Tracey is 33. She has everything in life - a successful career, and her wedding in two weeks. But she wakes up one morning and decides to go mad. She cancels her wedding, sells her company and tells everyone she will be going to Woodbridge. And for the first time in her life, she is no longer afraid. Because she has nothing left to lose.

Spoilt has not one story but three. The stories that span from 1986 to 2003 chart the lives of whom Tracy has affected.

Written by: Chong Tze Chien
Directed by: Jean Ng

Cast: Karen Tan, Loong Seng Onn

Live Music: Electric Muse
Designer: Creative Asylum
Photography: Tan Ngiap Heng

(Source: The Necessary Stage Brochure)

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Spoilt (2001), Review

Journey to the Heart The focus of the play is on the actor - the actor's ability to create the character he is playing without the magic of theatrical devices... No two actors could have been better equipped to do this than Karen Tan and Loong Seng Onn. SPOILT tells the story of Tracy, a successful 33-year old who decides she can no longer bear her "sweet, but predictable" life and prepares to admit herself into a mental hospital. Tracy's decision, though, has repercussions. One of the people she

Musa Fazal

Reviewed: 5 December 2001

PIE TO SPOILT: A Collection of Plays

Chong Tze Chien exploded into the Singapore theatre scene in 1998 when his PIE won the Singapore Dramatist Award. Now a fulltime playwright with The Necessary Stage, Chong continues to impress audiences with his power over theatrical forms. PIE TO SPOILT, Chong's outstanding maiden collection, is an anthology of four highly innovative plays, exceptional in their structure and design. With characters often hovering on the verge, on the margins of society; with unusual settings rang

Chong Tze Chien

Published: 2002

Spoilt (2001)

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