The Necessary Stage

For Faith (Hossan Leong) and Hope (Kumar), the New Year is just another day. But when an old friend shows up suddenly, their lives are turned upside down. They find themselves embroiled with spies, childhood trauma and GENDER PRONOUNS.It's been almost 20 years since the gang met up. Will they be able to let go of the ghosts from their past? Will they be able to identify as ELDERLY? What world is this where the GAYBOURS are banging, the Health HOMOTION Board speaks the truth and MINISTRY OF NUCLEAR FAMILIES 

Old Gaze (2023)

Lighting Designer

Mental illness does not discriminate. Although there is more access to information, many still suffer silently or face stigma when they come out with their illness. What is this experience like for actors in Singapore? Are they expected to just deal with their mental health issues because they are seen as ‘tortured artists’ and ‘so full of drama’?&nbsp;In 2019, as part of The Necessary Stage's developmental platform The Orange Production, the company presented&nbsp;Acting Mad, a verbatim play based on inter

Acting Mad (2022)

Every day, we are inundated with dire consequences of the climate emergency.

In the face of this threat to humanity, what do we do? Recycle? Switch to environmentally-friendly products? Be a vegan? Stop having children? What can we do—and do our actions even matter?

Why do we have such different responses to climate change? What makes one a denialist, or another to commit acts of civil disobedience in the name of climate justice?

Can we as individuals, and collectively, affect change? Or will polit

The Year of No Return (2021)

The Necessary Stage’s critically acclaimed play,&nbsp;Off Centre, returns 26 years after its premiere in 1993. Written by Haresh Sharma and directed by Alvin Tan,&nbsp;Off Centre&nbsp;is a landmark play in the history of Singapore theatre, best remembered for presenting an honest and unflinching look at mental illness and the stigma surrounding it.

Off Centre&nbsp;follows the unlikely friendship between Saloma and Vinod, and traces their journeys as they deal with their personal conflicts as well as soci

Off Centre (2019)

Singapore Repertory Theatre

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)

A terminally ill woman hires a digital legacy company to record video greetings for her children to watch long after she is gone.

In our technologically accelerating world, this scenario of social media legacy planning has become a reality. In the digitised future, memories can be made immortal. Our data can be turned into bots. Protests can happen from the comforts of our own homes. Humans, androids and robots are all adrift in cyberspace.&nbsp;

The Necessary Stage continues its 30th anniversary seas

Sanctuary (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)

First staged in 1990 and subsequently in 2010 to full houses at the Singapore Arts Festival,&nbsp;Those Who Can't, Teach&nbsp;is a Singaporean theatre classic by Cultural Medallion winners Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma.

Set in a secondary school, the play looks at the madcap lives of teachers and students - with often hilarious results. As the teachers struggle daily to 'nurture and groom', the students prefer to hang out and chill. In the meantime, they all have to deal with the dreaded 'parents'.&nbsp;


Those Who Can't, Teach (2017)

Zizi Azah Binte Abdul Majid

Zizi Azah’s work examines the life of Singapore’s first president, from his beginnings as a journalist to becoming a head of state.

Performed in Malay with English surtitles.


Yusof (2015)

Sing'theatre

Following the huge success of A FRENCH KISS IN SINGAPORE, Sing’theatre returns with its 2010 sold-out musical: A SINGAPOREAN IN PARIS!

Directed by Hossan Leong, this must-see show revolves around the experience of a Singaporean artist who travels to Paris to pursue his life-long dream of performing in a cabaret. He navigates his way around a new city, language and culture and finds himself in the company of other foreign talents, each pursuing their own dreams and overcoming their own hurdles in this exo

A Singaporean in Paris (2014)

Singapore Street Festival Limited

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Hotpants (2014)

On the cusp of Japan's surrender during World War II, a Japanese general suffers a stroke and is tended to by a Malay gardener. As they spar, having heated debates about the war, the present is revealed: a Japanese man in a relationship with an Indian woman in Kuala Lumpur; his ex-wife coming to grips with an astrologer's predictions; their son, studying in the United States and confronted by his classmates about Japan's past.&nbsp;


Mobile 2: Flat Cities (2013)

The time has come for the three little pigs to seek their fortunes. What will happen to them when the big bad wolf gets in their way?

