100 and 100 More Festival: An Interview with Jeffrey Tan (Into The Blue Forest)

For the opening show of the Artground’s inaugural 100 and 100 More Festival, local theatre practitioner Jeffrey Tan has been commissioned to produce an all new work. Based off illustrated children’s book The Blue Forest, which Jeffrey wrote around 6 years ago with illustrations by Italian theatre director illustrator Dario Moretti, Into The Blue Forest promises an immersive experience for audiences aged 4 – 8 as they explore the … Continue reading 100 and 100 More Festival: An Interview with Jeffrey Tan (Into The Blue Forest)

Preview: 100 and 100 More Festival at the Artground

“The child is made of one hundred. The child has a hundred languages a hundred hands a hundred thoughts a hundred ways of thinking of playing, of speaking.” With a title inspired by Loris Malaguzzi’s poem The Hundred Languages of Children, Artground is proud to present the inaugural 100 and 100 More Festival For Young Audiences, presenting a series of the best international children’s productions … Continue reading Preview: 100 and 100 More Festival at the Artground

Review: Homecoming《家在这里》by The Finger Players

    The Finger Players starts off their 2018 with an all new community tour, bringing their newest puppetry work Homecoming to the less privileged! From 3rd – 11th March, the group will be touring the play across various hospices, orphanages, old folks home and other similar centres, all while promoting each centre’s causes and missions to inspired more volunteers and charity to help the less privileged. In Homecoming, we’re … Continue reading Review: Homecoming《家在这里》by The Finger Players

The Spirits Play: An Interview with Director Oliver Chong and Actor Tay Kong Hui

The second play in their Contemporary/Classics series, the Finger Players will be restaging theatre legend Kuo Pao Kun’s The Spirits Play in the final week of October, in the week immediately following Poop! The Spirits Play is a haunting, anti-war work that follows five spirits in conversation, all killed during World War II as they discuss the enemies that led to their death, both without and within their … Continue reading The Spirits Play: An Interview with Director Oliver Chong and Actor Tay Kong Hui

Poop!: An Interview with Director/Playwright Chong Tze Chien and Actress Janice Koh

As part of their Contemporary/Classics series for their 2017 Main Season, the Finger Players are bringing back Chong Tze Chien’s Poop! this October! Last staged in 2010, this restaging will feature all of the original cast and production team. Masters of applying puppetry in the most ingenuous and creative of ways, Poop! is a heartbreaking, dark fairytale about dealing with grief…but as seen through a child’s eyes. We managed to … Continue reading Poop!: An Interview with Director/Playwright Chong Tze Chien and Actress Janice Koh