Category: Theatre

Arts, Drama Centre, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre, Theatre Companies

Preview: Those Who Can’t Teach by The Necessary Stage

The Necessary Stage celebrates its 30th anniversary with a restaging of one their best-loved plays: Those Who Can’t, Teach! First staged in 1990 and later on in 2010 to full houses, Those Who Can’t, Teach is a modern Singaporean theatre classic by TNS artistic director Alvin Tan and resident playwright Haresh Sharma. TWCT touches on an issue every Singaporean is familiar with: education. Set in a … Continue reading Preview: Those Who Can’t Teach by The Necessary Stage

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Arts, London, Preview, Theatre, VAULT Festival 2017

[Preview] VAULT Festival 2017: Previews 15-19 Feb (Part 1)

Week 4 of the VAULT Festival begins in earnest as we present our picks of the week, with musical space odysseys, deaths on the beach, and party girls gone wild with humour: Summer Nights In Space by Henry Carpenter Creators of the critically acclaimed rock musical The Quentin Dentin Show are back with an all new sci-fi musical with all the best tropes and elements you’ve come … Continue reading [Preview] VAULT Festival 2017: Previews 15-19 Feb (Part 1)

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Preview: The Pillowman by Pangdemonium

First staged locally in 2007, Pangdemonium starts off their 2017 season with Martin McDonagh’s critically acclaimed play The Pillowman.  A police procedural play revolving around a writer accused of murder, Tracie Pang returns once again to direct, along with three of its original cast members: Daniel Jenkins, Shane Mardjuki and Adrian Pang. This time around, The Pillowman will be staged at the glorious Victoria Theatre. Winner of two Tony Awards and … Continue reading Preview: The Pillowman by Pangdemonium

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Arts, London, Review, Theatre, VAULT Festival 2017

[Review] VAULT Festival 2017: Inner City Pressures and Talking Balloons (11/2/17)

Wrapping up our coverage of the VAULT Festival this week we have reviews of Save + Quit by Hairpin Productions Save + Quit deals with cities and the lives that inhabit them. Specifically, London and Dublin. Written by Sophia Leuner and directed by Billie De Buitlearneur, Save + Quit is a phenomenal exercise in stripped down theatre, consisting of two sets of two intersecting monologues, with just … Continue reading [Review] VAULT Festival 2017: Inner City Pressures and Talking Balloons (11/2/17)

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[Review] VAULT Festival 2017: Wretches, Bees and Cursed Dummies (10/2/17)

We’re off to a late start this week, but here’s the first half of our reviews at the VAULT Festival this week! WRETCH by Interval Productions There’s a lot of debate on the state of homelessness and how to get people out of it, but few plays actually touch on what happens after. Rebecca Walker’s new play does just that, and boy does it go … Continue reading [Review] VAULT Festival 2017: Wretches, Bees and Cursed Dummies (10/2/17)

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Preview: Prism by Toy Factory

Toy Factory starts off their 2017 season with a bang: a restaging of their speculative play Prism, which received rave reviews when it first premiered in the early 2000s. Prism features Apprentice star Firdaus Rahman as Aman, an Urban Redevelopment Board official tasked with evicting 33000 residents of “The Surrounding City”, the city’s oldest heritage as it faces demolition in the name of progress. Confronted with angry, despairing citizens, Aman … Continue reading Preview: Prism by Toy Factory

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[Preview] VAULT Festival 2017: Previews 8-12 Feb (Part 2)

Following Part 1, here’s Part 2 of our selections for the VAULT Festival this week, with two plays about life in the city, and a play about a girl learning to cope with grief with the help of a special friend: Save + Quit by Sophia Leuner Coming in from a successful Edinburgh Fringe run and being bestowed the honour of being chosen as the … Continue reading [Preview] VAULT Festival 2017: Previews 8-12 Feb (Part 2)

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[Preview] VAULT Festival 2017: Previews 8-12 Feb (Part 1)

Week 3 of the massive VAULT Festival comes with more theatre, more quirks and more fringe shows. Check out Part 1 of our selections for this week below! WRETCH by Interval Productions As we’ve seen in Happy, literally anything and everything has the potential to become a musical, including this one act play about life after homelessness. Multi-award nominated Interval Productions proudly presents writer Rebecca Walker’s … Continue reading [Preview] VAULT Festival 2017: Previews 8-12 Feb (Part 1)

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Arts, London, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., The Necessary Stage, Theatre, Theatre Companies

Preview: The Necessary Stage 2017 Season

2017 will be a big year for The Necessary Stage – it’s their 30th Anniversary!Having humble beginnings starting off when a group of NUS undergraduates decided to form a new theatre group, TNS has since grown to become one of the leading theatre companies in Singapore, producing countless quality, original works every year. Founder and Artistic Director Alvin Tan and Resident Playwright Haresh Sharma continue … Continue reading Preview: The Necessary Stage 2017 Season

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Arts, Huayi 2017, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., The Necessary Stage, Theatre, Theatre Companies

[Review] Huayi Festival 2017: Actor, Forty by The Necessary Stage

Actor, Forty is a meeting of strengths for award-winning actress Yeo Yann Yann and The Necessary Stage team. Having worked together many times in the past, Yeo reunites with TNS for a unique collaboration, returning to her lesser known roots as a thespian. Taking Yeo’s life and career as a starting point, resident playwright Haresh Sharma has crafted a monologue that sparkles with its linguistic diversity and … Continue reading [Review] Huayi Festival 2017: Actor, Forty by The Necessary Stage

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