Singapore Repertory Theatre

How long can you keep up a lie?

Alice and Michael are having an affair. Michael's wife, Lauren has been asking him difficult questions. Alice's husband, Paul, is Michael's best friend. As deceits intertwine, the two couples find themselves lost in a maze of who-told-who-what, where each loving lie seems more necessary and each confession more indiscreet.

Sex, lies and best friends' wives - this witty comedy has it all!


The Truth (2019)

Cast

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)

Fight Choreographer

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)

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)

Spare Room Productions

A Brand New Show about Sexy! Sixties! Singapore!

The year is 1968, and a lavish Las Vegas style niteclub opens its doors for the very first time in the heart of Orchard Road.

Known for its international class topless revues, glamorous stars and lifestyle of the rich and famous of its time, Tropicana captured the imagination of the nation and brought some hard-hitting realities to light.&nbsp;Tropicana The Musical&nbsp;is a story less about tits than it is about balls. The balls of a nation of dream ma

Tropicana the Musical (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)

The friendship of three men is turned upside down when one of them buys an expensive piece of modern art – a white canvas crossed by barely visible lines. Serge buys the painting but Marc hates it, and Yvan is caught in the middle between his two friends.&nbsp;This contemporary comedy about friendship, creativity and the complexities of human relationships has become one of the most successful plays ever written. Featuring&nbsp;Gerald Chew,&nbsp;Lim Yu-Beng&nbsp;and&nbsp;Remesh Panicker.&nbsp;

Yasmina Re

ART (2016)

Wild Rice

50 years ago, Singapore and Malaysia divorced after a brief marriage of two years. But, doomed lovers that we are, we just can’t stay away from each other, no matter how often we squabble over water, airspace and food. We toil in each other’s cities, relax on each other’s islands and get fined on each other’s roads. We laugh at each other’s laws but envy each other’s liberties; separated by history, we are united by our dreams for a better home.

Directed by Singapore’s Ivan Heng and Malaysia’s Jo Kukatha

Another Country (2015)

Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay

"...the more I discover, the more I am convinced that we were related, that I had to be a descendant of the Eunuch Admiral."A powerful work about castration and politics,&nbsp;Descendants of the Eunuch Admiralrecounts the legacy of the man responsible for China’s most extensive maritime expeditions in the 15th century, the legendary eunuch, Admiral Zheng He. Using the metaphor of castration, parallels are drawn between the power struggles of court eunuchs and the displacement of modern beings who make sacri

Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral (2015)

Voiceover

Invitation To Treat speaks for itself. “It’s written SO well...” were the words muttered at almost every rehearsal.&nbsp;Thank you Eleanor, for your elegantly crafted words that flow off the page with such ease. A story that lives on today, remains&nbsp;relevant today and tugs at our heart strings...today.Thank you to my talented, hardworking and committed cast, who see the relevance in putting up such an important piece of&nbsp;work and have invested their time willingly, because the theatre is home and ou

Selected works of Eleanor Wong (2015)

Tan Kheng Hua

A fable is told, of two men who came in the belly of a Chinese junk to Penang in the late 1800s. These two men, who had never met before, became fast friends on the boat, and shared their spilt blood to swear blood brotherhood in their new life in the Nanyang. In time both men prospered, and eventually built 2 houses on Northam Road, near each other, as a testimony to their enduring friendship.

Our tale is one of memory, spun from the imagination of an avid listener of old Penang family fables, myths, st

2 Houses (2014)

Playwright

Director

Composer

Lyricist

Pangdemonium

The Rise &amp; Fall of Little Voice&nbsp;tells the story of a shy, reclusive girl named LV – or Little Voice (played by the extraordinary Mina Kaye) – and her larger than life, boozy, out-of-control mother Mari (Denise Tan). Desperately missing her dead father, LV spends her time locked in her bedroom listening to his old record collection and perfecting astonishing impersonations of famous divas including Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe, Barbra Streisand, Edith Piaf, and Judy Garland…

When Mari starts da

The Rise & Fall of Little Voice (2014)

Lighting Designer

To keep up appearances after the death of her husband, tyrannical mother Bernarda resolves to seal her family off from the world – a decision that effectively compels her five daughters to give up love and happiness for lives of duty and obligation. Within the oppressive confines of the Alba household, tensions swirl and emotions run high. The arrival of a seductive suitor lays bare the bitter rivalries and repressed sexuality that lie at the twisted, tragic heart of Bernarda’s family.

