First off, kudos to Buds Theatre Company for daring to stage a triplebill of completely original plays by young unknown playwrights (they're actually still in university!). Secondly, thanks to them for allowing me to attend a dress rehearsal before the actual show. Now for the plays themselves: I was extremely impressed with the beginning of Daniel Koh's Staying Over, and how it communicates the utter ethnological strangeness of the upper-middle class bungalow-dwelling Singaporean nuclear family. Th

Ng Yi-Sheng

Reviewed: 24 February 2010

Voices Clear and True: New Singapore Plays Volume 1

Voices Clear and True: New Singapore Plays Volume 1 is the first in a series of play collections published by Checkpoint Theatre that showcase the exciting work of a new generation of Singapore playwrights. This is the first volume in a series of play collections published by Checkpoint Theatre that showcase the exciting work of a new generation of Singapore playwrights. Published as part of Checkpoint Theatre’s 10th anniversary celebrations, these plays are evidence of the burgeoning renaissance in

Lucas Ho, Faith Ng, Christine Chong, Kenneth Chong, Laremy Lee, Shiv Tandan, Cheryl Lee

Published: 2012

Staying Over (2010)

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