In 2012, Michael Chiang’s Army Daze celebrated its 25th anniversary with a new production directed by Beatrice Chia-Richmond which received a sold-out run. Five years on, Chiang has decided that it’s time to update the now thirty year old script by writing an all new sequel: Army Daze 2. Premiering in August 2017, the all-new play tracks down our original teenage heroes from Hotel Company Platoon 4 … Continue reading Preview: Army Daze 2
The latest young & w!ld batch graduates this June with their final show: a production of Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist comedy about the tragedy of language The Bald Soprano. Over the course of one madcap evening, six characters meet. As they engage in conversation, sense and nonsense collide. Platitudes replace substance. And dialogue becomes drama. Soon enough, reality starts to break down as language loses all meaning. … Continue reading Preview: The Bald Soprano by young & w!ld
Staging the Nation presents a doublebill of new works, with Volt Revolt, an extract from a sharp hard-hitting play and A Game of Chaos, an all new theatrical game. Vote Revolt was inspired by Paul Thompson’s By Common Consent (1974) and paints a dystopian picture of England. What happens when one rejects the system and joins the rebels? A group of boys who represent a failing society, sexism, racism, the … Continue reading Preview: Volt Revolt+A Game of Chaos by Staging the Nation
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
The Singapore Monologue Slam (SMS) returns for the second time this September! Pioneering the competitive monologue scene here, the SMS is a platform for young actors and writers to showcase their skills and panache in front of a live audience and a jury panel from both the film and theatre industry. Supported by *SCAPE and Noise Singapore, the competition is open to all 13 to … Continue reading Preview: Monologue Slam
Praised for their fast paced, hilarious and polished performances, Hammer & Tongs returns this year with an all new show – Legends. Having previously performed MYTHS and Arabian Nights at the Blue Elephant Theatre, this time around, the troupe will be adapting Norse legends of olde for the stage, promising yet another rollicking fun adventure about gods and monsters, vikings and the underworld. Legends: Monsters, Mead and Mayhem … Continue reading Preview: Legends – Monsters, Mead and Mayhem by Hammer & Tongs Theatre Company
Andrew Lloyd Webber fans were in luck this week when not one but THREE former Phantoms from Webber’s Phantom of the Opera were in town this week to perform at the musical revue A Night At The Musical with Three Phantoms. Together with an additional four performers, the unforgettable night was a series of showstopping musical numbers, cheeky stories from behind the scenes and of course, a ton … Continue reading Review: A Night At The Musical With Three Phantoms
The 2017 Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI) graduating class will be presenting their Final Year Individual Projects (FYiP) this May over two weeks. Considered one of the ITI’s most insightful presentations, the FYiP presentation will feature original works conceived and performed by the graduating class of actor-students. . From the revelation of a tragedy behind a victim’s life, the pressures of age and marriage, to exploring personal … Continue reading Preview: Intercultural Theatre Institute Final Year Individual Projects
Martin Crimp’s The Treatment is a scathing look at the cutthroat film industry in America, as a naive young woman is taken and swallowed whole by a group of vicious film producers as they chop and change her harrowing story to fit the needs of Hollywood. Under Lyndsey Turner’s capable hand, what appears to initially be a couple’s therapy session quickly give way to something completely different. … Continue reading Review: The Treatment at The Almeida Theatre
Set to be the theatrical event of the year, Angels In America is finally on at the National Theatre with a stellar cast, including television’s Russell Tovey and Oscar-nominated Andrew Garfield. Having first premiered in 1991 and 1992, Tony Kushner’s magnum opus is as intimate in narrative as it is epic in scope, tackling morality and mortality in the land of the free amidst the backdrop of … Continue reading Review: Angels in America by the National Theatre
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