An explosive tale 

The House of Bernarda Alba (2014)

Othello opens on a street in Venice, where lago, an ensign in the Venetian army, is arguing with Roderigo, who paid lago to help him win the beautiful Desdemona's hand in marriage. Rumour has it that Desdemona has secretly married Othello, lago's general, instead. Roderigo is furios. lago confides in him that he, too, hates Othello, because the general promoted Michael Cassio to the position of lieutenant instead of lago himself. Together, the two men decide to reveal the marriage between Othello and Desdem

Othello (2013)

T:>Works (TheatreWorks)

It is sometime in the near future of Singapore. The National Broadway Company (NBC) has been established, and the search for the Artistic Director is on. Amongst those vying for the position is the ‘who’s who’ of Singapore’s theatre industry. From hairdresser to entertainment icon to deputy public prosecutor to politician, the story of the pioneering musical theatre in Singapore unfolds as they sing their hearts to the top.

Based on specially conducted interviews with Dick Lee, Pamela Oei, Michael Chiang

National Broadway Company (2012)

Performer

"MY ONLY LOVE SPRUNG FROM MY ONLY HATE!" - Juliet, Act 1 Scene 5

Fall in love again with ROMEO &amp; JULIET, the world's greatest love story, as it is brought to life in a bold, exuberant and sensual production by W!LD RICE.&nbsp;

In a city ripped apart by the hatred between their feuding families, two young people fall desperately in love. Defying their parents’ wishes and throwing all caution to the wind, they marry in secret, risking everything to be together

Ivan Heng, renowned for his innovati

Romeo & Juliet (2012)

Fantastic Entertainment

MediaCorp Studios

Welcome to Beauty Kings!It is with tremendous joy and pride that Fantastic Entertainment and MediaCorp VizPro International bring you Dick Lee's brand new comedy, Beauty Kings.In the next two hours, experience the vanity, the catfights, the competitiveness, the sleaze of male beauty pageants in this laugh-out-loud event. And of course enjoy our gorgeous hot bods who've gamely bared most of their bodies for the show!&nbsp;Director Jonathan Lim has put together a show that will make you laugh and cry, and pro

Beauty Kings (2011)

"All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others."&nbsp;

Something is going on at Manor Farm. The animals have overthrown Farmer Jones and, with the pigs as their leaders, have created a new state for themselves called Animal Farm.

A set of commandments is written as a guide for animal life, but&nbsp;cunning propaganda hides the pigs' true agenda and&nbsp;the ideals of the revolution gradually degenerate. George Orwell’s Animal Farm, originally published in 1945, is one of the 20th 

Animal Farm (2011)

Serunding&nbsp;is the winning script from the 24-Hr Playwriting Competition (Open Category) 2010. It was the first winning play to premiere in two performance tours to the South East District in 2010 and 2011. This one-woman play stirs the voice of Safiah to life like a perfect dish of serunding. A Malay homemaker, Safiah’s belief as a devout Muslim and her parental expectations fall into conflict with her children. She also suffers tedious ties with her mother-in-law Sofea Jane. Told through humour, food, 

Serunding (2011)

Serunding (2010)

It's 1979 and Singapore is in the midst of a modernisation plan. In the race to create a world-class city, old districts are being torn down for new developments, and businessman Rickson Goh is one such developer with big plans to convert sleepy old Jalan Calamansi into an entertainment area.&nbsp;

Its surviving residents (many have already moved out to the brand new housing estates like Ang Mo Kio), include Choo Kew Teng and his daughter Bee Lean, who run a noodle shop on the ground floor of their crumb

Fried Rice Paradise (2010)

In recession-hit Buffalo, New York, best friends Jerry and Dave are among hundreds of unemployed steel workers. Desperate to earn some money to pay for his child support obligations, Jerry finds unlikely inspiration in the form of a touring troupe of Chippendales, and decides to form his very own STRIP ACT.

