Wild Rice

Alep, Remy, Nizam and Risha – the only girl in the gang – all love their motorbikes. They remember the day they received their 2B licenses. They can tell bikes apart from the purring of the engines. And they relish the easy give of a kickstarter under the soles of their feet.

Riders Know When It’s Gonna Rain is a coming-of-age story of friendship that blossoms in the little-known, frequently misunderstood mat moto subculture in Singapore. It captures the bright, reckless spirit of youth: from the desire 

Riders Know When It's Gonna Rain (2016)

Lighting Designer

HATCH

Siti, a recent convert to Islam, is suddenly tasked with overseeing the funeral arrangements of her close friend and companion. Ahmad, a funeral director, is summoned to perform the last rites. As he learns more about Siti, he begins to question the true nature of the relationship between Siti and her friend. While funeral preparations are being made, a charming stranger - Zaki - arrives unexpectedly. He strikes up a conversation with Siti that gradually reveals his motives and her heartbreak.

Hawa is a 

Hawa (2016)

The Finger Players

I love to be an actor
I love to be in the scene
But what if the scene doesn’t love me back?
What’s the problem?
Is it them?
Or is it me?
What if I am not cut out for it?
Do I stay?
Do I go?
Or is it all wishful thinking on my part right from the start?

Co-devised by the cast, Tan Liting presents a confessional theatre piece featuring the voices of young acting professionals and theatre veterans sharing why they love what they do, even when the odds are against them.

The work, based on intervi

The Truth About Lying: Heresy and Common Sense for the Theatre (2016)

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The Malay Man, left to care for his aging and decaying Chinese Father, seeks only to love his father till death if only to know whom his mother is, or was. That was the Chinese Father’s promise to his Malay and only son. The Chinese Father, anticipating his final breath to be in the arms of his Malay son, can only desire to see his Malay son take off the kebaya forever or at least till he dies. The Malay Son looks too much like the woman the Chinese Father had once loved and who had given him his Malay Son,

The Malay Man and His Chinese Father (2015)

Stage Manager

Technical Manager

Teater Ekamatra

The cheetah spies a cavernous place
Wounds of stilled instance leaving no trace
Cherub smiling sweet among flaming spurs
A blessing hiding in shadowed curse.
Relics dissipate with clouds at pace
As screams of mellowed kindly verse
Twist the naked will to traverse
That which cocoons a heartened face
Maternal ascension of bleeding grace.

Bleeding Grace&nbsp;is the story of two pedestrian lives. They meet, they laugh, they make a promise. She has a child, he begins to question what he wants. They ta

Bleeding Grace (2012)

Cast

Nadirah is the popular and articulate Vice-President of her university's Muslim Society. She convenes inter-faith meetings where students talk about how they should respect on another's spaces.

Nadirah is also the product of a mixed marriage. Her father is a Malaysian Malay and her mother a Singaporean Chinese who had converted to Islam.&nbsp;

One day, Nadirah's mother tells her that she's going to re-marry. To a man who's not Muslim. Nadirah's best friend Maznah believes that everyone has a right to 

Nadirah (2011)

It's Chinese New Year and the only soldiers in camp on guard duty are Malay or Indian. That is, until Corporal Russell Lim turns up. Things start turning ugly when the insults start flying and all that's taboo becomes fair game. By the end of the night, a Chinese and a Malay soldier are found dead.

Enter Investigating Officer Victor de Souza, who needs to uncover the chain of events that have led to the tragedy.&nbsp;

The stakes are high because the incident has led to an eruption of tension between t

Charged (2011)

Traditions & Editions Theatre Circus

A circus. Low down and out...
A story about love beyond boundaries and an ultimate fight for hope.
But, will it be 'happily ever after' like all fairytales? Maybe not... Maybe...
Can we continue to fight? What does it takes to fight?
How far are you willing to go to fight for what you believe?
You are living in Today Land... How do you want your Tomorrow Land to be?

Do you still dream? How long have you not been dreaming?
Where are your dreams?
In the country of Shadows, things are (almost) perfec

The Juggler's Tale (2011)

Dear countrymen,
Why war?
Why terror?
Why are you killing?

Change from you or change the world?
For freedom?
For liberation?
Do we have freedom in this free world?

I died many times in each war,
You mourned for me
You prayed for my soul
You lit up the candle for me
I am reborn again
You wished long life for me
but... it is a universal shame.

- Noushad M


Creative Lab (2009)

Production Stage Manager

Lighting Assistant

The world of spirits is a world of flux.

Five post-war personas in a state of limbo gather at a deserted place.

Searching for a way home, they stop only to hear each other’s poignant tales of war and loss, endeavors and bygone dreams.

Soon, haunting memories of guilt and pain are unveiled and they realize they are tangled to each other in their choices and consequences.

With their relationship to each other now clear, they unleash a series of questions about the sense and senselessness of war.


The Spirits Play (2009)

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Hero (2009)

Director

The Necessary Stage

The Necessary Stage celebrates the award-winning collaboration of Director Alvin Tan and Playwright Haresh Sharma with a provocative new work.

Kartini and Juliana are not your typical mother-daughter pair - one loud and overbearing, the other straitlaced and on the threshold of entering politics. Together, they are Gemuk Girls and proud of it.

