Checkpoint Theatre

In the quiet of their church’s cry room, Catherine and David anxiously await the results of an important vote. As the crucial decision hangs in the balance, the life they have built together over the last 30 years comes under sharp scrutiny, and they are compelled to confront the very basis of their relationship.Tender Submission bears witness to the unspooling of a decades-long marriage. When faith and purpose diverge, what truly lies at the heart of a relationship? Can a new path be found together?Under H

Tender Submission (2023)

Cast

Wild Rice

In a comfortable middle-class home, a family sits down to a celebratory dinner. But their evening is cut short by the unexpected arrival of an Inspector. He brings news of the tragic death of a young woman.&nbsp;As the Inspector investigates, tensions escalate – threatening to shatter the very foundations on which entire lives and identities have been built. What crime has been committed here? Who is guilty? And who isn’t?&nbsp;Written with startling prescience by J.B. Priestley in 1945, An Inspector Calls 

An Inspector Calls (2023)

Two romeos bend the truth to spice up their love lives. Jack has invented a brother, Ernest, whom he uses to escape his dull country life and to woo the ravishing Gwendolyn. His best friend, Algernon, also decides to take the name ‘Ernest’ to cosy up to Jack’s beautiful ward, Cecily, in the country. But things spin hilariously out of control when their deceptions are discovered, threatening to spoil their romantic pursuits.

Oscar Wilde’s&nbsp;The Importance of Being Earnest&nbsp;is one of the world’s mos

The Importance of Being Earnest (2020)

Kaylene Tan

“You look to me. Eyes close, eyes open. I remember too. Like the clouds we named her after, she drifted in and out of our lives.” 

In the Silence of Your Heart is an invitation to enter the world of a charming politician and inveterate drinker. Lend him your ears because he needs to talk.

Thian has been paralysed for 13 years. He’s been still and silent all this time but his mind has not stopped dancing. He gets by with the two things he does have: his memory and his imagination. Today, his world is t

In the Silence of Your Heart (2018)

Pangdemonium

André has lost his beloved watch again. His daughter and her husband are behaving very oddly. There is an unseen presence in his home playing cruel tricks on him. And as he fights his demons and drowns in his murky memories, he is beginning to question his own sanity and identity…

The Father&nbsp;is a poignant and devastating exploration of a 70-year-old man’s deteriorating mind as he sinks under the frightening weight of dementia, and loses his grip on the sanctuary of his home and security of his loved

The Father (2018)

Glowtape Productions

Meng Jiang Nü meets Fan Qi Liang, a scholar on the run from the Emperor's soldiers seeking forced conscripts to work on the Great Wall. They fall in love and get married. On the day of the wedding, soldiers barge in and take Fan away to labour at the Wall.&nbsp;

Meng Jiang Nü sets off to find her husband. She arrives at the Wall, only to learn that Fan has died and is buried underneath the Great Wall. Stricken with grief, Meng cries. The Great Wall collapses and Fan's remains are uncovered.


The Great Wall: One Woman's Journey (2017)

TANGO&nbsp;was commissioned by Pangdemonium as their very first staging of a piece of new Singapore writing. Inspired by true events from the blog “4 Relative Strangers” by James D. Williams, they are very excited to be telling this important story and producing the world premiere of this special play.

Happily married Singapore-born banker Kenneth and British teacher Liam are loving adoptive parents of 12-year-old Jayden, a boy saved from a broken home. Together they are learning to make life work as a f

Tango (2017)

The Finger Players

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)

Performer

Sight Lines Productions

A plane crashes on a deserted island.

