★★☆☆☆ Review: Buckets by NAFA School of Theatre and Nine Years Theatre

Ensemble work about unfulfilled desires and the inevitability of death messy amidst truth. In the final collaborative effort between Nine Years Theatre (NYT) and NAFA School of Theatre, director Timothy Wan and the Year 3 graduating students of NAFA’s Diploma in Theatre (English Drama) present Adam Bernard’s unusual play Buckets. Referencing the idea of a bucket list and the endless unfulfilled tasks one is left … Continue reading ★★☆☆☆ Review: Buckets by NAFA School of Theatre and Nine Years Theatre

★★★☆☆ Review: The Fall by NAFA School of Theatre and Nine Years Theatre

Snapshots of fleeting youth and the tragedy of life in three acts. If it’s one thing in life money can’t buy, it’s youth. Doomed to age till the day we die, it is far too often that by the time we reach a degree of emotional maturity to appreciate what we have, it is often already too late to enjoy it in all its glory. … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: The Fall by NAFA School of Theatre and Nine Years Theatre

★★★★☆ Review: Lord Of The Flies by NAFA School of Theatre and Nine Years Theatre

Hallucinations and violence cause chaos in this Mandarin adaptation of Goldberg’s classic. As civilised as we might seem, when placed in extreme situations, any human is likely to regress into survival mode, reverting to our animal instincts in a primal state closer to beast than man. One of the most prominent works in the English language to explore this is William Golding’s seminal novel Lord … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Lord Of The Flies by NAFA School of Theatre and Nine Years Theatre

★★★★☆ Review: One Table Two Chairs by Zuni Icosahedron and NAFA

Experimental adventures in the future and philosophy of artmaking. Legendary experimental theatre company Zuni Icosahedron have essentially become an institution in Hong Kong and internationally-renowned, always daring to push at the boundaries of what constitutes theatre and asking difficult questions about art and artmaking. It is significant then, that the company has agreed to a three-year strategic collaboration with Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts’ (NAFA) … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: One Table Two Chairs by Zuni Icosahedron and NAFA

Zuni Icosahedron and NAFA co-present three shows in Singapore in association with new BA (Hons) Chinese Contemporary Theatres programme

Hong Kong’s renowned avant-garde theater company, Zuni Icosahedron, and Singapore’s pioneer arts institution, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), are set to co-present the triplebill production “One Table Two Chairs” to kick start a three-year strategic collaboration and endorse NAFA’s new programme, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Contemporary Chinese Theatres (BACCT). The degree is conferred by the University of the Arts Singapore (UAS), where NAFA is … Continue reading Zuni Icosahedron and NAFA co-present three shows in Singapore in association with new BA (Hons) Chinese Contemporary Theatres programme