Embark on an adventure with the three little pigs as they battle the big bad wolf with their charming and witty ways!

An original adaptation of the classic fairy tale, The Three Little Pigs teaches little ones how success can be achieved through hard work and perseverance.

Filled with humour, this endearing musical will leave you squealing with glee and howling with 

The Three Little Pigs (2012)

Wild Rice

Everybody wants to rule the world…

And so does Wizard ABBA-k’adab-rah! All he needs is 3 wishes from the Genie in the Magic Lamp. But only Aladdin, a boy who is pure of heart, can help him get the Lamp. Together with Jasmine, the not-so-little Nyonya from the Blue Mansion, they head to the fabled Batu Caves.&nbsp;

But what treachery lies in store for poor Aladdin? When the Wizard traps Aladdin in the cave and kidnaps Jasmine away to his harem of Single Ladies in the exotic land of Ukenastan, will it b

Aladdin (2011)

Pangdemonium

A motley crew of men come together to laugh about life, argue about women, and fight about everything else. Their comic high-jinks lead to a game of poker… except that these men, poker is never just a game: for Stephen [Adrian Pang] poker is an obsessive power trip; for Sweeney [Daniel Jenkins] it’s a distraction from his domestic dilemmas; for Frankie [Keagan Kang] it’s an extension of his manhood; for Carl [Julian Low] it’s a hopeless addiction; for Mugsy [Andy Tear] it’s an escape from his loser’s life; 

Dealer's Choice (2011) 

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)

Grimm Tales&nbsp;offers a contemporary take on the much loved fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, revealing the dark and mischievous side of the original stories. Wit and enchantment combine to bring to life the colourful and strange world of our imagination.

Featuring&nbsp;The Musicians of Bremen,&nbsp;Ashputtel (Cinderella),&nbsp;The Mouse, the Bird and the Sausage,&nbsp;The Golden Goose,&nbsp;The Hare and the Hedgehog,&nbsp;Hansel and Gretel,&nbsp;The Magic Table,&nbsp;The Gold-Donkey and the Cudgel in

Grimm Tales (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)

The Ugly Duckling remains one of the most popular and memorable productions that The Little Company has staged. Originally presented in 2005 as part of the global celebrations of Hans Christian Andersen's Bi-Centennial, the production played to sold out audiences and received rave reviews from both the public as well as schools who brought their students. We are now re-staging the play for a new generation of preschoolers.

The Ugly Duckling is a wonderful retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic st

The Ugly Duckling (2011)

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

What the Butler Saw (2009)

At the advertising company Chapman and Howard, the staff have taken great pains to prepare for their traditional Christmas bash, and to ensure that they avoid any scandals similar to last year's which resulted in a visit from the police and the Managing Director's divorce! But when the drinks flow and the good times roll, the party lurches from one disaster to another.


The Office Party (2008)

Associate Lighting Designer

On this tiny red dot, where sand is as precious as gold, and both living and dead jostle for space, Boom tells the story of a stubborn old woman and her property agent son, who are struggling over the en bloc sale of their home. Their destinies become linked with that of Jeremiah, an idealistic civil servant, who is facing the greatest challenge of his career - persuading a reluctant corpse to relocate.


Boom (2008)

SRT's The Young Co. presents the retelling of William Shakespeare's&nbsp;Love's Labour's Lost&nbsp;- a tale of The King of Navarre who has invited his three male companions to swear a very public oath to study together and to renounce women for three years.

Their honour is immediately put to the test by the arrival of the Princess of France and her three lovely female companions. It is love at first sight for all concerned despite the highly entertaining but hopeless efforts to disguise their feelings.