The only survivors are a group of schoolboys. By day, it is a tropical paradise of&nbsp;sun and sea; but each night, their dreams are inhabited by a terrifying beast.&nbsp;Thrust into a teenage version of Hunger Games meets Survivor, the boys’ little&nbsp;island adventure quickly become a struggle for survival as superstition and immorality sees the community slide into a darkly sinister world.&nbsp;

It’s not too long before this well-behaved group develops a penc

Lord of the Flies (2016)

Once upon a time, in a kingdom not so far away, ruled a vain and pompous Emperor who was crazy about his clothes, himself and little else. So obsessed with fashion was he that he decreed that the 50th&nbsp;anniversary of his reign be celebrated with the most extravagant National Dress Parade of all time. But, as he primped and preened, he neglected his music-loving citizens, who could only get his attention by complimenting him on his appearance.

One day, two cheeky tailors discover a dark secret in the 

The Emperor's New Clothes (2015)

Two dashing romeos bend the truth to spice up their lives. Jack has invented a brother, Ernest, whom he uses to escape his dull country life and to woo the ravishing Gwendolyn. His best friend Algernon also decides to take the name ‘Ernest’ to cosy up to Jack’s beautiful ward, Cecily, in the country. However, things get messy when their deceptions are discovered, threatening to spoil their romantic pursuits.

Oscar Wilde’s&nbsp;The Importance of Being Earnest&nbsp;is one of the world’s most enduringly pop

The Importance of Being Earnest (2015)

A hotel in Singapore is opened at the turn of the century, when the island is still a jewel in the British Crown. It serves as an exotic pit stop for travelers who wish to explore the glittering expanse of the British Empire.&nbsp;

Each day, new faces appear and swiftly disappear – guests and staff alike. Every ten years, we check into the hotel and meet its residents. As Singapore morphs from British colony to Malaysian state to sovereign nation, its denizens experience profound and dramatic changes. We

Hotel (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

In a city that’s preparing to market itself as a world-class resort spa, Dr. Thomas Chee&nbsp;discovers that the water supply is riddled with bacteria. He resolves to go public with the information. It’s a decision that pits him against his entire community. Overnight, he finds himself drowning in a storm of protests from the government, media, businesses, and even his family. Suddenly, Dr. Chee is the enemy of the people – the man who insists on telling truths that no one wants to hear.

One of the world

Public Enemy (2015)

W!LD RICE looks East for its 11th holiday musical extravaganza for the whole family!&nbsp;In&nbsp;an affectionate and cheeky retelling of the beloved Chinese fantasy classic,&nbsp;Monkey Goes West is an&nbsp;epic thrill ride that will take you from Haw Par Villa to Jurong West – by way of a colourful world filled with mythical monsters and naughty fairies.

When orphan Ah Tang runs away from home after quarrelling with his adoptive family, he finds himself transported to a new, strange land. There, he bef

Monkey Goes West (2014)

Two dashing Romeos bend the truth to spice up their lives. Jack has invented a brother, Ernest, whom he uses to escape his dull country life and to woo the ravishing Gwendolyn. His best friend Algernon also decides to take the name ‘Ernest’ to cosy up to Jack’s beautiful ward, Cecily, in the country.

When the four young lovers finally come together, we have two men who claim to be Ernest but aren't, and two women who are in love with men named Ernest but aren't.

Just who is in love with whom? Will Lad

The Importance of Being Earnest (2014)

The Theatre Practice

After the demise of his girlfriend Jing, A-Le packs up to pursue his musical ambitions in New York. There he meets the easy-going A-Qiang, a fellow dream hunter from Singapore, who gets him a job at a restaurant. On a particular takeout delivery, an aspiring actress named Rose enters A-Le's life. Soon a bittersweet friendship of battered dreams and bruised hearts is born amongst them. But with each passing day, Rose begins to feel a little more for A-Le. Unknown to them however, the future is about to chang

If There're Seasons... (2014)

Wong Souk Yee

Chng Suan Tze

In a country not too different from Singapore, an escaped political prisoner is apprehended by the country next door, and his lawyer is arrested. What happens next?

Suitable for ages 18 and above.


