: Dragonflies by Pangdemonium (Review)

In a world where Brexit is reality and Trump the president of the United States of America, how could things get any worse? Plenty, as writer Stephanie Street cranks the apocalypse up to eleven with Pangdemonium’s second original script of the year: Dragonflies, presented as part of the 2017 Singapore International Festival of the Arts. Set in a completely plausible version of the near future, the world of Dragonflies is … Continue reading SIFA 2017: Dragonflies by Pangdemonium (Review)

SIFA 2017: Dragonflies by Pangdemonium (Preview)

Set in the not so distant future of 2021, where climate change is causing natural disasters all over the world and the political climate is a wreck, with the collapse of the Western world and religious extremism at its peak, the United Kingdom (and other nation), is clamping down on immigration. At the heart of the play is Leslie Chen, whose world is quite literally … Continue reading SIFA 2017: Dragonflies by Pangdemonium (Preview)

Preview: THE JAM – A Pangdemonium Fundraiser

Psst, are you a fan of Pangdemonium’s shows? We are, and we have great news for you: Pangdemonium will be bringing four of their favourite singers together this September for a one night only musical extravaganza! Headlined by Pangdemonium alumni Nathan Hartono, Sam Willows frontman Benjamin Kheng, indie darling Inch Chua, singer and personality Tabitha Nauser and 2017 Life! Theatre Award Best Actor Andrew Marko, … Continue reading Preview: THE JAM – A Pangdemonium Fundraiser

Review: TANGO by Pangdemonium

2017 is a year of great fear and trepidation. Surrounded by an uncertain political climate tending towards conservatism, it’s easy to make the claim that nothing is sacred anymore, and immediately attack institutions undergoing great change. In conservative Singapore, homosexuality still doesn’t sit well with a good number of citizens, with controversy arising from even family friendly films such as Beauty and the Beast, resulting in … Continue reading Review: TANGO by Pangdemonium

Preview: TANGO by Pangdemonium!

For the first time since their inception, Pangdemonium! will be presenting an original play – TANGO by acclaimed local playwright Joel Tan! Receiving its world premiere in May, TANGO was inspired by true events from the blog “4 Relative Strangers” by James Williams, the pseudonym for the real Koh-Waites who outraged a Chinese restaurant in Singapore who couldn’t accept their presence as the adopted parents of two sons. … Continue reading Preview: TANGO by Pangdemonium!