Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay

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

No Particular Order (2023)

Set Designer

Paper Monkey Theatre

Romance of Mistakes&nbsp;is a pantomime of a series of seemingly unfortunate events that resulted from mistaken identities and misrepresented love. Liu Yu Yan chanced upon a scholar Bian Ji who was selling his calligraphic writing at the Flower Festival. It was love at first sight for the maiden and the scholar! Feeling excited, Yu Yan rushed home to inform her parents of the wonderful news. Alas! What seemed like a simple affair became a complex love game when instead of inviting Bian Ji over to discuss th

Romance of Mistakes (2019)

Intercultural Theatre Institute

The morning after. The Greeks have won the Trojan War. The men are dead, the city is sacked and a terrible new dawn, as slaves and concubines, is the fate of the surviving Trojan women.

Euripides’ third part of a tragedy trilogy is a bleak commentary on the harsh inhumanity of the Peloponnesian War that was reshaping the Greek world of his time.

A familiar order upturned, faiths questioned and individuals deeply impacted, Euripides’ anti-war classic gives agency to feminine and alternative perspective

Women of Troy (2017)

Costume Designer

Someone wants Euripides dead. Actually, a lot of people do.

His crime? Insulting the women-folk. So what does the Greek tragedian do? Put a father-in-law in drag, a madcap discovery scheme in place and Aristophanes’ travesty of his playwright peer’s life falls into place as&nbsp;Thesmophoriazusae&nbsp;- also known as&nbsp;Women at the Festival of Thesmophoria.

One of the 11 surviving plays of brilliant comic poet, Aristophanes,&nbsp;Thesmophoriazusae&nbsp;does more than entertain ancient and contempor

Women at the Thesmophoria Festival (2017)

Drama Box

While history often celebrates men, HERstory&nbsp;is&nbsp;a tribute to&nbsp;Singapore’s forgotten women in the 50s and 60s. Inspired by&nbsp;the women of that generation, Otto Fong tells the story of a&nbsp;tenacious woman with an unfulfilled dream.

She was a young girl with a beautiful voice and a love for&nbsp;singing. Embroiled in the politics of that era, this young&nbsp;woman was forced to give up the chance to pursue her love&nbsp;in choral singing, while struggling to keep her family together&nbsp

HERstory (2011)

Singapore Repertory Theatre

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)

The Little Company

All That Glitters Is Not Gold by Chan Wi Leen

On the first day of school, Aylien suspects that her classmate is an alien. Together with her sidekick, Danny, they try to uncover the truth.

The Halloween Birthday by Mark Wei

Li Shan has a unique trait - A Halloween Birthday. But what's a birthday without a birthday party? That's precisely what her brothers are planning to throw...

Where Your Dream Takes You by Shayna Toh Tien Hsia

A young aspiring pop rock start of today finally gets to be on s

The Write Stuff (2008)

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

The choice of staging "Red Sky" is, to the students and myself, a challenge that is hard to come by.

I have all along wanted the script to be a mere starting point. As an ensemble devised work, "Red Sky" presents itself as a piece with great possibility of further improvisation. The students have put in commendable effort in re-creating the play, as a result, what's on stage today is quite unlike the original. I congratulate and thank them for making it all possible.

It is not easy to assume the physi

Red Sky (2007)

Production Designer

Momo is a mysterious orphan who appears in a city one day. People soon drawn to her for her extraordinary ability to listen and she made many wonderful friends. She would spend afternoons just listening to their problem or playing with the children. However, things changed when a group of Men in Grey appears. They instigate people to stop spending "unnecessary time" and deposit it into a time bank instead. Soon, people start to not have time for each other and lost the ability to love and care... except for

Momo (2007)

Mask Designer

There are only (I think) two things that are certain in Waiting for Godot: that time moves on; and that Gogo and Didi are waiting for Godot. Everything else is in dispute.

Vladamir: Time has stopped
Pozzo: Don't you believe it sir, sir, don't you believe it. Whatever you like, but not that.

Are Gogo and Didi in the same place as yesterday? Are their memories of yesterday's events accurate? Are any of their memories accurate? When they look forward is anything planned, anything inevitable, anything to

Waiting for Godot (2007)

Production Advisor

Makeup Designer

Makeup Coordinator

Props Designer

Props Manager

It's Becky Watkins' turn to stand up in class tomorrow and deliver her big career day speech, but she is a bundle of nerves and hasn't got a clue what to say. The problem is, Becky suffers from an acute case of the 'I-don't-knowseys'. Here to help Becky find her confidence is her house cat and imaginary personal advisor, Professor. This Professor holds a PhD in Child Psychology from Cambridge Catnip College and has a delightful knack for coaching 'I-think-I-can-ism' to the shy and the timid. Together with h

I Think I Can (2007)

Samantha Scott-Blackhall

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Lord of the Flies (2007)

Cake Theatrical Productions

A young handsome king meets a beautiful mysterious young woman. They instantly fall in love. However, she agrees to marry him only if he asks no questions - about her history. After much merry-making, they have a child. When he is pressed by 'society', he has no choice but to question her. Snap. Double snap. And she's gone.&nbsp;

Divine Soap&nbsp;presents the story of a&nbsp;Bangsawan,&nbsp;as it was told in the past. It also sheds light on the trials and tribulations faced by these troupes as they strug

Divine Soap (2006)

On the eve of her wedding, Meg checks into a hotel with her bridesmaids, and mother, for a final night of fun and arrangements. But as she prepares for her dream wedding, the bridesmaids have some secret business to attend to — find out whether they are in suspecting the groom of having an affair!