He assembles a motley crew and declared that they are even better than the Chippendales because his gang will go “all the way”…. But when it’s showtime, will the boys overcome their inner demons and p

The Full Monty (2010)

"All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others."

Something is going on at Manor Farm. The animals have overthrown Farmer Jones and, with the pigs as their leaders, have created a new state for themselves called Animal Farm.

Vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities in the system, a set of commandments is written as a guide for animal life. However, cunning propaganda hides the true agenda of the pigs as the ideals of the revolution are gradually subverted.

ANIMAL FARM, George

Animal Farm (2010)

The Theatre Practice

Inspired by the colourful folk stories of Qing dynasty classic&nbsp;The Strange Tales of Liao Zhai, Liao Zhai Rocks!&nbsp;vamps up all things period and brings you into a fantastical world of captivating characters. The scholar, Sang Xiao, wins the affections of Ying Ning, a vixen spirit, only to fall for the ploy of a devious ghost. But when he is poisoned and cast into the underworld, it is the vixen spirit who, driven by true love, embarks on a perilous journey to save him...

Liao Zhai Rocks!&nbsp;bri

Liao Zhai Rocks! (2010)

All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.&nbsp;

Something is going on at Manor Farm. The animals have overthrown Farmer Jones and, with the pigs as their leaders, have created a new state for themselves called Animal Farm.

Vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities in the system, a set of commandments is written as a guide for animal life. However, cunning propaganda hides the true agenda of the pigs as the ideals of the revolution are gradually subverted.

ANIMAL FARM, Ge

ACTION Theatre

A new dramedy for tall men and women who love them.


Manhood (2009)

Sing'theatre

What do men talk about? What are their relationships based on? And, most of all, how does it feel to be left out?

Bernard and Adrien are lifelong friends and partners in a firm of architects. Their relationship seems very strong, but on what foundations is it built?

On Bernard’s 40th birthday, Adrien cannot come because he has a big night at his club.

The two friends embark on an absurd and thought provoking argument that will have you gripped to your seat throughout.

The suffocating relationshi

Members Only (2009)

Zebra Crossing

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What the Butler Saw (2009)

Stunt Coordinator

Janice Koh

Do Not Disturb - Late Checkout, Please&nbsp;features the stories behind four couples in a budget hotel room.&nbsp;


Do Not Disturb - Late Checkout, Please (2008)

Music

The Vagina Monologues (2008)

Swordfish attack Singapura, terrorising its citizens. A boy saves the kingdom by lining the beach with banana stems. But the Sultan, at his ministers’ advice, has the boy executed.

A generation later, the Sultan’s successor, his son, breaks the covenant between subject and ruler when he has his concubine publicly executed on trumped-up charges, bringing untold shame to her family. Sure enough, an armada of ships from the Majapahit Empire soon appears on the horizon, and threatens Singapura’s supremacy.


The Swordfish, then The Concubine (2008)

MAD FOREST&nbsp;explores the blood and dreams that fed the 1989 Romanian revolution, which in turn led to the overthrow, trial and execution of the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. This darkly comic play exposes the heart of a people struggling for political change; tracing a nation’s tumultuous journey from repression to liberation – and beyond.

Delving deep into the lives of two families – one rich, one poor – caught in the whirlwind of a changing Romania,&nbsp;MAD FOREST&nbsp;asks audience a daring questio

Mad Forest (2007)

Stage Combat Consultant

Five Arts Centre

The Actors' Studio

Second Link&nbsp;is a provocative, insightful and humorous performance celebrating the work of Singaporean and Malaysian writers, tackling topics as diverse as Raffles, Sang Kancil, censorship, Singlish, race, nationality, sexuality and chicken rice.

