Review: Journey To Nowhere (Southernmost – One Table Two Chairs Project 2018)

A well-executed, thought-provoking diatribe on the proposed future of local arts. As an “arts festival for the future”, experimental theatre company Emergency Stairs’ Southernmost – One Table Two Chairs Project 2018 naturally chooses to buck the trend of a typical arts festival, acting a critique of the usual and taking on an artist-driven, process-centric approach, comprising primarily of workshops, demonstrations, open forums, and a single … Continue reading Review: Journey To Nowhere (Southernmost – One Table Two Chairs Project 2018)

Preview: Southernmost – One Table Two Chairs Project 2018 presented by Emergency Stairs

Building on from the success of their inaugural Southernmost Project launched in 2017, Emergency Stairs returns with the 2018 edition of the experimental theatre festival this November. Taking its name from traditional Chinese opera’s convention of ‘southern’ stages and the one table two chairs performance format, the Southernmost Project was conceptualised as an “arts festival for the future”, and focuses on bringing together local and … Continue reading Preview: Southernmost – One Table Two Chairs Project 2018 presented by Emergency Stairs

Preview: Southernmost – 1 Table 2 Chairs Project by Emergency Stairs

New experimental theatre company Emergency Stairs is ending off the year with a bang, having organized the massive, ambitious Southernmost festival, an all new experimental theatre festival that unites the best traditional and contemporary theatre artists from around the region. Southernmost: One Table Two Chairs Project takes its name from the staging convention for traditional Chinese Opera, where the stage is positioned in the South, facing the North … Continue reading Preview: Southernmost – 1 Table 2 Chairs Project by Emergency Stairs