Square Moon (2013)

Two dashing romeos bend the truth to spice up their lives. Jack has invented a brother, Ernest, whom he uses to escape his dull country life and to woo the ravishing Gwendolyn. His best friend Algernon also decides to take the name ‘Ernest’ to cosy up to Jack’s beautiful ward, Cecily, in the country. When the four young lovers finally come together, we have two men who claim to be Ernest but aren't, and two women who are in love with men named Ernest but aren't.

Just who is in love with whom?

Will Lad

The Importance of Being Earnest (2013)

Lao Jiu&nbsp;is one of Kuo Pao Kun's most popular and accessible works. In 2005,&nbsp;Lao Jiu&nbsp;was adapted into a dazzling musical for the first time, and this year it will be restaged as an entirely new creative production to be rolled out featuring an exciting new lineup of performers and creative collaborators!&nbsp;

As the only son in the family, Lao Jiu (the ninth born) realises that he should grasp the prestigious scholarship opportunity that has opened up for him; yet, he hesitates at the crit

Lao Jiu: The Musical (2012)

"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)

The Choos aren’t used to being sad, even with a death in the household. A year after their son Joseph dies, the family – HDB auntie Doris, civil servant Amos and their neurotic youngest son, Brandon – pops a bottle of bubbly in good Christian cheer to celebrate his life and times. But a knock at the door promises to change things forever. A young man called Daniel arrives to announce the truth of a Joseph the family had never known.

What follows is intense family drama as the Choos and Daniel struggle to

Family Outing (2011)

Cake Theatrical Productions

Three of Singapore's most exciting creative talents, hailing from different backgrounds and writers themselves, will curate and direct Singapore literary content in three nights of dramatised readings in&nbsp;Utter&nbsp;from 17 June to 19 June 2011.

Held at Drama Centre Black Box at the National Library, this pre-festival event to the Singapore Writers Festival will see Natalie Hennedige&nbsp;(Nothing,&nbsp;Cuckoo Birds) from theatre, Ken Kwek (Kidnapper,&nbsp;It's A Great, Great World) from film and Lee

Utter: Thirteen Ways of Looking and Other Observations (2011)

Helmed by Brian Gothong Tan, the first experiment in the&nbsp;Decimal Points&nbsp;series is&nbsp;4.44.&nbsp;Intertwining performance art and cinema, and devised and performed by Jo Kukathas, Lim Kay Siu, Neo Swee Lin and Karen Tan, the existence of 4 individuals is pushed into hyper real levels through a series of live and filmic vignettes, blurring the lines of illusion and reality. Inspired by a range of television and film genres, and live performance styles,&nbsp;4.44&nbsp;sets life against a backdrop o

Decimal Points 4.44 (2011)

Devisor

Sean Tobin

Natalie Hennedige

In an intimate space, two actors confront the darkness and tenderness of teaching and learning. Like children, like scientists, priests and beasts, the couple play roles of teacher and student, parent and child, husband and wife, actor and audience.&nbsp;

Confessional. Professional. Obsessional.&nbsp;


What Did You Learn Today? (2011)

Poor Cindy lives in a crowded HDB flat with her Evil Casino-Obsessed Step-Mother and two Ugly Step-Sisters, Precious and Treasure. All she dreams about is going to The Grand Fish Ball where Prince Char Mee will choose a bride. Fairy God Makcik appears, and Cindy is transformed from “no taste” to “fashion ace” and off to The Ball she goes! But will the Prince recognise her? Will the shoe fit? And will true love find a way?

With an imaginative local spin on the world’s favourite fairy-tale, CINDEREL-LAH!, 

Cinderel-LAH! (2010)

The art of living in the in-between&nbsp;is a collaborative art project featuring installation, film, performance, workshops and gigs that uncover the inspirations and fantasies that have catalyzed 5 years of works by Cake.

