The Finger Players

There once was a family of four: the father vehemently denies his own infidelity; an erudite yet loquacious old mother is confined to her bed; a son grapples with the complexities of love amid academic struggles; and a wife is plagued by the three afflictions of greed, hatred and ignorance. Their lives take a dark turn when a mysterious yet alluring homeless damsel becomes their maid, personifying the malevolent forces that torment the wife’s restless soul.  &nbsp;Drawing inspiration from various tales in t

《移心》Transplant (2024)

System Designer

Sound Engineer

Singapore Repertory Theatre

The critically acclaimed Shakespeare in the Park returns with the popular comedy,&nbsp;A Midsummer Night's Dream&nbsp;– a romantic comedy filled with mischief and magic.Enjoy your picnic under the night sky as the industrial kingdom of Athenia transforms into an enchanted dreamworld of moonlit water and fairyland mayhem.'The course of true love never did run smooth …'The Fairy King and Queen are at war, four young lovers have eloped to the forest, and a group of tradesmen are rehearsing a play. But it is Mi

A Midsummer Night's Dream (2023)

Sound Designer

Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay

A despot has come to power. The population is anxious, submissive and scared. But beneath every violation of civil liberty, there are real human beings; behind every act of resistance, there is an individual willing to risk everything. And these people aren't heroic or remarkable – they're just like us. Through a series of vignettes involving the lives of bureaucrats, soldiers, artists and tour guides, No Particular Order charts the fate of a society in turmoil to ask at every step of the way: is it empathy

No Particular Order (2023)

An Artist considers her mortality, what her art has given her and what she will leave behind. She engages a documentary filmmaker to create what she considers to be her final legacy, but is stumped when her iron strong opinions perspectives are being challenged by him, and a robot.Presented by&nbsp;The&nbsp;Finger Players and supported by&nbsp;the&nbsp;Qualcomm Foundation,&nbsp;The&nbsp;Ageing&nbsp;Artist&nbsp;is a puppetry performance that weaves together elements of STEM. Targeted at families, this piece 

The Ageing Artist (2023)

Production Engineer

“If you live a long life and get to the end of it without ever once having felt crushingly depressed, then you probably haven’t been paying attention.”&nbsp;When I was sevenI made a list of all the good in the world&nbsp;Every brilliant thing worth living forIt was a gift for my motherI hoped she would find a reason to liveA man, a list, a million brilliant things.A healing journey with me, navigatingthe struggles of life with abundant laughs.Following a sold-out run during Huayi 2022, Oliver Chong returns 

Every Brilliant Thing (2023)

A woman, a wild animal, and her lover try living in a house together. They try, and fail, and try again, through seismic and galactic shifts. This is a story about how our house breaks our hearts, and how we let it.&nbsp;My House is a Wild World is interested in how both our island homes are strange / wild in their own way, and is a multidisciplinary site-responsive performance work.

My House is a Wild World (2022)

A contemporary reimagining of the Indian epic tale&nbsp;The&nbsp;Mahabharata&nbsp;that resonates with the current day.The Pandavas and the Kauravas—two groups of cousins—struggle for political power and the claim to the dynastic succession to the throne of the Hastinapura, an Indian kingdom. The confrontation climaxes with an 18-day Kurukshetra War in which even the gods are involved. Unimaginable death and destruction ensue, and all on the battlefield are forced to face up to their&nbsp;dharma—their duty a

Kingdoms Apart (2022)

Production Sound Engineer

One of the most successful Singaporean shows of all-time,&nbsp;The LKY Musical,&nbsp;returns this September.Presented by Aiwei and Singapore Repertory Theatre, this&nbsp;will be the first large-scale musical to take place here in over two years!Watched by over 50,000 people during its first run in 2015, this home-grown&nbsp;musical tells Lee Kuan Yew’s story -&nbsp;from his student days in 1941 to Singapore’s independence in 1965.&nbsp;Starring&nbsp;Adrian Pang&nbsp;and&nbsp;Kit Chan, with music by&nbsp;Dic