Love's Labour's Lost (2008)

Toy Factory Productions Limited

Shanghai, 1930s: China is at war with Japan which seeks to occupy the country.&nbsp;

As bombs rain down on the city of Shanghai, a patriotic young man, Wen Chong, intent on joining the army to defend his country from the invaders, saves the life of a young woman by stowing her safely under a bridge.

There and then, amidst the smoke and chaos of the air raid, under the dark shelter of the bridge, the two fall in love, despite not having seen each other clearly, and vow to meet under the same bridge whe

Shanghai Blues: The Musical (2008)

RECKLESS REBEL OR RADICAL PIONEER?
PORN PRINCESS OR MEDIA MAVERICK?
NATIONAL PRIDE OR NATIONAL SHAME?

Annabel Chong burst into history in 1994 in a world-record 10-hour gangbang with 251 men. The first porn star to come out of Singapore, she became one of the most internationally recognized Singapore icons, right next to the Merlion and Tiger Balm. With her unique brand of feminism, she became the focus of feverish media attention and a controversial public figure, not least because she represented an 

251 (2007)

The Ugly Duckling is a wonderful retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic story about a little duckling who looks different. Teased and ridiculed on the farmyard, Ugly decides to run away and embarks on an odyssey through the countryside. He meets a host of colourful characters and eventually discovers that he is not a duckling at all.&nbsp;


The Ugly Duckling (2007)

David Lee (Rodney Oliveiro), NUS student and President of the Association of Students for Self Expression (ASS), takes it upon himself to launch&nbsp;The Campaign to Confer the Public Service Star on JBJ. His plucky project takes him on an amazing adventure with both expected and surprising twists and turns.

Clara Tang (Pam Oei), rising star of the Civil Service, is tasked to exercise damage control. In the most challenging mission of her career, she finds herself navigating the maze of New Singapore and

The Campaign To Confer The Public Service Star on JBJ (2006)

Herr Von Cuckoo (the cuckoo in the cuckoo clock), Salt and Pepper live on a kitchen dresser. On the shelf inside the teapot resides The old Bag, an elderly, short-tempered tea bag who keeps to herself. Herr Von Cuckoo's sore throat is spoiling his "cuckoos" and he needs to recover his voice quickly before he lands up in the dustbin. The Gingerbread man, freshly baked by the Big Ones, decides to help Herr Von Cuckoo by asking The Old Bag for her herbal remedy. He has to overcome the nasty temper of The Old b

The Gingerbread Man (2006)

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)

T:>Works (TheatreWorks)

April, May and June, three older women suddenly alone in world, had been living together for longer than they cared to remember before finally moving out two years ago for good, or so they thought.

When Anne, an old friend on her deathbed calls and asks to see them one last time, they find themselves back in Singapore, together again, and with one small problem: they don’t remember who Anne is. In the meantime, Anne has hired a dance teacher to teach her friends to salsa, so that they can let her relive 

Salsa Salsa Salsa! (2006)

Dusk in Singapore, teatime in Britain, breakfast in Brazil. Nine people from three continents perform in one single production. A quayside building in Newcastle Gateshead, a skyscraper in Sao Paulo, and a riverside theatre in Singapore merge to become a fourth imaginary space. Three audiences, one in each city, watch the performance simultaneously. The man sleeping in Singapore – why is the English woman watching so closely? When he leaves his flat, she follows him through the streets of Newcastle to his re

Play On Earth (2006)

Set Designer

Lust… Desire… Sex… Underwear?!

The Magic Fundoshi is a saucy comedy made up of three parables poking fun at human frailties and our fleshly instincts.

Glen Goei sets out to outdo last year's smash hit comedy Boeing Boeing with a brand-new revival of this sexy play, written by Donald Richie, that was a hit with audiences around the world and won the London Sunday Times "Best Comedy Award".