Over 5 days, a shophouse is transformed into a hotbed of images, words, sound, strange movement, magnetic encounters and unexpected happenings sometimes way into the night! Wander through the rooms, each flowing and ebbing with exquisite strangeness or come especially for the performa

The Art of Living in the In-Between (2010)

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Ghostwalking&nbsp;(2010) is a series of audio-video walks.

It takes the form of a download, which people will listen to or watch while on the train or exploring neighbourhoods off the North East Line (NEL).

Stories and memories are played out at the different locations. At a life’s end, what does one remember? A love, a heartbreak, a loss… perhaps a moment is replayed, over and over again. The narrator, Tony is haunted, or is he haunting these places?

He tells stories, lies, attempts to make sense 

Ghostwalking (2010)

Voice

In a faraway land, there lived a merchant called Big Boss Bong and his three daughters: Brandy, Desiree and his youngest, Beauty.

One day, Big Boss Bong steals a rose from a garden as a gift for Beauty. He’s caught red-handed by a fearsome creature called the Beast who agrees to spare his life in exchange for one of his daughters.

And thus Beauty begins her adventures at the Beast’s mansion, where she encounters the fussy nanny Ah Ma Chow Chow, the excitable cook Baba Pongteh, and the scarcastic maid,

Beauty & The Beast (2009)

Dream Academy

The financial crisis is in full swing, but life goes on in the Red Light District as in any other business district. That is, until a mysterious bag of Half A Million SING DOLLARS appears… A Cruise Ship Gambler (Lim Kay Siu), a Beef Hor-Fun Hawker (Sebastian Tan), a Retrenched Banker (Hossan Leong), a Tiger Beer Aunty (Selena Tan), a Chinese Prostitute (Emma Yong), a Moonlighting Maid (Pam Oei), a Bangladeshi Dishwasher (Kumar) and a Cleaning Makcik (Najip Ali)…are thrown into a hilarious cat-and-mouse game

Sing Dollar! (2009)

Drama Box

Life is always elsewhere.

2006... Hui Ying, a middle-aged woman, finds out her husband is having an affair while working abroad; this news shatters the home she has tried hard to maintain for years.

Yinling returns to Shanghai upon losing her daughter but cannot forget her relationship with an older man in the country she left behind.&nbsp;

The elderly Wen De wants to go to Shanghai's Waibaidu (Garden) Bridge to fulfil a promise he made 40 years ago.

1966... Sufen leaves Singapore, but she makes

Drift (2009)

The elusive Flower continues to speak with a voice quiet and persistent. Like a ghost gently moving her voice never ceasing.&nbsp;

Destinies of Flowers in the Mirror&nbsp;is the story of one pilgrim bearing the burden of her belief, venturing boldly onward to claim her destiny.&nbsp;


Destinies of Flowers in the Mirror (2009)

Toy Factory Productions Limited

IF ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE, WHAT SCENE OF YOUR LIFE WOULD YOU OFFER AS A LAST ENCORE?

Trapped in a limbo between existences, seven deceased Singaporeans are reading their own obituaries. A postman, a teacher, a grassroots leader, a businesswoman, an actress, a taxi-driver and his wife - seven elderly strangers with little in common in&nbsp;Life,&nbsp;now find themselves together as they face the greatest adventure of their lives -&nbsp;Death.&nbsp;Before this wait is over, they must each revisit, relieve

First Light (2008)

Life is always elsewhere.

2006... Hui Ying, a middle-age woman, found out her husband is having an affair when working abroad; this news shattered the home she tried hard to maintain for years.&nbsp;

Yin Ling&nbsp;returned to Shanghai upon losing her daughter, but couldn't forget her relationship with an elder man in the country she left behind.&nbsp;

The elderly Wen De wanted to go to Shanghai's&nbsp;Waibaidu&nbsp;Bridge to fulfil a promise he made 40 years ago.

1966... Su Fen, who had left Sin

Drift (2008)

2006... Hui Ying, a middle-aged woman found out her husband is having an affair when working abroad; this news shattered the home she tried hard to maintain for years.

