1 March 2019 – 3 March 2019 @ Marine Parade Community Club Theatrette

Synopsis

What is your recipe for a successful family? 

What does it take for us to work through conflicts together? Or will the ties that bind come undone when times are hard — or when we bid our final goodbyes?

The Necessary Stage’s Theatre for Seniors celebrates its 10th anniversary with It Takes All Kinds, a heartwarming performance about love in our families. Developed in collaboration with Setagaya Public Theatre from Tokyo, the devised production is created by our seniors and residents through workshops exploring their real-life experiences and perspectives.

It takes all kinds of ingredients to make a winning recipe of familial love. We invite you to savour ours, and hope to discover yours as well at the theatre.

Director: Serena Ho
Assistant Director: Julius Foo

Lighting Designer: Liu Yong Huay

Production Stage Manager: Stella Cheung
Assistant Stage Manager: Charlyn Linda Pereira 

Production Interns: Cheryl Low, Tan Yi Bing

Performers:
Elsie Tan
Lim Kah Chin Freddy
Irene Ong
Suying Xin
Neo Ai Lian Kathleen
Michael Tan
Ong Suchzeng
Nicholas Cheong
Padma Sagaram
Terri Chua
Thomas Lim
William Hiu 

(Source: The Necessary Stage Archives)

For more information, please visit tnsarchives.com.


credits

Serena Ho
Director
Julius Foo
Assistant Director
Liu Yong Huay
Lighting Designer
Stella Cheung
Production Stage Manager
Charlyn Linda Pereira
Assistant Stage Manager
Cheryl Low
Production Intern
Tan Yi Bing
Production Intern
Elsie Tan
Performer

artefacts

It Takes All Kinds (2019), Review
It Takes All Kinds, Doesn't It? At first glance, The Necessary Stage’s (TNS) Theatre for Seniors (TFS) may sound like an extension of some active ageing policy. But it’s much more than that. Over the last ten years, TNS has been working with a dedicated group of senior theatre-makers, rigorously training them to take on roles both onstage and offstage such as playwriting, directing, technical work, and even facilitating improvisation workshops. It is, in the words of TNS’ artistic director Alvin Tan, “a
Idelle Yee
Reviewed: 2 March 2019