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Review: Both Sides, Now – Lepaskan Sesalan by Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative

Forum theatre that touches the heartlands and opens a conversation on difficult end-of-life issues. It’s not every day that you get to see a theatre pop-up happening in your neighbourhood. Following on from their Kata-Kata Kita Variety Show last year, Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative came together once again to present the next iteration of their ongoing Both Sides, Now: Mengukir Harapan project, with a … Continue reading Review: Both Sides, Now – Lepaskan Sesalan by Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative

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Preview: Both Sides, Now – Lepaskan Sesalan by Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative

Headed by Leading Artists Adib Kosnan and Moli Mohter, alongside Both Sides, Now Artistic Director Kok Heng Leun, Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative continue to delve into issues surrounding the end-of-life with the Malay-Muslim community, with the return of Both Sides, Now: Mengukir Harapan, as a full-fledged community engagement at Heartbeat@Bedok Atrium this September. What is it that we want to say to someone we … Continue reading Preview: Both Sides, Now – Lepaskan Sesalan by Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative

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Review: Both Sides, Now – Kata-Kata Kita Variety Show by Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative

Learning what it truly means to stay strong in the face of death. For years now, Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative’s Both Sides, Now community programme has been present to reach out to the public, engaging them through the arts as a means of starting a conversation about what it means to live well, and leave well. But with the COVID-19 pandemic, a typical Both … Continue reading Review: Both Sides, Now – Kata-Kata Kita Variety Show by Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative

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Preview: Both Sides, Now – Kata-Kata Kita Variety Show by Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative

Co-presented by Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative since 2013, Both Sides, Now is an arts-based community engagement project exploring what it means to live well, and leave well. While they’ve taken a bit of a longer break over the COVID-19 period, the project returns for a brand new edition this November, this time targeting the Malay community with Mengukir Harapan. Mengukir Harapan, which translates to … Continue reading Preview: Both Sides, Now – Kata-Kata Kita Variety Show by Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative

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M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: The Class Room (Review)

A lecture in theatre form on the difficulties of helping those in poverty. Created by Jean Ng, Li Xie and Kok Heng Leun, The Class Room adapts Drama Box’s similar pre-existing participatory theatre work to teach the audience members of the M1 Peer Pleasure Festival some new lessons on poverty. Taking on the roles of ‘social workers’, audience members are tasked to work on the cases … Continue reading M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: The Class Room (Review)

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M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: The Block Party (Review)

Issues of poverty performed by those who actually suffer them. National Day is just around the corner, yet, how can we truly celebrate justice and equality when there remain countless citizens who don’t enjoy it? Directed by Rizman Putra, assistant directed by Izzaty Ishak, and performed by The Community Theatre (part of Beyond Social Services), of which multiple members hail from lower income households themselves, docu-performance The … Continue reading M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: The Block Party (Review)

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M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: Double Bill – The Ground/Wonderland (Review)

Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) and Anderson Secondary School showcase potential in two plays about poverty and school life. How does a student in Singapore encounter and understand the poverty that’s hidden all around them? Students from Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) and Anderson Secondary School have been given the chance to present their pieces created specially for the M1 Peer Pleasure Youth Festival to a public … Continue reading M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: Double Bill – The Ground/Wonderland (Review)

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M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: An Interview with Artistic Director Jean Ng

The M1 Peer Pleasure Youth Theatre Festival, Singapore’s only annual theatre festival by young people, is back with a number of shows and programmes after a year’s hiatus. With brand new artistic director and theatre practitioner Jean Ng at the helm, the festival has gained a new focus by zooming in on specific societal issues, such as this year’s theme of Poverty, explored through both research … Continue reading M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: An Interview with Artistic Director Jean Ng

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Preview: M1 Peer Pleasure Youth Theatre Festival 2019 by ArtsWork Collaborative

Following a one year hiatus, the M1 Peer Pleasure Youth Theatre Festival, Singapore’s only annual theatre festival by young people presented by ArtsWok Collaborative, returns this July to the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay. Taking on the theme of Poverty, this year’s edition will feature a brand new Artistic Director in the form of veteran theatre practitioner and drama educator Jean Ng. Exploring what poverty looks … Continue reading Preview: M1 Peer Pleasure Youth Theatre Festival 2019 by ArtsWork Collaborative

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