Conceived and directed by Ivan Heng, and featuring a stunningly accomplished company of 10 actors from the two countries,&nbsp;Second Link&nbsp;will surprise, delight and reveal the obsessions and concerns of the cities’ denizens and artists.

This explosi

Second Link (2006)

Doubt: A&nbsp;Parable received its world premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director, Barry Grove, Executive Producer) on November 23, 2004. The production then transferred to Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre (Carole Shorenstein Hays; MTC Productions, Inc.; Roger Berlind, Scott Rudin; producers) and opened there on March 31, 2005. The production was directed by Doug Hughes, with scenic design by John Lee Beatty, costume design by Catherine Zuber, lighting design by Pat Collins and orig

Doubt (2006)

Escape Theatre Limited

Death and the Maiden (2006)

Tikam-Tikam: Malaysian Roulette is made up of over 30 extracts of texts from various kinds of writings by Malaysians or about Malaysia. There are whole poems and a couple of songs, and fragments of fiction and non-fiction taken from sources such as novels, plays, edgy magazine articles, as well as an extract from the memoirs of the US-based poet Hilary Tham who passed away recently. It follows then that the writers too are quite diverse. Among the playwrights, poets and novelists are a former Prime Minister

Tikam-Tikam: Malaysian Roulette (2005)

Bernard, a swinging bachelor with an insatiable appetite for women, thinks he can easily juggle his three air stewardess girlfriends. It’s all a question of juggling their timetables and the brilliant assistance of his reliable down-to-earth maid, Minah, who never forgets to change the photographs in the bedroom.

Everything proceeds like clockwork, until the arrival of new "Super Boeing" (at double the speed!) and he is landed with a triple problem on his hands!

His old school friend Robert arrives un

Boeing Boeing (2005)

Toy Factory Productions Limited

Set in 18th Century France,&nbsp;Dangerous Liaisons&nbsp;is a dangerously wicked study of sexual politics. Helmed by 2 malevolent protagonists - the ruthless and hedonistic Vicomte de Valmont who believes all virtue is fraud and delights in destroying women by making them believe so too. He has only one love, the Marquise de Merteuil, and she is less companion than rival.&nbsp;

Bored with his wealth, Valmont connives with the Marquise to destroy the innocence of Cecile de Volanges, a convent bred 15-year

Dangerous Liaisons (2005)

A woman desires to be a mother. Another desires for a mother. And one who is a mother. Stories of a woman’s hidden desires and memories are told through a series of five intimate episodes. Share in her longing as she crosses between time and space, between dreams and reality. Set against Mother’s Grief,&nbsp;a black-and-white Hong Kong film made in 1961,&nbsp;Ma: Moment&nbsp;is presented in an architectural pavilion of reimagined old shophouses and cinema screens, built on the site of Chinatown’s infamous D

Ma: Moment (2004)

Dream Academy

They sizzied in last year’s box office hit Steaming! and now, the Dim Sum&nbsp;Dollies are back! The Revenge of the Dim Sum Dollies! is a BRAND NEW&nbsp;musical action adventure! Through big hair, wacky songs, nifty choreography,&nbsp;a forest of false eyelashes, mile-high heels and amazing costume changes, our&nbsp;intrepid heroines bring you a buffet of show-stopping, laugh-a-minute numbers&nbsp;about life in the Lion City. Check out their piping hot Beefcakes&nbsp;- six juicy male dancers...hmmm...delici

The Revenge of the Dim Sum Dollies (2004)

IN EAST SIDE, NOT ALL BOYS BECOME MEN. NOT ALL MEN REMAIN BROTHERS.

Loosely based on the musical&nbsp;West Side Story, EAST SIDE STORY&nbsp;unfolds two warring street gangs' struggle to define themselves against the demands of their masculinity and brotherhood. Helmed by award-winning director Beatrice Chia,&nbsp;EAST SIDE STORY&nbsp;will be dance, martial arts, drama and a touch of violence fleshed out in the taut bodies of eight male leads writing their identity in sweat and blood.&nbsp;


EAST SIDE STORY (2004)

The animals of Manor Farm overthrow Farmer Jones and with the pigs as leaders create a new state for themselves, Animal Farm. A set of commandments is written as a guide for animal life. However, cunning propaganda hides the truth of what the pigs are really up to in the farmhouse and the ideals of the revolution gradually degenerate.

