Category: Edward E

Arts, Edward E, Intercultural Theatre Institute, Music, musical, Review, Singapore, Theatre

Review: a line could be crossed and you would cease to be by Intercultural Theatre Institute

Gorgeous, intimate play examining climate change. In the Intercultural Theatre Institute’s (ITI) new production, the latest batch of graduating students tackle the ever-looming issue of climate change with Australian playwright Andrew Sutherland’s a line could be crossed and you would slowly cease to be. Directed by Koh Wan Ching (known for arresting, colourful visuals), the oblique, wandering text is given gorgeous form as the play … Continue reading Review: a line could be crossed and you would cease to be by Intercultural Theatre Institute

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Arts, Edward E, Review, Singapore, The Arts House

Review: The Adventures of Abhijeet by Patch and Punnet

Singa-satire still falls flat. When The Adventures of Abhijeet was first presented the M1 Singapore Fringe earlier this year, I was unable to get a chance to catch it. Reading up about it, I found out how that version was pitched as a rollicking satire on xenophobia, while this newer, full-length one pulls back its claim to simply be “a story where migrant workers are … Continue reading Review: The Adventures of Abhijeet by Patch and Punnet

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Arts, Edward E, London, Review, Theatre, Writers

Review: The Black Eye Club by Phil Charles

“He’s one of the girls!” shouts Zoe (Rebecca Pryle) innocuously – except in this world of misconceptions and boundaries, he (Christopher Sherwood) legally isn’t. Himself a victim of domestic abuse, Dave turns up late at night at a refuge only to be told by its night concierge (Cathryn Sherman) that the rooms are strictly women-only. Dave is a gay man, and thus terribly fascinating to Zoe who … Continue reading Review: The Black Eye Club by Phil Charles

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Arts, Edward E, Review, Singapore, Theatre, Theatre Companies, Toy Factory, Writers

Review: A Piece of Cake by Toy Factory (The Wright Stuff 2017)

Earlier this week, I watched another play made under Toy Factory’s new writing programme, The Wright Stuff. It was deeply ambitious in its storytelling and had a keen voice on both the personal and the historical. First-time playwright Samantha Chia attempts something quite different from this in her debut play, A Piece of Cake, focusing her lens on a sitcom-esque story about a woman and her new … Continue reading Review: A Piece of Cake by Toy Factory (The Wright Stuff 2017)

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Arts, Edward E, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre, Theatre Companies, Toy Factory, Writers

Review: Sejarah-ku by Toy Factory (The Wright Stuff 2017)

It is rare to see in short plays the confidence of voice found in Al Hafiz Sanusi’s new work, Sejarah-Ku. It is clear from the start that the authors have done more than their fair share of research into the tale of two Malaccan warriors and more interestingly, how difficult it is to ascertain its historicity. Al Hafiz tells me Sejarah-Ku was first conceived four years ago at university. The playwright … Continue reading Review: Sejarah-ku by Toy Factory (The Wright Stuff 2017)

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Arts, Edward E, London, Review, Theatre

Review: Labyrinth by Hampstead Theatre [7/10/16]

Labyrinth burns with an intensity that seems to have become standard fare for new writing at Hampstead Theatre. As with her first two plays, Beth Steel works on the fringes of the political realm with characters you’d expect to be involved in these crises. Like her award-winning Wonderland, Steel incorporates unflinching historical detail into the surroundings her characters find themselves in. These choices seem to … Continue reading Review: Labyrinth by Hampstead Theatre [7/10/16]

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