The LKY Musical (2022)

Associate Sound Designer

Front of House

Drama Box

Part theatre, part collective experience, ubin by Singapore theatre company Drama Box invites you to an immersive walking tour uncovering the stories and sites of Pulau Ubin – and share in a moment to reimagine the island’s future.&nbsp;There is another reality alongside ours – one where nature, community and a slower rhythm quietly stand against the march of urbanisation.&nbsp;This is Pulau Ubin: an island mere 15 minutes away from the main island of Singapore. Ubin, which means “squared stone” in Javanese

ubin (2022)

Sound System Designer

When I was seven
I made a list of all the good in the world
Every brilliant thing worth living for
It was a gift for my mother
I hoped she would find a reason to live.

A man, a list, a million brilliant things.&nbsp;
A healing journey with&nbsp;me, navigating the struggles of life with abundant laughs.

Following&nbsp;Roots&nbsp;and&nbsp;A Fiend’s Diary, Oliver Chong’s next one-man show of the year.&nbsp;

In this new year of 2022, The Finger Players celebrates all that is sweet&nbsp;in the ever

Every Brilliant Thing (2022)

Nine Years Theatre

In 1879, scientific genius Thomas Edison successfully created the world's first practical incandescent bulb. He was about to light up New York and the entire world, using his Direct Current electrical system. Along came another inventor Nikola Tesla who insisted that his Alternating Current electrical system was superior to Edison's. A battle ensued, as ambitions and aspirations clashed in this "War of Currents". What drove these great minds to achieve the impossible, and what must they learn to sacrifice i

Electrify My World (2021)

Sound Operator

With an innovative ensemble of puppeteers and actors, this age-old Japanese ghost story of betrayal and revenge is magically reinvented by Singapore’s The Finger Players.Based on blood-tingling real-life events and historical figures from the Edo period, the tale of Oiwa – a jilted wife who haunts her murderer – continues to reverberate through its countless adaptations.Now, one of Singapore’s leading theatre companies The Finger Players retells this timeless tale through an innovative ensemble of puppeteer

OIWA – The Ghost of Yotsuya (2021)

In 1928, China’s Liu Shuo Tian set sail from Swatow Harbour to Singapore. In 1998, his grandson Liu Xiaoyi began his journey towards Singapore from Swatow Airport. Their paths never crossed; Liu Shuo Tian was a muffled memory framed in a family photo, and Liu Xiaoyi but a name in the family almanac, the erosion of its imprint slow but sure. One story, two lives, 70 years apart; the uncanny overlap of their journeys down south, and how their fates seem to be inextricably entwined.Inspired by real-life events

Citizen X《大国民》(2021)

Cues Operator

In 1928, PRC Liu Shuo Tian set sail from Swatow Harbour to Singapore. In 1998, his grandson Liu Xiaoyi began his journey towards Singapore from Swatow Airport. Their paths never crossed; Liu Shuo Tian was a muffled memory framed in a family photo, and Liu Xiaoyi but a name in the family almanac, the erosion of its imprint slow but sure. One story, two lives, seventy years apart; the uncanny overlap of their journeys down south, and how their fates seem to be inextricably entwined.Inspired by real-life event

Citizen X《大国民》(2020)

Intercultural Theatre Institute

Presented by Intercultural Theatre Institute
In Collaboration with Esplanade — Theatres on the Bay

What are the evolving ‘rules’ of sexual encounters in a ‘swipe right’ culture?&nbsp;
What lies do we tell each other and ourselves in order to survive in an increasingly ‘throw-away’ consumerist society?&nbsp;
How do we form genuine relationships in this post-truth unstable world?&nbsp;

ITI presents the Asian premiere of&nbsp;Lie With Me, led by the award-winning team of playwright Kaite O'Reilly (“a 

Lie With Me (2019)

Wild Rice

This holiday season, W!LD RICE brings you its heartwarming, hilarious take on Charles Dickens' classic tale about love, compassion and the spirit of giving!