Ying Ling returns to Shanghai upon losing her son, but couldn't forget her relationship with an elder man in the country she left behind.&nbsp;

The elderly Wen De wanted to go to Shanghai Waibaidu Bridge to fulfil a promise he made 40 years ago.

1966... Su Fen, who has left Singapore, made a pact with her husband to meet at the bridg

Drift (2007)

Fairy takes are real. Elves, fairies and demons still lurk out there in the mordern world, only they are hidden from our view.

Our eyes are so blinded by science and technology, we cease to believe in miracles and legends anymore.

Unable to survive this cynical world, a demoness grieves; it is a grief so great it casts a dark shadow over the world.

Actor/musician Lim Kay Siu together with a troupe of actors/puppeteers Koh Wan Ching, Oliver Chong, Ong Kian Sin and Ang Hui Bin reopen the door of imag

Enchanted Tales (2007)

Composer

Lyricist

Musician

Actor

In this much anticipated final instalment of the&nbsp;ASIAN BOYS TRILOGY, Alfian Sa’at adapts Johann S Lee’s Peculiar Chris, Singapore’s first gay novel, for the stage.

1992. In their final year at Junior College, Christopher Han and his best friends – Sylvia, Kenneth and Nicholas, discover the ecstasy and pain of falling in love. Later, while serving his National Service, Chris has a relationship with his army officer, Samuel, before leaving for London for further studies.

2007. After 15 years abroad

Happy Endings: Asian Boys Vol. 3 (2007)

Collective Mayhem

Catch this new collaborative work by Collective Mayhem which explores the mysterious world of human memory. Stars Lim Kay Siu and Li Xie.

(Source: The Straits Times)


Memory - Human Remains (2007)

Desperately seeking inspiration for his new book, Charles Koh, a novelist, invites the flamboyant Madame Arcati to perform a séance in his Bukit Timah bungalow.

But he gets much more than he bargains for when the mischievous ghost of his first wife Elvira materialises and proceeds to wreak havoc on his relationship with his current wife, Ruth.

Together with their highly strung maid Edith and their friends Dr. &amp; Mrs. Quek, the Kohs face the challenge of taming Elvira’s blithe spirit in a comedy tha

Blithe Spirit (2007)

ANTIGONE doesn't like the new ruler. She doesn't like the way he runs the city. She doesn't like the rules he's making. She thinks he's a corrupt, evil monster. So, she's gonna take things into her own hands and she ain't gonna back down!!!

AUNTY waits for her husband to pick her up at the bus interchange. One hour later, he calls to say he's not coming. She starts to walk. As she walks she reflects upon her life of servitude to her pig of a husband and bum of a daughter. She decides to diss them and tak

Cheek (2006)

The year is 2003, at the peak of the SARS crisis.

The Koh family, scattered across the globe, is forced to reunite when the family patriarch falls ill. They have not spoken to each other for years, and are compelled to confront various unresolved issues – sibling rivalries, desertions and betrayals.&nbsp;

Suddenly, Pa is diagnosed as a suspected SARS case, and a home quarantine order is slapped on the household. For the next ten days, there is no avoiding one anther! Rooms are occupied, lines are draw

Homesick (2006)

National Service is an integral part of every Singaporean male's journey towards manhood. In&nbsp;Army Daze,&nbsp;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.&nbsp;

Michael Chiang's play is about the misadventures of five young men as they go through their Basic Military Training. T

Army Daze (2006)

After eight daughters, a son is finally here - and no ordinary son is he.

Shifu, a master of traditional puppetry, makes a prediction before his birth that the boy will be endowed with exceptional intelligence, and will grow up to be a man of great accomplishment. He is therefore named You Wei (meaning "achievement"), and nicknamed Lao Jiu (the ninth-born).

