Wild Rice

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

Another Country (2015)

Cast

T:>Works (TheatreWorks)

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

National Broadway Company (2012)

Performer

Peter Sau

“Hello, my personas. How have you been, best friends and worst foes from the past? Oh fabulous. You all have been lurking deep inside. Put on your make-up, dress up your ties. Lights up! There’s an audience watching, so let’s bring them along for a ride. Grab hold, my song and dance. Think twice, my words and actions. Watch out, my facades and emotions. Be careful, my truth and lies. But hang on, who is the thespian in real life? I take my bow now. Just tell me when to laugh and when to cry.”

In a live s

Tell Me When To Laugh and When to Cry (2012)

Collaborator

Ladies and Gentlemen, OPEN YOUR EYES.

You have arrived at LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, the&nbsp;fabulous nightclub in&nbsp;&nbsp;Tanjong Pagar, where&nbsp;George plays host and&nbsp;Albin, his longtime partner, headlines its&nbsp;world-famous cabaret as glamorous diva Zaza.

Everything is beautiful, until George’s son, John, announces that he is getting married&nbsp;to the daughter of Mr. D.D. Tan, a right-wing&nbsp;politician who wants to close down the local colourful nightlife.

When John&nbsp;brings his f

La Cage aux Folles (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)

Choreographer

Checkpoint Theatre

Seven friends from Singapore, Bombay, Surabaya and Hong Kong weave together stories and songs to create a raw, authentic and affecting snapshot of an Asian city after dark. Drawing in part from their own lives, the ensemble searches for friendship, love and peace, crossing into the difficult territories of joy, heartbreak and acceptance, as they lay bare the secrets of the night.

Written and composed by its cast under the watchful eye of director Huzir Sulaiman,&nbsp;City Night Songs&nbsp;is a devised mu

City Night Songs (2012)

Music Director

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

Animal Farm (2011)

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

Animal Farm (2010)

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

Samantha Scott-Blackhall

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Lord of the Flies (2007)

Five Arts Centre

The Actors' Studio

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

Second Link (2006)

If Sleeping Beauty were to wake up in today’s Singapore, would she end up in Woodbridge? What would she find? What do a slimming centre, three Fairy God Aunties, and the Merlion have to do with the twists and turns of her new story?

W!LD RICE’s deliciously wicked holiday pantomime re-imagines the favourite fairy tale&nbsp;with such pizzazz, you will never see Sleeping Beauty the same way again.


Oi! Sleeping Beauty!! (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)

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

Tikam-Tikam: Malaysian Roulette (2005)

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

Toy Factory Productions Limited

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


EAST SIDE STORY (2004)

Aman, an urban city development official, starts to question his work of demolishing old historical buildings to make way for new skyscrapers. Faced with the task of explaining the impending demolition of the city's oldest heritage "The Surrounding City", Aman has to meet the wrath of the city, despair of her dwellers and ultimately his own ambivalence about the spiritual price of material gains.

Utilizing the 8 sides of the I-Ching as a narrative structure,&nbsp;PRISM&nbsp;examines a society in disharmo

PRISM (2003)

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

Bent (2003)

What happens when Malaysia decides to build an atomic bomb?

One of Asia’s classic satires. Deliciously politically incorrect,&nbsp;Atomic Jaya&nbsp;takes a caustic look at national hubris. We follow the intrepid physicist Dr. Mary Yuen as she takes on the top-secret national project and meets a madcap assortment of characters, from uranium smugglers to cabinet ministers, canteen ladies to a certain general with a Napoleonic fixation. Hilarious writing and virtuoso acting with 3 actors taking all 14 roles

Atomic Jaya (2003)

I Theatre

Three of Singapore's most talented theatre performers celebrate life's great moments in just over 90 minutes flat in a whirlwind of song, dance and intimate revelations.

3 Men &amp; A Boot brings these three men together for the very first time, and as you've never seen them before, in this brand new production for three performances only at the Victoria Theatre.

You will soar as they take you on a fantastic and awe inspiring journey through the worlds of musicals, jazz, blues and pop with special gue

3 Men & A Boot (2003)

It's not easy being a guardian angel. Young Gabriel has to keep warm, and practice flying, and his harp, and most importantly he must learn to look after people.

Now Gabriel has his first task, he must help poor baby Violet. But this means a journey through a star spangled universe, over mountains and through forests to a faraway snowy land where wolves and bears roam.

But what exactly IS a baby? And who are the unhappy old couple who must learn to love her?

And why can only little people see angel

Little Violet and the Angel (2003)

A powerful drama of unparalleled passion,&nbsp;CHESSMASTER&nbsp;tells the story of a legendary chess-player, He Yun Qing (Sia Chuan). On his 60th birthday, he recounts a life that has been consumed by an obsession with chess. An obsession that had cost him the unforgettable love of Si Hui (Sharon Au), a love affair he had forsaken in his youth over the game. A loss which has haunted him ever since.&nbsp;

Facing unbearable loneliness in his old age, caused by the lack of any worthy opponent in chess, He Y

CHESSMASTER (2002)

ACTION Theatre

It's been a while since the last time Sandra and Susan engaged in a pillow talk. The two sisters have always been close all through their growing up years. What brings them back together on the same bed one more time? When this pillow talk ends, will there be another?


Pillow Talk (2001)

It is said that a mad person is the most lucid person. Journey through the mind of a mad woman and discover clarity through madness. A movement piece.


Diary of a Mad Woman (2001)

Director

Singapore Repertory Theatre

Vernon is a successful but harassed composer in need of a lyricist. He's paired up with Sonia, a wacky, neurotic wordsmith whose love life has just taken a nose dive. Their relationship is anything but harmonious - but together they do make beautiful music!


They're Playing Our Song (1999)

Back at Rever Palace, Xiaodie was touched by the familiar sights and sounds of the place. They opened up memories locked in the depth of her heart. Or so, she thought. Today's placidness contrasted with yesteryears' racket. It was like a dream. Soon, the time had come, to say goodbye to this old friend who had seen her rise to fame.

But she knew she could not let go.

In the still of the night, the melancholic tunes of the saxophone stirred her deepest emotions, tinged with regrets. Slowly, sadly, on h

I Have A Date with Spring (1999)

When&nbsp;Guys and Dolls&nbsp;opened on Broadway, Newsweek said "this is why Broadway was born."

Time hailed it "The greatest of all American Musicals."

The oldest established permanent floating crap game rolls into action with Broadway's funniest, most romantic and well-known show tunes, "Adelaide's Lament", "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" and "Luck Be A Lady".&nbsp;

Set against the colour of New York City's high lights, it's an entertaining fable of love, marriage and temperance. A consummate

Guys and Dolls (1999)

An exploration of the diverse themes of roles, relationships and understandings amidst changes and estrangements in GENERATIONAL perceptions, aspirations and beliefs.&nbsp;


Mama Looking For Her Cat (1998)

Movement Consultant

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Gani Karim

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