S.K. Loo's All-In-One app has made him the richest businessman in town. To him, only money matters. Kindness? Forget it. Generosity? Never heard of it? And Christmas? #BAHHUMBUG!&nbsp;

He's determined to spend Christmas as he always has - holed up in his penthouse, dreaming of hostile takeovers and retrenching staff.&nbsp;

But this Christmas is

A $ingapore Carol (2018)

Multimedia Operator

A wickedly dark comedy based on a myth surrounding the Taj Mahal that "nothing so beautiful shall ever be built again".

Two long-term friends, Humayun and Babur stand guard at the Taj Mahal hours before it is to be unveiled at dawn. Among the Sacred Oaths of the Mughal Imperial Guards, they are forbidden to look at the monument, speak or lower their swords.

The play reaches a turning point as the guards are ordered to do the unimaginable and their friendship is tested to its limits.


Guards at the Taj (2018)

The Little Company

Based on the all-time favourite book by Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat has been developed into a magically witty play by Britain's National Theatre. After a successful staging by SRT's The Little Company in 2012 and 2015. The Cat in the Hat is now presented in Mandarin for children aged 2 years old and above.

Sally and her brother get a surprise visit from the Cat in the Hat. With his endless tricks and crazy ideas, he certainly turned the bull rainy afternoon into one amazing adventure. Joined by the twi

The Cat in the Hat (2018)

Inspired by images of the G20 and NATO summits, this production sees Shakespeare's political thriller brought to life against a backdrop of modern-day international relations and global current affairs.

Ambition, power, and greed collide as the leaders of the R.O.M.E. 7 countries gather for a summit. It's time for them to decide who their allies really are. Trouble brews as the weather grows disturbingly ominous, and plots to assassinate the ever-ambitious Caesar are hatched. Are Caesar's conspirators tr

Julius Caesar (2018)

Life on the farm can be a scary place if you're poor Chicken Little! Mercilessly teased by her brother and sister for her everyday fearfulness, Chicken Little's afraid of absolutely everything - even the rain! So when one day she feels something fall on her head, she immediately fears the worst - the sky is falling! But when none of her family hears her plea, she sets about telling the only one who'll listen to her - The King.

Join Chicken Little on her quest to save her fellow farmyard animals on a jour

Chicken Little (2017)

Khairul Kamsani

Have you ever desired&nbsp;photographic memory?&nbsp;

The ability to recollect all you’ve experienced, thought and learned? We have devised&nbsp;the solution! With our patented Head Drive&nbsp;that when&nbsp;connected&nbsp;directly to your brain-stem,&nbsp;translates your consciousness into re-accessible&nbsp;binary data;&nbsp;you will never have to worry about forgetting again!&nbsp;

Accessing the internet with your mind? Let's make it happen.

Join us as we take the next step into evolution,&nbsp;

Human+ (2017)

If&nbsp;The Book of Mormon&nbsp;and&nbsp;Avenue Q&nbsp;had a baby, this would be it!

Troubled teen, Jason, is coping with his father’s recent death and is forced to join his mother, Margery, in her Sunday School puppet group. When this God-fearing boy discovers that his sock puppet has a life of its own, all hell breaks loose. Literally.

In this provocative dark comedy, Jason’s satanic sock puppet named Tyrone shows the children, the minister and the school bully who’s really in charge. Wickedly scand

Hand to God (2017)

Itsy Bitsy Spider has galvanised his eight-legged army to terrorise the characters in the nursery rhyme world. In comes an unlikely hero, a grandfather who’s looking for his grandson. In his search, Grandpa is reacquainted with familiar and colourful friends from the nursery rhymes that he used to sing to his grandson. Unwittingly, he ends up being their hero, the chosen one against the spiders. To save his newfound friends from the eight-legged terror, an epic war ensues between the spiders, and his assemb

ITSY - The Musical (2017)

Do you believe in parallel universes?

Would you love the same person in a parallel world?