Lao Jiu's parents and his many sisters devote themselves to the care of the gifted child, harbouring ambitions for him to do well in his studies, 

Lao Jiu (2005)

Irwin Shaw

Dear audience,

In 2003, an unprecedented gathering of local theatre professionals&nbsp;came together to do staged readings of Lysistrata Lah! - a new&nbsp;adaptation of Aristophanes’ war-of-the-sexes comedy — at the&nbsp;YMS Auditorium (24 March) and the Singapore Tyler Print&nbsp;Institute (25-26 March). The readings were performed as part of an&nbsp;international theatrical response to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. It was&nbsp;also a unique opportunity for Singapore’s theatre scene to come&nbsp;together a

Bury the Dead (2005)

MediaCorp Studios

Have you ever wondered if PCK had another brother and if he would look like&nbsp;the moley one? This time, PCK’s long lost brother appears out of the blue and&nbsp;threatens to wreck PCK's life totally. Who is the mastermind behind the scam?&nbsp;What happens when there is PCK no more? PCK dances with uneasiness as he&nbsp;approaches his big 4-0. Also discover the romantic love between Singapore's&nbsp;Ah Beng, and his Ah Lian wife, Rosie, which is often left unsaid but sung this&nbsp;time round.

PCK has

Phua Chu Kang: The Musical (2005)

Assistant to Director

She’s the richest woman in the world. She’s returning to her hometown. And she’s got revenge and murder on her mind.

Claire Zachanassian (nee Li Kwan Yin) is as fabulous as she is rich. And the hometown she is returning to is Saitang – a poor, desolate town that has definitely seen better days.

Heralded by the honest, upright citizens of Saitang as the town’s saviour, Claire makes her dramatic entrance – with an entourage of bodyguards, eunuchs, a butler, a caged panther, her 7th husband, millions and

The Visit of the Tai Tai (2004)

The Necessary Stage

Many people feel that their lives also have their own soundtracks as well. And it was with that idea that we started creating Sing Song, and what have to share with you today is a communal collage, a string of the musical memories of many people's lives.

Through drama music, movement, and design we present a range of memories and reflections on life and music, inspired by real life accounts that people have shared with us, including the cast and creative team, as well as many individuals from the South E

Sing Song (2004)

Devising Cast

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,&nb

Animal Farm (2004)

W!LD RICE, Singapore's most dynamic theatre company, proudly presents its first all-Singaporean magical musical pantomime for the entire family!

In the W!LD and whacky world of Cinderel-LAH!, poor Cindy lives in a crowded HDB flat with her Evil Mahjong-Obsessed Step-Mother and two Ugly Step-Sisters. She dreams of going to The Grand Fish Ball, where the biggest fish in the pond, Prince Char Mee, heir to the world famous King Crab restaurant, will choose a bride. Fairy God Makcik appears, and Cindy is tran

Cinderel-LAH! (2003)

Chay Yew's&nbsp;The Morning People&nbsp;is a bold adaptation of Anton Chekhov's finest masterpiece&nbsp;The Cherry Orchard.

The year is 1934, a time of great social, political, civil and economic change in China's history. The marching footsteps of the communist army is approaching in the distance as China moves towards a revolutionary period.&nbsp;

The cherry orchard is located this time in the mountainous province of Shaanxi, in northern China.&nbsp;

The plot hinges on the tragic loss of a family

The Morning People (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)

Charles Koh, a writer whose first wife Elvira has been dead for seven years, has been reasonably happy with his second wife Ruth. To collect material for his new book, he invites Madame Arcati, a local medium, to conduct a seance at their home...