Animal Farm,&nbsp;is George Orwell's most celebrated work. An allegory of betrayed idealism, it explores the inevitable perversion of political ideals when they are put int

Animal Farm (2003)

Berlin 1934. Suave, debonair playboy, Max, is living the decadent and promiscuous Berlin nightclub life. Though dedicated to his lover Rudy, who performs in the cabaret, Max's one-night-stand with an attractive German soldier leaves them running for their lives as Hitler's Gestapo closes in on them. But before they can escape, they find themselves shuffled on board a train headed to Dachau.&nbsp;

In the harsh conditions of the workyard at Dachau, Horst, a&nbsp;fellow prisoner teaches Max another life-sav

Bent (2003)

INVITATION TO TREAT is the complete trilogy of plays by lawyer and acclaimed playwright Eleanor Wong. First staged in the 1990s, Mergers &amp; Accusations and Wills &amp; Secessions were two plays that made a huge impact on the Singapore theatre scene for their bold ideas, sparkling wit and incisively honest portrayal of the experience of a gay person’s double life in conservative Singapore.

A decade on and have things changed? We may have been busily "Remaking" ourselves, but really, does every Singapor

Mergers & Accusations (2003)

Bernard thought he could&nbsp;easily cope with three air stewardess girlfriends. It was&nbsp;all a question of juggling their timetables and the brilliant assistance of&nbsp;his reliable down-to-earth maid,&nbsp;Rosa,&nbsp;who never forgot to change the photographs in the bedroom. Everything proceeds like clockwork, until the arrival of the new “Super" Boeing&nbsp;and he is landed with a triple problem on his hands!


Boeing Boeing (2002)

A modern political fairy tale,&nbsp;Comrade Mayor&nbsp;is a humorous, tongue-in-cheek political satire. Once upon a time in an Asian city where people call each other comrades, there lives a powerful maverick Mayor who is hungry for foreign investments. To make that city comes an ambitious Singaporean ambassador, determined to make her government’s stalled industrial park a success. Then the Mayor sues the ambassador’s brother, a hapless Singaporean correspondent who writes what the whole city only says in 

Comrade Mayor (2002)

"There is some lie I want to expose." - George Orwell on writing Animal Farm

The animals of Manor Farm overthrow Farmer Jones and with the pigs as leaders create a new state for themselves, Animal Farm. A set of commandments is written as a guide for animal life. However, cunning propaganda hides the truth of what the pigs are really up to in the farmhouse and the ideals of the revolution gradually degenerate.

Animal Farm is George Orwell's most celebrated work. An allegory of betrayed idealism, it ex

Animal Farm (2002)

A new commission written by veteran playwright Tan Tarn How,&nbsp;Machine&nbsp;had its first reading of its first act in March 2001. Since then, it has been developed into a full-length drama about love and relationships in modern times – an uncharacteristic subject from Tarn How, who is well-known for his political satires.&nbsp;

A strange tale of two men, Rex and Heng, who turn up at the home of listless friends Lina and Kim one day. The men claim to be appliance repairmen, though they don’t always beh

Machine (2002)

It's Fanny's Grandpa's birthday, and a grand traditional feast has been laid out to commemorate the occasion.&nbsp;

But Grandpa himself has mysteriously disappeared. Fanny and the old family dog visit his closet to recall the fascinating and disturbing stories Grandpa has told her about his past. Stories of his younger days, his travels and his lovers. Personal fragments of history from a tumultuous and momentous time.&nbsp;


The Seventh Drawer (2001)

Props Consultant

3.14 Company

When you drink water be grateful to its source...&nbsp;– Cheng Zhong Shi, First generation


Belly of the Carp (2002)

Case: a major accident on National Day on the PIE.
Casualties: actors from a play entitled PIE.
Suspect: a playwright of the play entitled PIE.

Coincidence or conspiracy? You decide.