HAS he been unfaithful already?

And does Meg even want to know?

A seriously funny play about female friendship, the madness of trying to create a perfect wedding day, and the perils of modern love and mar

Secret Bridesmaids' Business (2006)

Critically acclaimed in Los Angeles, the U.K. , Ireland and Austria, The Beckett Project makes its Asian debut this August with performances of four plays by renowned Irish playwright Samuel Beckett.

Joining award-winning American actress Patricia Boyette, the 3rd cohort of TTRP’s graduating actor-students will take on the difficult task of performing this diverse set of late plays by Samuel Beckett.

The Beckett Project will showcase graduating actor-students in Play and Footfalls and Boyette in her a

The Beckett Project (2006)

A professor and his students embark on the study of&nbsp;life through e-mail exchanges. What does the heart&nbsp;want and where can it be found? Will home be found there too?&nbsp;

Meet life's characters — the teacher, the lover, the old woman, the medium and the terrorist,&nbsp;who lay bare their hearts even as they search for it. Each is at the crossroad of choice: to&nbsp;claim a new sense of belonging or be lost to nostalgia.

A Stranger at Home&nbsp;combines elements of music, film and literature 

A Stranger At Home (2006)

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)

Wild Rice

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)

Theatre Training & Research Programme

Join us in a world where time slows down and where a look or gesture must suffice in “speaking"complex stories of daily life. In Ota Shogo’s non-verbal masterpiece a series of travellers encounter a broken tap of running water, and sometimes each other, in the course of their journeys. According to Ota, “There are words here… you just can’t hear them.”


The Water Station (2004)

I Theatre

A group of Forest Folk have returned to their forest home from wandering through Asia, bringing with them their favourite stories and tales. Fascinating Folk Tales from all over the region are celebrated through physical theatre and storytelling, puppetry and mask magic, evocative and atmospheric live music. This is LIVE theatre, not a storytelling session, or a film.

Tales of a prawn from Myanmar, a giant from Indonesia, buns from Japan, Dragons and heroes from China, a shirt from Malaysia, a trickster 

Dancing with Dragons (2004)

The Necessary Stage

Lanterns&nbsp;centers on an 18-year-old girl, Kah Wei. She lived with her mother and brother in a HDB flat. She is well provided for and everything at home is good. But Kah Wei is not happy.

In fact, she hates living at home and wants to move out. She'll scream and shout, stomp her feet and terrorise everyone until she gets what she wants.&nbsp;

And she doesn't care what you think. And if you think that's bad, brace yourself, cause there's be other teenagers with even worse behaviour. Repulsive, horri

Lanterns (2003)

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)

Two good friends, after going through an earthquake in Singapore and searching for Yamaguchi Momoe in Japan respectively, make some discoveries about themselves and their surroundings.


Beautiful Day (2002)

Multimedia Designer

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)

Lighting Designer

Fairy Tales are not just for children…. piles of guts, heaps of breasts and the heads of young women litter the bloody chamber of Mr. Fox. Take a walk down&nbsp;The White Road&nbsp;and taste the darkness found only in nightmares. Be Bold, Be Bold, but not too Bold.

Based on Neil Gaiman’s (the brilliant mind behind The Sandman series)&nbsp;The White Road,&nbsp;the play is a surreal fairytale surfeit with beasts, vengeful fathers, comely maidens and a castle with a dark, dark secret.

Drawn from the stor

The White Road (2001)

A seemingly normal guided tour through the beautiful island of Bali takes a drastic turn when a tour bus carrying a group of Singapore tourists overturns in a landslide. At the moment of impact, a young Singaporean, Dashi, is transported through time into the dream-like fantasy world of ancient Bali. Finding himself transformed as one of the villagers whose hometown is threatened by an unstoppable flood, the young boy and his Balinese friend set off to rescue the missing Sun God, who is believed to have bee

The Missing Sun (2001)

A man picks up a mysterious violation summon. The summon speaks of the damages CARS have done to the environment -- both physical and mental.&nbsp;

And thus begins the man's campaign against the use of CARS.

A crusade to restore human spirit and humility. A solitary fight against a cold metallic machine of great speed, loud noise and imposing stature.


Steel (2000)

Production Manager

rub kick knead lick pinch blow punch pull strangle prick brush bite suck smear twist bang knock pat thrust press step hit pull kiss push hold caress snatch scratch poke spit hug drag cut tickle slap pluck cover squeeze plunge peel carry clean grind scrape grab whip slam tear

A father. A mother. A son. A prostitute. An accident.

A chance for these characters to re-discover the consequences of a touch, the truth behind a touch, and the beauty of TOUCH...