Blithe Spirit (2001)

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)

Five Arts Centre

What if, at your grandfather’s funeral, his coffin was found to be too big for the hole? Ever argued with a parking attendant till you were blue in the face?&nbsp;THE COFFIN IS TOO BIG FOR THE HOLE&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;NO PARKING ON ODD DAYS&nbsp;are two timeless comedies written by acclaimed playwright Kuo Pao Kun. At once hilarious and poignant, they tell the story of one woman’s fight against faceless bureaucracy and highlight the absurdity of red-tape. Originally written for a man, this brand new production 

No Parking on Odd Days (2001)

Sound Designer

The Coffin Is Too Big For The Hole (2001)

3.14 Company

Dramaplus Arts

Prospero was one a powerful Duke. A plot by his brother Antonio sees him thrown out of his kingdom with his baby, Miranda, and set adrift in a boat, with only the barest of necessities (provided by Lord Gonzalo). He is shipwrecked on an island for 12 years. Thanks to the books put on the boat by Gonzalo, he develops magical powers. We learn all this after a storm shipwrecks all of Prospero's enemies on the island; alongside Antonio, there is Alonso (the King who helped to overthrow Prospero), his brother Se

Wayang Tempest (2001)

Singapore Repertory Theatre

A flustered and confused Carol approaches her pedantic liberal arts professor, John, for help with hair failing mid-term grade. The professor, distracted by numerous phone calls and thoughts about a house he hopes to purchase, never really seems to hear or understand her problem. Before long, miscommunication leads to John finding himself faced with unexpected charges of sexual harassment stemming from their meeting.&nbsp;


Oleanna (2000)

A tragic love story set amidst a backdrop of&nbsp;witch-hunting and a community turning on itself,&nbsp;The Crucible was written as an indictment of&nbsp;McCarthyism yet has had reverberations in East&nbsp;Java recently.

The play questions good and evil; righteousness; honour and love; and parochialism. My&nbsp;choice to “asianise” this production is both&nbsp;practical and conceptual.

Practical because I wanted to use the many&nbsp;talented and accomplished local actors, and&nbsp;conceptual because t

The Crucible (1999)

Director

The Cheong clan gathers to celebrate their patriarch, Ah Kong (that's "Grandfather" in Hokkien) 71st birthday. Audiences are caught right in the midst of this deliciously interactive play. Entertained by family intrigues at their table, cheeky scandals across the room, tender karaoke' moments, juicy bites of gossip while feasting on some Chinese culinary favourites, prepared by Ah Kong's favourite chefs and leave Ah Kong's Birthday Party with a velly happy belly!


Ah Kong's Birthday Party (1998)

On a December weekend in 1994 three childhood friends, Stephen, Victor and Spencer, travel to the Shah Alam Stadium in KL to watch Singapore play Pahang in the Malaysia Cup finals. Manhood, macho-shit and marriage are all up for discussion - interspersed with the Kallang roar.&nbsp;


Balls! (1998)

ACTION Theatre

Men in Suits. One on each side of the same line. Playing a game with no rules. Or is there? The business of winning has never been so entertaining!


Game Theory (1997)

A family sits down to dinner at a seafood restaurant. The simple everyday ritual of eating together becomes almost a riot of significant proportions when "Drunken Prawns" is ordered as a special treat. Drunken Prawns is the top prize winner in the first Hewlett Packard/ACTION Theatre 10-Minute Play Contest. The play received its premiere in December 1993 as part of Singapore Squeeze.

The world premiere production was directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham and starred (the late) Raymond Ong, Irene Lim, Cindy Sim

Drunken Prawns (1997)

T:>Works (TheatreWorks)

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)

Music & Movement Singapore

A Comedy That Is Literally Out-Of-This-World. And what do we mean by out of this world? Imagine this - a play whose five main characters, the KARMA KOMMITTEE, act as "guardian angels", dabbling in the protagonist's life, often with hilarious results! The protagonist - James Lee - in all his self-centredness is another character to watch closely. The play follows James' life and times, actually two life-times and how he loses and redeems himself. Guiding James and the audience is the KARMA KOMMITTEE, who are

Karma Kommittee (1996)

Dramaturg

The Perfect Servants
The Perfect Servants&nbsp;Miyako, now Kyoto, during the late Heian period at the end of the 12th century. The house of the lady is at one side of the stage and the house of the lord&nbsp;at the other. Two servants set Lord Ichimotsu and Lady Chibusa up on a date. When they are too lazy to go, the maid and valet disguise themselves as the lord and lady and meet instead.