Pan Island Expressway (1999)

Truth or Dare – the essence of this thriller from one of Singapore’s leading English theatre companies. Four people are imprisoned and forced to write the biography of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang. They are racing against time – the emperor is dying and&nbsp; the book must be complicated before his death. Their enemy is themselves: to write the truth means death, a lie also means death. And the truth is that Qin was a tyrant and a great man.

This tension is heightened by a production that utilise

First Emperor's Last Days (1998)

Set in Singapore in the mid-sixties,&nbsp;Beauty World&nbsp;is a musical melodrama about the adventures of a small town girl in the big city. A mysterious jade pendant brings an innocent young girl to a colourful cabaret in Singapore, where she hopes to locate her long-lost father. Along the way, she meets up with her dotty pen-friend, crosses the path of a vindictive cabaret singer, and learns some heartbreaking truths about love and life (not necessarily in that order). Set to an original score, the comed

Beauty World (1998)

Lao Jiu, the ninth child and only son of the family, is of outstanding intelligence and carries the hopes of his parents and siblings. Sacrifices are made by his family in the fond hopes that he will achieve the honour of academic success. Alas, to his family’s disappointment, he abandons his scholastic pursuits for his love of the traditional art form of hand puppetry.&nbsp;

First staged in English by TheatreWorks in 1993,&nbsp;Lao Jiu&nbsp;has performed to sell-out audiences in Singapore, as well as th

Lao Jiu (1997)

The lives of yesterday's Chinese rickshaw coolics and today's&nbsp;construction workers from India is the central theme of&nbsp;TheatreWorks' Workhorse Afloat.

Under the artistic direction of Ong Keng Sen, Workhorse&nbsp;Afloat explores how circumstances in Singapore have come full&nbsp;circle, by juxtaposing the lonely world of Chinese rickshaw&nbsp;coolies dating back from 1880 to 1940, with the Indian&nbsp;workers presently here.

Although most of us have seen&nbsp;these Indian workers in large&nbsp

Workhorse Afloat (1997)

A death in the family, and a phone call from Grace, propel Ellen Toh, a strong-willed thirty-something lawyer, back into the midst of emotional complications she thought she had escaped many years ago. The bonds of family reel us in, wrap us up in knots, and sometimes repel us. They push us in directions that we cannot always control — a story that exists within all families. Two distinctly different women are brought together by love, hope, and tragedy.

Wills & Secession (1995)

For the Festival,&nbsp;Theatreworks will present Scorpion Orchid, a&nbsp;play based on well-known author Lloyd&nbsp;Fernando's book of the same title.&nbsp;Set in Singapore in the early 1950's, the play explores the&nbsp;lives and relationships of five characters and their&nbsp;struggle together during the country’s period of&nbsp;political and racial crisis and turmoil. The play, a&nbsp;new work, won second prize in the NST-Esso&nbsp;Playwriting&nbsp;Competition this year, the first such&nbsp;competition t

Scorpion Orchid (1994)

Technical Manager

Lao Jiu, the ninth child and only son of the family, is of outstanding intelligence and carries the hopes of his parents and siblings. Sacrifices are made by his family in the fond hopes that he will achieve the honour of academic success. Alas, to his family’s disappointment, he abandons his scholastic pursuits for his love of the traditional art form of hand puppetry.&nbsp;

This powerful and emotive work explores the issues of power play, psychological pressure, guilt, and the choice between family and

Lao Jiu (1993)

The Lady Of Soul And Her Ultimate ’S’ Machine is a political satire about a government which decides that a nation needs more ‘soul’ to make it a more vibrant place. A civil servant heads a committee to find the best way to achieve this. In his ‘soul’ search, three candidates present their ideas of what ‘soul’ is – a mamasan, a left-wing radical and a representative from the arts. After hearing them, he submits his recommendation…

The Lady of Soul and Her Ultimate 'S' Machine (1993)

Private Parts,&nbsp;set in 1995, centres on a successful yuppie talk-show host and the private lives of two transsexuals. Their lives take an unexpected turn after a talk-show when the two transsexuals open their lives to public scrutiny and discrimination.&nbsp;


Private Parts (1992)

Video Cast

Bernard's Story is not about rape, although Bernard is accused of rape. Rather, it is about ravages inflicted by a raunchy, mindless middle class.