Skin (2000)

Youth. Pubs. RAPE. Alcohol. Drugs. RAPE.

Powerful. Brutally Honest. RAPE. Challenge.

Confront. Provoke.

RAPE. Haunt.

少女被一群朋友强奸

是酒精的作怪？她咎由自取？

强劲的音乐，夺目的视觉，

这个戏将为你剖析年轻人充沛的生命力如何

静静地燃烧。


The Rape (2000)

Ah Beng, our very own Singaporean neighbourhood young man, grew up in a simple and ordinary life with his lot of carefree friends and humble family.

Peach, a sophisticated uptown girl, comes along one day with the lure of beauty, wealth and a future of glamour and success.

Beng knows the only way to make it in this world is by forsaking his free and easy lifestyle. He embarks on a hunt for dignity. He will be polished; he will be learned; he wants to be bourgeois.

As Beng embraces his new love and 

Mr Beng (2000)

A contemporary play about four characters' search for something elusive in their lives.


Banana Blues (1999)

Set Consultant

This bi-lingual musical comedy chronicles the rocky road to love between&nbsp;Mr Beng and Peach. Mr Beng, not your stereotypical Ah Beng, drives a Mercedes,&nbsp;wears Versace clothes and sings Hokkien Karaoke. Peach is a classy uptown girl,&nbsp;temperamental and stubborn.

The play attempts to examine the cultural gaps that all Singaporeans must deal&nbsp;with on a day-to-day basis, trapped between borrowed&nbsp;Eastern and Western cultures,&nbsp;alternating between our ‘mother’ tongue, Singlish and rec

Mr Beng (1999)

a play about youths of two generations, about waiting, about remembering and forgetting, about forgotten ideals, about oblivion...

year:&nbsp;1963
time:&nbsp;8pm
location:&nbsp;Nanyang Lake
scenario: amidst a student demonstration at Nanyang Lake, Nanyang University
Xiao Ling was waiting for her boyfriend, when a police round-up took place
"...what did you want to tell me? Why must we meet at the lake? I had this premonition... something bad was going to happen."
and she waited for 30 years.

yea

I Remember '99 (1999)

Time is Weijin North-South Dynasty which follows the chaotic Three Kingdoms. But the period is no less tumultuous. Place is an obscure inn which lurks in an obscure town that dots the Chinese map. But greed it breeds is certainly not too obscure.

All seem to have come to a standstill - speechless, motionless and even draftless. In proprietress Madam Gold, her sidekicks Lady Willow and Spring Autumn, face a day no different from the rest. But clouds soon barrel - about to take everyone by storm - with the

Leng Geh Mng (1998)

Stage Designer

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)

Visual Consultant

"You keep looking in the mirror for any tall-tale signs... a wrinkle, a spot, a lesion or maybe a mark that says PWA or HIV: person with AIDS or HIV positive. But nothing... nothing... And you think, maybe it was all just a bad dream."

Two 19 year olds. Best of friends. Believing that anything is possible. But what happens when one of them discovers he is HIV-positive? Prejudices are confronted and friendships tested as he struggles to tell his best friend about his illness. Poignant, honest and touching

Thicker Than Water (1998)

With humour and passion, Galileo (I feel the earth move…) interweaves the true life of visionary astronomer Galileo and the lives of modern characters who face dilemmas of their own. A high energy tale of deception, power and persecution.


Galileo [I feel the earth move] (1997)

Teater Kami

An exploration of Malays and Chinese in Singapore past and present, the play is divided into six episodes:

Sang Nila Utama has a vision for tomorrow.

People run amok.

SitiMat tells the story of the nangka.

Three sisters try to resist rape.

Father knows best.

Virgins bathe at the well.

Using music, movement, humour and strong visuals,&nbsp;Pillars&nbsp;weaves yesterday's folklore and fables with today's images and metaphors, and brings you into a quirky new world which is also your home.

Pillars (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)

1 东汉末年， 魏王曹操率军攻打吴国和蜀国。

2 蜀国派军师诸葛亮与吴国大元帅周喻商讨联合抗曹。

3 诸葛亮用计， 骗取曹军十万馀箭。

4 魏军都是北方人，不善水战，曹操于是下令用铁索把船锁在一起。

5 周喻、诸葛亮决定用火攻，但风向不对，诸葛亮在南屏山设坛作法求借东风。

6 东风大起， 火借风势，将曹营变成一片火海。曹操大败， 吴蜀联军取得辉煌的胜利。


Calling the East Wind (1996)

一条渔村，原本过着平静、安定的生活。可是， 有一天， 一间工厂却在这村内建立了起来。虽然工厂为渔民提供就业机
会，但，也破坏了他们生活的规律。工厂在运作的过程中，产生了一种废料 — “水银＂。工厂并没有好好地处理这废料， 导
致“水银“流进河里。

而这条河和渔民有着密切的关系，水就是渔民的生命。水受到了污染， 渔民的生活因此受到威胁，甚至导致一些渔民死
亡。当这恶运环罩着渔村时，也正是渔民要鼓起勇气面对自己命运的时候。

他们将如何对抗蛮横无理又势力强大的工厂呢？


Drink the Mercury (1995)

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