The Magic Fundoshi
The Magic Fundoshi&nbsp;takes place in&nbsp;Naniwa, now Osaka, during the late Muromachi period

The Magic Fundoshi (1996)

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)

Glen Goei

Dick Lee

Catherine Lim

The Gala Performance for the 1994&nbsp;Festival of Arts is a lighthearted musical&nbsp;entitled Kampong Amber, a collaboration&nbsp;and a celebration of three Singaporean talents:&nbsp;Glen Goei, Dick Lee and Catherine Lim, and&nbsp;the result is bound to be pleasing to everybody.

Kampong Amber&nbsp;is a&nbsp;romantic&nbsp;comedy. Set in&nbsp;the early 1930's,&nbsp;the story revolves&nbsp;around two Peranakan families,&nbsp;one living in a&nbsp;humble kampong&nbsp;house and the&nbsp;other in an opulent m

Kampong Amber (1994)

Willy Loman has been a travelling salesman for a large New England company for thirty-four years. One morning, he returns home, telling his wife Linda that he can't seem to concentrate on the driving any more.

They have two grown sons, Happy and Biff. The latter has returned home after many years, having failed to realize his potential ~ and his father's hopes ~ as a football player. The reason for this, and the events it sets in motion, seem to have deeply affected both his relationship with his father 

Death of a Salesman (1994)

The Magic Fundoshi&nbsp;is a trilogy of three plays performed in the Kyogen tradition. There are no masks, no elaborate sets or costumes and no specialized make-up -&nbsp;the appeal of Kyogen theatre lies in its utter simplicity; the capability to portray human beings at their best and their worst in the most hilarious way.

The Perfect Servants
At Miyako, now Kyoto, during the late Heian period at the end of the twelfth century. The house of the lady is at one side of the stage and the house of the lord

The Magic Fundoshi (1994)

A Chinese woman follows her taxi-driving husband in his old trishaw. Her concern for his safety is interrupted when a Caucasian man refuses to leave the trishaw.

The unusual meeting between 2 people from two opposite worlds, triggers a series of events which forces them to confront each others' secret desires.&nbsp;

This story of 2 people's obsessive love strips away layers of lies and deceits, to reveal the desperate need to possess or destroy.&nbsp;


Trishaw (1994)

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)

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)

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)

Socrates, the great thinker, is on trial for allegedly corrupting the morals of youth and instigating unrest and dissent amongst students. His prosecutor is Plato, his former disciple, a brilliant scholar and now distinguished statesman. Whose logic prevails? The audience is the ultimate jury.&nbsp;Trial,&nbsp;written in 1986, was first staged by Jurong Junior College.


Trial (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

Safe Sex: A Double Bill (1989)

The musical comedy Beauty World is a special&nbsp;production for the Singapore Festival of Arts 1988. Set to an&nbsp;original score of ten songs by well-known songwriter Dick&nbsp;Lee with scripting by local playwright Michael Chiang, the&nbsp;musical evokes the world of Chinese nightclubs&nbsp;and&nbsp;cabarets in the mid-60s.

The action centres on a young Malaysian orphan who&nbsp;discovers a jade pendant with the words "Beauty World",&nbsp;inscribed on its reverse side. It leads her to believe that he

Beauty World (1988)

A heave, a tumble, a fond goodbye and our assorted heroes are off on their first three-tonner ride down the bumpy path of recruit life. Witness the triumphs, the falls, the misadventures of Malcolm Ng and the merry men of Hotel Company as they venture forth… into the dark night.


Lim Kay Siu

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