Bernard's Story (1992)

Three young people — two sisters and a brother — are troubled by fear and guilt, harking back to their past. They decide to return to their childhood home in Kappan Road to encounter the fount of their troubles.

They go back to Kappan Road in the guise of children on horses making a dream journey. Somebody is chasing them, and they go ever deeper into the jungle, looking for something ‘like a temple on a hill’. Riding deeper into the jungle, they see visions, peaceful and fearful, of water babies (‘the c

Three Children (1992)

Musician

A delightful night at the theatre, with an ASEAN play that’s witty and poignant, culturally rich and beautifully crafted… and yes, it is in English! Ten family members hit the long road to Manila in high spirits. They’re heading south for their father’s funeral. Along the way, the journey becomes an allegory for each of them. A personal odyssey revealing humour, horror, guilt, modern attitudes and traditional forces.


Trip to the South (1991)

A spicy, mouthwatering dish, garnished with colourful characters. Choo Bee Lian is the owner of a famous fried rice chain. She hopes to retire, but her two daughters, Bee Lee and Bee Hoon, are sworn enemies and refuse to run the business together. A contest is set up to determine the successor of Fried Rice Paradise. The ensuing competition leads to intrigue and staggering revelations, as each character, under heat, imbues Fried Rice Paradise with her own special flavour.


Fried Rice Paradise (1991)

Assistant Director

Hope dims in the lives of a vegetable farmer and his family when Singapore is invaded by the Japanese during World War II. Relatives from the city escape to his farm and their differing lifestyles and aspirations test the faith of his two sons.&nbsp;The Moon Is Less Bright&nbsp;was written in 1963 and first staged by the Lotus Club, University of Singapore.


The Moon is Less Bright (1990)

Hua, her brother Chye and friend Reginald, try to find their equilibrium when they return to Singapore after their studies abroad. Friendship and values, conscience and duty no longer balance in the scales back home.&nbsp;One Year Back Home&nbsp;was written in 1977 and first staged by the Experimental Theatre Club in 1980.


One Year Back Home (1990)

A festival of Singapore plays from the years 1960 to 1990,&nbsp;The Retrospective&nbsp;is held in recognition of the playwright’s role in the national dramatic fabric. The seven plays chosen for the festival trace the developing consciousness of Singaporeans. The reinterpretation of these seven plays by their respective directors in their search for contemporary themes is of special interest. The festival also represents the beginning of TheatreWorks’ overall focus on the playwright in the 90s. It heralds t

The Retrospective: A Festival Of Singapore Plays 1960 - 1990

M Butterfly&nbsp;is about the&nbsp;tempestuous love affair&nbsp;between a French diplomat and a Chinese&nbsp;Opera actress and&nbsp;has been a sensational hit
on Broadway and the West End.&nbsp;For the&nbsp;Festival, Theatreworks will be mounting&nbsp;an all new production, drawing on talents&nbsp;available in the region.

This promises to be a landmark production&nbsp;and a major step in the development of&nbsp;this energetic young company.&nbsp;


M Butterfly (1990)

Assistant Lighting Designer

Three women in an old folks’ home cope with their bleak reality in their own ways. Mei indulges in TV fantasy, Daisy takes it with a shrug of the shoulder, and Marjorie hopes in vain. This equilibrium is maintained until the illusion begins to overtake truth.


Long Green Socks (1990)

Jackson On A JauntJackson is an egocentric insurance executive who is told he has contracted AIDS. But he was one of the two patients who were given the number 633 in the hospital that day. Which of them really has AIDS? With AIDS as a catalyst, Jackson undergoes a series of discoveries about himself and the society he lives in.As If He HearsAs If He Hears focuses on the friendship between an AIDS volunteer worker and a man stricken with AIDS. Through each other, they discover life in death, and death in li

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