With naughtily sparkling wit, wacky slapstick action and sumptuous sets and costumes, The Magic Fundoshi promis

The Magic Fundoshi (2006)

Mary likes to live her own noisy and untidy kind of life, something her friend Rose doesn't. One day, when Mary has a bad cold, Rose kindly helps her out with the shopping. Whilst she is out, May has a little nap and a strange and mysterious visitor enters her room. It is the Sound Collector, who not only steals many of the sounds Mary loves so dearly, but also her snores.


The Sound Collector (2006)

Gerda searches for her brother Kay after he is bewitched and imprisoned by the Snow Queen in her ice palace. Gerda's innocence charms all good people and animals she meets. With the help of the Crow family, she escapes an enchantress, visits the royal court and travels to the far North. There, in a final confrontation with the Snow Queen and her ice creatures, good conquers evil and the children are reunited.


The Snow Queen (2005)

1917 - A baby is abandoned on the steps of Singapore's famous Raffles Hotel. A childless English couple find the crying child and adopt her. They sail back to England with the child in their arms.

1937 - Twenty years have passed. The house of Lim Chin Boon is in turmoil; the Master of the house is dying and has just received a letter from a young lady who could very well be the long-lost granddaughter from his first marriage. Emma West returns to Singapore to look for her family, only to find herself thr

A Twist of Fate (2005)

Cleverly told in reverse chronological order, the play starts in the present when Emma has had a seven year affair with Robert's best friend Jerry. Beginning at the end of the affair, each scene of this compelling drama moves backwards in time to that fateful moment when the infidelity began.


Betrayal (2005)

Teased and ridiculed on the farmyard, Ugly decides to run away and embarks on an odyssey through the countryside. He meets a host of colourful characters and eventually discovers that he is not a duckling at all.


The Ugly Duckling (2005)

Dream Academy

Think you can't laugh any harder than you did at least year's box office smash&nbsp;The Revenge of the Dim Sum Dollies?&nbsp;Well, our irrepressible threesome is back with a surprising, all-new musical cabaret show that will prove once and for all that they are Singapore's Most Wanted!

Watch out! They're leading a Velvet Cabaret Revolution!

Director Ivan Heng masterminds the Dollies to greater crimes of passion. Selena Tan, Pam Oei and Emma Yong conspire with Hossan Leong to bring you the Dim Sum Doll

Dim Sum Dollies: Singapore's Most Wanted (2005)

Sex. Argument. Argument. Make up. Sex. Argument. Argument. A fast paced and quirky contemporary love play about eight people who fall in and out of love, sex and relationship. So begins&nbsp;Lovepuke,&nbsp;a comedy that speaks of sex, love &amp; other bodily functions...


Lovepuke (2005)

Intercultural Theatre Institute

Theatre Training & Research Programme

In the midst of betrayal, war and confusion, a baby cries…

Grusha finds him, but can she protect him from the treacherous Fat Prince?

Through wind and snow, and trying to elude the Fat Prince’s army of Ironshirts, she makes her way across the mountains towards her home village.

Find out for yourself what fate awaits Grusha and the child, in this lively production of Brecht’s well-loved classic.


The Caucasian Chalk Circle (2005)

The Theatre Practice

Ménage à trois?&nbsp;

No thanks, it's rather passé and unexciting really, with only just three...&nbsp;

The Theatre Practice (TTP) is proud to present its Lunar New Year production and invite to a Ménage à 13!

Did you say 13? Relax... it's really not that kinky. Just four people in 13 positions.

Sounds complicated? You bet.

Loud and brassy politician Cai Liu Mu is having a scandalous affair with the delectable Miss Ye, behind the back of his wife, celebrity talkshow host Hua Jie, who noses en

Menage a 13 (2005)

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Spring Singing (2005)

Escape Theatre Limited

Sometimes the things you want most are just out of reach.

The action takes place in Kyra's studio apartment in North London.
The time is the present.