Join Marianne and Roland on their spellbinding romance that repeats over a course of vignettes. One a physicist, the other a beekeeper, their lives play out in an infinite number of realities. Watch how their relationship moves along different trajectories in a multiverse that spans time and space.&nbsp;

A love story set in the landscape of string theory, Constellations by Nick Payne defies the world as we kno

Constellations (2017)

Somebody stop that rabbit! Peter causes nothing but trouble with his constant mischief, but when he breaks the rules and steals from Mr. McGregor's garden, he knows he's gone too far. Afraid of what his mother might say, the only option for this little fugitive is to leave his warm rabbit hole and run away into the big world.

Peter goes on a musical adventure of new places and new faces as he discovers the importance of family and the wonderful freedom of being yourself.&nbsp;

This play teaches childr

A Peter Rabbit Tale (2017)

Located in a spacious Upper East Side apartment in New York, Amir has worked hard to achieve the American Dream. With South Asian Muslim roots, he has gone on to become a successful lawyer, marry a beautiful American wife, and own a wardrobe of $600 custom-tailored shirts.

But when Amir hosts a dinner party for his African American colleague and her Jewish art curator husband, the initially pleasant evening erupts into a volatile argument over race, religion and politics in the modern world.

Set in po

Disgraced (2016)

Get entangled in the enchanting story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte.

To avoid Wilbur being sent to the butcher, Charlotte proves to be a true friend by coming to his rescue. Charlotte saves the day using her web-spinning skills to weave messages that praise Wilbur, making him a celebrated pig treasured by the farmer and his family.

Charlotte's Web is a poignant play that spins a positive message about friendship, and has enthralled audiences for generation

Charlotte's Web (2016)

A traditional&nbsp;kopi tiam, rich in memories and heritage, is at risk of becoming irrelevant when faced with rapid changes in our society. How should the elderly owner of the&nbsp;kopi tiam&nbsp;and his grandson deal with these external changes and pressures, and negotiate their differing views?

Adapted from Cultural Medallion recipient Kuo Pao Kun's 1986 play,&nbsp;Kopitiam, this experiential and interactive theatre performance will take the audience to the world of traditional coffee shops, allowing 

Kopitiam (2016)

Composer

Father Laurence starts to recount the past week's event - a story of two "star-crossed lovers" whose deaths ended the long-running feud between their families, the Capulets and the Montagues.

Sunday

A brawl breaks out between the followers of the two families, which draws the Prince of Verona to the scene of the fight. He warns both families to keep the peace "on pain of death".

A lovesick Romeo Montagues tells his friend Benvolio that he suffers from unrequited love. Benvolio encourages him to see

Romeo & Juliet (2016)

The prologue shows us the abduction of Sita, wife of Rama, by the demon King, Ravana.

A year later, Rama has been looking for his childhood friend, Hanuman, to help him rescue Sita. Rama believes that Hanuman still has the superpowers he has as a child. However, Hanuman has lost his powers because he misused them for childish and foolish naughtiness. He lives in Monkey Town where he has a reputation for being a rogue who has a weakness for banana smoothies. He frequently gets into arguments with Stacey, 

Hanuman the Superhero Monkey (2016)

故事中的三只出羊一一羊老大、半小二和小咩咩一一感情要好、关系亲密，经常和照顾它们的牧羊人在草原上玩耍，大伙儿快乐地生活在一起。可是，干旱以后，大地变得一片枯黄，快没有食物可以吃了。

不巧的是，当它们正要过桥到山谷的另一端寻找食物时，却遇见爱吃羊肉的怪兽。而这只可怕的怪兽最喜欢吃的，就是肥嫩嫩的羊肉！

The Three Billy Goats Gruff (affectionately known as "Baby", "Middle", and "Big") are a close-knit bunch who graze happily together with their caretaker, Little Bo-Frilly. But one day, it dawns on them that they are in the middle of a horrible drought. As the grounds turn a dreadful shade of brown, they're slowly but surely running out food.

Unfortun

三只山羊 (2016)

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Lee Yew Jin

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