Pangdemonium’s Peter and the Starcatcher: An Interview with Tracie Pang, Adrian Pang and Carina McWhinnie

Pangdemonium returns for their final production of the season this September with a far lighter show than their usual fare – the Singaporean premiere of five-time Tony Award winning play Peter and the Starcatcher! Based on Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s novel of the same name, itself a prequel to J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, Peter and the Starcatcher is a swashbuckling adventure on the high seas as the … Continue reading Pangdemonium’s Peter and the Starcatcher: An Interview with Tracie Pang, Adrian Pang and Carina McWhinnie

Preview: Peter and the Starcatcher by Pangdemonium

With a heartbreaking opener in the form of The Father and a fiercely current re-run of Dragonflies, Pangdemonium ends off its 2018 season with something a little less melancholic – the Singaporean premiere of the five time Tony Award winning play Peter and the Starcatcher. Written by Rick Elice with music by Wayne Baker, Peter and the Starcatcher is a prequel to J.M. Barrie’s novel Peter Pan, … Continue reading Preview: Peter and the Starcatcher by Pangdemonium

Review: Dragonflies by Pangdemonium (2018)

Strong performances from returning cast members’ chemistry keeps Dragonflies in flight.  Receiving critical acclaim at the Life! Theatre Awards after it premiered at the 2017 Singapore International Festival of the Arts, Pangdemonium’s Dragonflies has flown back for a second outing just 8 months later as part of their main season, with half the cast changed and an improved staging. Directed by Tracie Pang and written by Stephanie … Continue reading Review: Dragonflies by Pangdemonium (2018)

Pangdemonium’s Dragonflies: An Interview with Cast Members Adrian Pang, Elizabeth Morse and Jamil Schulze

In a little over a week, Pangdemonium returns with their second production of the year, following the incredible production of The Father in March. This time, they’ll be restaging their multiple Life! Theatre Award Winning original production Dragonflies by Stephanie Street. First staged at the 2017 Singapore International Festival of the Arts, Dragonflies follows the story of Singaporean man Leslie, as he finds himself forcefully evicted from his adopted home in the … Continue reading Pangdemonium’s Dragonflies: An Interview with Cast Members Adrian Pang, Elizabeth Morse and Jamil Schulze

Preview: Dragonflies by Pangdemonium

In the not so distant future, storms will rage and civilisation itself will be sent into disarray. As the world begins to collapse, one man finds himself at a crossroads, his once happy family torn asunder with a single death, plummeting him into a spiral of one tragedy after another… Following its premiere run at the 2017 Singapore International Festival of the Arts, Pangdemonium is … Continue reading Preview: Dragonflies by Pangdemonium

Review: The Father by Pangdemonium!

Same same but different – Pangdemonium’s The Father is a terrifying take on dementia as seen through one man’s eyes.  Florian Zeller’s The Father is a difficult play to watch. Not necessarily because it’s complicated (although it’ll certain leave you confused and terrified by the end), but because it’s a play that deals with the inevitable – growing old, and the very real possibility of encountering … Continue reading Review: The Father by Pangdemonium!

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