Skylight (2005)

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)

Checkpoint Theatre

Election Day&nbsp;is a darkly humorous study of male friendship set against the simmering backdrop of the Malaysian elections. The witty sketch was written by Huzir Sulaiman and first staged in Kuala Lumpur in a matter of weeks after the high stakes political race of 1999 Malaysia General Elections; drawn from Huzir’s own experience as a volunteer for an opposition candidate.


Election Day (2004)

Betrayed by his brother, Antonio, Prospero the rightful duke of Milan and his daughter, Miranda, are cast out to sea, and left at the mercy of the waves and winds. They come ashore to a desolate island, where they remain for years.

Now, due to a fortitudinous turn of events, Prospero is presented with the opportunity to exact his revenge and regain his status. By his mastery of certain magical arts and with the aid of the spirit Ariel, Prospero calls forth a sea-storm, casting Antonio and his colleagues 

Tempest (2004)

The three main dramatic strands of the play are:

Andrian Lim and Catherine Tan meet. Adrian 'offers her treatment' for her problems. He woos her. She moves in. They marry. He abuses her. They tour their own strip and magic show. He convinces her to become a prostitute. With Cat's help he treats and abuses many other women. They abuse and kill two children. They are punished with death.&nbsp;

Brother and Sister love each other dearly. They are conjoined. They are so close to each other yet so far, as t

Such Sweet Sorrow (2004)

With eight stories, Landmarks maps out the universal afflictions of love, desire and longing – of gay boys and men in straight Singapore (and the women who love them).

Characterised by Alfian Sa’at’s wit and insight, LANDMARKS will take you on an entertaining and enlightening journey across the island’s pink map, from Ann Siang Hill to Fort Road, from comedy to elegy. It is one journey we promise you won’t soon forget.

1. Katong Fugue
Secrets and ties:&nbsp;a son with a hidden life, a mother desperat

Landmarks: Asian Boys Vol. 2 (2004)

Oh Man! is a communal collage exploring the psyche of the Singapore Male, as well as relationships between men in Singapore.

Through drama, movement, music video and design we present a range of rather frank reflections and questions about masculinity is a Singaporean context.

The play does not follow a particular story, though we do hope we can bring you through a satisfying journey of some sort. You will notice we look some lighter and others much much heavier. We do not intend to present a particul

OH MAN! (2003)

In a world that revolves around the very nature of change, where are our constants?

Landmarks fade.
Time shifts.
And even gods get left behind.

A taxi driver. His very occupation takes him to different places and different people. Constantly moving. It does not matter if he desires to move. He moves anyway.&nbsp;

A young woman. She dreams of a past life that she does not recognise. She searches to save the past from being forgotten. But why she must remember it, she does not know. Or does she nee

Moving Gods (2003)

When I Grow Up is a lovely story about two unlikely young friends deciding what they want to be when they become older. Bear loves adventure, Chicken likes the quiet life, but one sunny day Bear gets them both into all sorts of mischief as he works out what he wants to be when he grows up.


When I Grow Up (2003)

Stop the press. She is not Wonder Woman. She is only a Thai Hooker. She can't save the world.

All hell is breaking loose. The world is on the brink of World War III. The world needs superheroes. An American boy is abducted. An ex-beggar holds him hostage. His parents demand justice, compensation and salvation. But superheroes in Thailand are not Clark Kents, Bruce Waynes or Diana Princes. They are gigolos, hookers and drags. Who will save the boy? Who will save his parents? Who will save the supermen, ba

WWW (2002)

Timmy and his friends love to play war in his neighbour Mr Magruder's garden. But Mr. Magruder is so mean and bitter that he resembles the gargoyles in front of his house - and he certainly doesn't want boys playing war on his property! At Christmas time, Timmy, along with his grandmother, decides to give the "Gargoyle" a gift. Mr. Magruder never thanks Timmy, but this profound action will change his way of life forever.


