National Service is an integral part of every Singaporean male's journey towards manhood. In Army Daze, we salute Singaporean boys as they don their uniforms and begin their march to maturity. We also celebrate how these sons of diverse backgrounds and circumstances come under one camp and eventually become brothers; blurring the boundaries of race, age and social status.
Michael Chiang's play is about the misadventures of five young men as they go through their Basic Military Training. The five protagonists are: Malcolm Png, the middle-class mummy's boy whose overbearing and highly protective mother just wants him to be a clerk and "not work too hard"; Ah Beng, the street-wise Hokkien-spewing HDB boy; Krishna, who is always pining for his girlfriend Lathi; the limp-wristed Kenny, who dreams of stardom and wants to join the Music and Drama Company, and Johari, the happy-go-lucky "Rambo".
Screaming superiors and grueling exercises aside, the boys have to deal with their lives outside the microcosm of their platoon, like Krishna's relationship problems with his flirtatious girlfriend and Kenny's angst with his family who have abandoned him for Australia.
While adjusting to army life and their brand new haircuts, the five recruits learn more about themselves and each other with comic results.
Cast
Hossan Leong
Robin Goh
Sebastian Tan
Vernon A
Arvind Naidu
Sheikh Haikel
Selena Tan
Amy Cheng
Kumar
Emma Yong
Gordon Choy
Mark Richmond
Mervyn Goh
Gerald Chew
Lim Kay Siu
Darius Tan
Desmond Chen
Zachary Goh
Farhan Hassan
Lee Yu-Wen
Windson Liong
Ruth Ng
Ridtz Rahmat
Sara Yang
Creative Team
Playwright: Michael Chiang
Directors: Goh Boon Teck, Beatrice Chia
Script Advisors: Tammie Wong
Choreographer: Gordon Choy
Sound Designer/Composer: Don Richmond
Set Designer: Goh Boon Teck
Lighting Designer: Suven Chan
Costume Designer: Moe Kassim
Hair Designer: Ashley Lim
Makeup: M.A.C.
Production Team
Producers: Neo Swee Lin, Annie Pek
Production Stage Manager: Cheryl Ho
Assistant Stage Managers: Joyce Sim, Toh Lin
Publicist: Jimmy Yap
Photographer: Lionel Lai (Ace Pix)
Graphic Designer: Zachary Goh
Programme Editor: Janice Koh
Front of House: Xu Xin'en, Sim Cynthia
Lighting Operator: Adrian Tan
Sound Operator: Varian Tan
Follow Spot Operator: Kala Raman
Wardrobe Mistress: Theresa Chan
Dresser: Yvette Ng
Props Master: Ben Ong
Crew: Imran bin Wahid
(Source: Toy Factory Productions Programme)