It is the journey, not the destination, that takes centrestage in Artist Farm 2020.  Following in the footsteps of last week’s Playwrights’ Bootcamp, The Theatre Practice (TTP) rounds off their 2020 edition of the M1 Patch! festival with the third edition of Artist Farm. Led by TTP Artistic Director Kuo Jian Hong, Artist Farm unites a group of nine artists and three dramaturgs to experiment and work … Continue reading M1 Patch! 2020: Artist Farm 2020 《艺术农庄》 (Review)

  The future of Singapore lies in your hands. Co-organised and developed by The Theatre Practice (TTP) and Accommodate, the last of the 2020 M1 Patch! workshops ends with Play with…Power. In the online land-use simulation game, players roleplay as various civil servants, as they work together with their respective parent ministry to bid for land in order to decide how to develop it for the … Continue reading M1 Patch! 2020: Play with…Power (Review)

Anything goes in the world of cocktails. The art of mixology may come across as a craft reserved for those with exquisite taste buds and superior skills, but if it’s one thing bartender Johnny Rosle (who mixes drinks at bespoke cocktail bar Oriental Elixirs) has taught us, it’s that anyone can make a good drink, as long as you’re willing to play. Playing as part … Continue reading M1 Patch! 2020: Play with…Flavours (Review)

Bringing out unexpected creativity under immense time pressure. If anyone was asked to write, conceptualise and stage a play in under 3 days, most people would balk and respond that it’s an insane task. But for the participants of The Theatre Practice’s Playwrights’ Bootcamp, it’s an activity they’ve willingly taken upon themselves to see through once again, as they create and perform a whopping nine plays … Continue reading M1 Patch! 2020: Playwrights’ Bootcamp (Review)

Relaxing, empowering afternoon spent draping fabric with fashion designer Max Tan. Never referred to as the person but by his studio, fashion and costume designer Max Tan (of MAX.TAN) is perhaps one of theatre’s more reclusive figures. But with The Theatre Practice’s (TTP) Play With…Skins workshop, the designer sheds some light on his personal life and work process to promote the art of play. Playing as part … Continue reading M1 Patch! 2020: Play with…Skins (Review)