Christmas and the Gargoyle Who Wouldn't Say Thank You (2002)

If you are expecting a conventional story, a moral, or a clear conclusion in this production... Don't have! ;) Though I believe that there are plenty of identifiable situations, movements, characters and sounds that will engage you.

This show is a kind of communal collage of what has been shared between a community of people over a 6 month period. It is a gallery of snapshots from the lives of many individuals and families whose paths we have crossed, as well as fictitious characters and situations that 

Close - in my face (2002)

ACTION Theatre

The popular bite-sized 10-min play innovated by ACTION Theatre's "Squeeze" series is finally back! Supported by Hewlett-Packard since its first staging in Singapore in 1993, the "Squeeze" series has constantly delighted local theatre audiences with its collection of bite-sized 10-minute plays.

Simply no other production lets one sample the roller coaster ride of adventure, romance, comedy, suspense in one evening for the price of a single ticket. Like a tasty buffet, the series presents plays that are 'f

Squeeze and Squeezability (2002)

At an MRT station, an old woman is wondering whether to get onto the escalator. Not too far away, a preppy executive is loitering and doesn't seem too keen to get to work. What happens when the two bump into each other?


MRT (2002)

Steven told his Dad he did not want to be "a fully paid-up member of the ruling class". That's how it all started. Now his Dad and his Mum are talking, discussing and debating... What are you supposed to do when your teenage son told you, "It's not ruling V.S. ruled. You can opt-out."?


Whatever That Is (2002)

Set in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, it begins when Ronnie, a street musician (who is only incidentally Chinese) meets Benjamin, a backpacker from the Midwest (who is only incidentally Caucasian) by chance. Their confrontation sparks a riff that swings to the heart of identity.


Trying To Find Chinatown (2002)

A couple is dining out at an exclusive restaurant. They're celebrating a special event but frankly, he would rather just eat and go home. But she wants to talk and does not give up till they are both talking as they've never done before in all their time together. "Squeeze the lemon. Breathe!", says the woman. She also wants to know how happy the man is on a scale of 1 to 10. He rates it and asks her to massage his jaws.


Dinner For Two (2002)

Different stories are interwoven in this multi-media, multi-racial romp

TWO BROTHERS: He needs Kor Kor by his side.
HUSBAND &amp; WIFE: Someone's dying and they can't do anything about it.
PATRICIA MOK &amp; NORLEENA SALIM: They want to change the rules and no one can stop them.

Once there were two of us... and that's it.&nbsp;


godeatgod (2002)

A motley bunch of storytellers and performers gather under a magical tree to share and celebrate stories from around Asia.

Myths and fables, fantasy and reality. These magical stories will be brought to life through drama, puppetry, music and movement, which are bound to thrill any child between the ages of 5 and 10 years old.


The Story Tree (2001)

These plays show how a newly-married couple cope with living independently. Or so they think, till their mothers visit.


1 + 1 = 3 (2000)

Completely With/Out Character&nbsp;was a&nbsp;play devised by Alvin Tan, Haresh Sharma And Paddy Chew. This is a&nbsp;landmark production in Singapore, featuring the first man in Singapore who came out in public to talk About his experience as a&nbsp;HIV victim.


Completely With/Out Character (1999)

"I'm a man who loved a woman created by a man. Everything else - simply falls short."

In 1986 news broke of a French diplomat stationed in Beijing and his Chinese opera star lover. Not only had the diplomat failed to recognise that his lover was a PRC spy, he'd also failed to figure out that she was a man!

This is the story of what might have happened...&nbsp;


M. Butterfly (1999)

Assistant to Lighting Designer

A group of young people are forced into a protest when their lives are threatened by impending change.

24 Hours - A Musical&nbsp;gives you an extended family with a fierce sense of loyalty, BGR problems, pride, spirit, drama, disappointment and lots of love and protest in between. Expect more than just toe-tapping song and dance numbers in this musical with a difference!&nbsp;


24 Hours - A Musical (1999) 

This production tickled audiences to wild laughter during its run in December 1996 when The Theatre Practice (TTP) presented it as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations. Now it's back by popular demand! A hilarious musical written by Lou Bei An (Taiwan) based on an opera script written in the Yuan Dynasty. A young man was conscripted into the army and upon his return ten years later, made a fool of himself while seducing a woman who turned out to be his own wife!&nbsp;


The Soldier and His Virtuous Wife (1998)

Superfriends at the Hall of Justice explores how a basic human function, such as communication, is problematised. Solipsism and narcissism replaces the humility to learn and the process of self-discovery. As the desire for stability and self-definition becomes the premise for existence, truth is no longer an important journey one takes to depart from the familiar centre.


Superfriends at the Hall of Justice (1998)

In LAND, a plot of land transforms from a cemetery to a condominium site. In the process, three stories are presented where ancestors are worshipped, ghosts are unearthed and a handphone becomes a murder weapon.


Land (1997)

Sea&nbsp;is about two sisters on a boat trip. Trying to come to terms with an illness, they journey into different stories - of adventures, of humour, of horror.


Sea (1997)

Where is this place?
What’s in the mirror?

When can I smile?
Why must you accept me?

So many questions?
Where got time?

Join the motley cast of six as they bring you updowneastwesthomeawayaparttogether.

Breathless!


The Entire World Is A Foreign Land (1997)

A school by any other name would be the same. Where do you go to learn when people push you too hard? Are black boards and white walls any different? Not for Hadi, Linda and Raj, who have been brought together from one over-demanding classroom to another, from school as we know it, to a mental institution.&nbsp;

Raj, the Liquid Paper guy, Linda the Toilet Paper girl, and Hadi, the - uh, just Hadi.

With no more Taka, Centrepoint, Swatch or friendship bands, how do three teenagers from different social 

Black Boards, White Walls (1997)

Surrounded by neighbours' gossip and prata dinners, each person in this play has their own dream: Penny lives in hope of finding pride in herself; Jasmine wants to be rich and famous; and Hussein desires to become a celebrity footballer like Fandi Ahmad. In their pursuit of these goals, they realise that there are other aspects of life which are infinitely more important.&nbsp;


Singapore Girl (1997)

William Teo

Asia-in-Theatre Research Centre

The Cultural Service of the French Embassy always finds great pleasure in congratulating and supporting William Teo and Asia In Theatre Research Centre. This is especially so when they present Project Aspara, a showcase of the rich and diverse culture of Cambodia, narrates in an epic form the destruction of a nation and its culture and its traditional way of life. Epic and tragedy come close and this story touches us very deeply. As William Teo says: "It is an important historical tragedy that concerns not 

Year Zero: The Historical Tragedy of Cambodia (1996)

TheatreWorks, Singapore's foremost English language theatre company makes&nbsp;its debut in this year’s Festival with&nbsp;Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral, an&nbsp;epic saga of dreams, desire...&nbsp;and drugs.

Playwright Kuo Pao Kun and director Ong Keng Sen, two illuminaries of the&nbsp;Singapore theatre scene come together for the third time to collaborate in this original play.&nbsp;Their last collaboration was the critically acclaimed TheatreWorks production of&nbsp;Lao Jiu in 1993.

Descendants

Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral (1995)

Lighting Operator

Undercover&nbsp;is set in a fictitious country’s fictitious intelligence department. It revolves around the head of the department, his deputy, and their new intelligence agent, Jane, the first female in their department. Jane is sent on an undercover spy mission to infiltrate an alleged subversive ‘charitable’ organisation known as the Centre. The Centre is led by a smooth and suave Oxford scholar, Qiang. Soon, Jane falls in love with Qiang. Meanwhile, the deputy, in an attempt to overthrow his head, is ta

Undercover (1994)

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)

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Yo Shao Ann

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WORKS DOCUMENTED IN THE ARCHIVE

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