One day, they receive shocking news about Kartini's father who has been arrested and detained in the 1960s. Suddenly the floodgates of the family's emotional pa

Gemuk Girls (2008)

Drama Box

Four friends sip coffee and exchange tales. One of them brushes her arched, feathered wings, while another steadily contemplates the instrument in his hands. The other two debate incessantly about human rights and wrongs and the appraisal system they try so hard to uphold.

Suddenly, the winged musician rises and declares he is taking the initiative to blow his horn, which will usher in the Day of Judgment. While the pair of moral auditors bicker, their client sinks deeper into a coma.&nbsp;

They share

angel-ism (2008)

Technical Director

Ma'ma Yong - About Nothing Much To Do (2008)

Can it be wrong to do all you can to protect those you love? Only if you become the very thing they most need protection from…&nbsp;The Silence of the Kittens&nbsp;is Ovidia Yu’s wicked satire about creating safe, protected environments within families, relationships and nations. And about pacifiers, prejudice and Pasir Panjang. Directed by Aidil ‘Alin’ Mosbit (Impenjarament, Rosnah, Ikan Cantik), and featuring a marvelous acting ensemble of Alecia Kim Chua, Helmi Fita, Timothy Nga and Esther Yap, this bran

The Silence of the Kittens (2006)

The Ordinary Theatre

Serve (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)

A layered and moving exploration of power, sexuality, spirituality and survival in the post traumatic world, this multimedia, multiracial and multinational romp is interwoven with the stories and emotional landscape of its characters.

Writing in response to 911, playwright Haresh Sharma excavates the tragedies that surfaced - dishonesties, power struggles, corruption and egos - which have made the world an elimination platform dominated by the powerful.

godeatgod&nbsp;is an intimate, personal and at t

godeatgod (2005)

Production Crew

Seven poems, one voice. Seven nights, one hope.


Salammalas (2004)

A group of students have been assigned a project on the theme of National Education. They wrack their brains to find out what they can do that will really make a difference. Instead of going on field trips to the Parliament House or performing a multiracial dance, they decide to create a project that will make all young Singaporeans value life and not take their comforts for granted. They decide to create Survivor Singapore. But...have they gone too far to prove a point?&nbsp;


Survivor Singapore (2003)

Have you ever wondered why our kind likes to play? At times the serious is trivialised. Often the tragic is caused by too much play. Can you deny that you have never played around?

But there is nothing wrong with playing. If we do not, how will we ever learn if something is pleasurable or otherwise? Whether it is achievable or meant to fail? If not for play, a lot of people will not be doing what they love doing now. Such as singing, teaching, trading and many more... a lot of people began with play!



main² (2002)

A collaboration across the Straits, Teater Ekamatra and The Actors Studio explore and articulate the issues on both sides of the Causeway. Separation, integration, alienation, kinship, hurt and reconciliation are unsparingly scrutinised in this script written by award-winning Singaporean playwright Alfian Sa'at. Be prepared for a daring interpretation fused with sensitivity and cutting insight.&nbsp;

Two motifs recur throughout the episodic play, blood and the bird. Two seemingly discordant chords locked

Causeway (2002)

ACTION Theatre

A brand new monologue by Stella Kon, the acclaimed playwright of Singapore's best-loved monologue Emily of Emerald Hill. Human Heart Fruit tells an intriguing story of Jenny who cares devotedly for her husband Joe, while he is temporarily confined to a wheelchair. But one day, there is an accident... Playing off the conventions of one-woman drama, Stelle Kon slices open a 'Chiku' and exposes a human heart.


Human Heart Fruit (2002)

The latest play by award-winning playwright Jean Tay who won the first prize in the 3rd HP/ACTION Theatre 10-Minute Play Contest with The Knot, The Swallowed Seed invites the audience into the whimsical world of Sheryl. Having swallowed a 'Rambutan Seed' by accident when she was six, Sheryl has to live with the consequences that continue to haunt her through the rest of her life. Having a Rambutan tree grow out of her head is just one of them.


The Swallowed Seed (2002)

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The ambassador has been at large too long. Home once more, his thoughts turn to the places he's lived and the people he's loved. In his twilit memory, everything overlaps. The nun and the cowboy shoot the breeze, the ice queen gets fresh with the sleazebag, the pulp novelist writes stories of lost love fit to burst your heart. It's all one to the old man in the funny shirt, as he conjures fantasies out of forgetting, and festivities out of trauma: a remix, with a mashed up soundtrack to match, and digital i

7x7 (2002)

Conceptualized by Alfian Sa'at,&nbsp;Kampung 2000&nbsp;is a 4-day theatre-arts festival featuring short&nbsp;performances and videos by Abdul Nizam Abdul Hamid Khan,&nbsp;Anuar Mohd,&nbsp;Alfian Sa‘at, Juliana Yasin, Khairul Lizan Ahmad Jirony, Mohd&nbsp;Fared Jainal, Nazrin &amp; Nurhidayana,&nbsp;Jamal &amp; Nazrin, and Tiga Dara.

The performances and videos will be performed in various locations at The Substation;&nbsp;such as the Garden, the classrooms, the rooftop,&nbsp;the gallery and the alley bet

Kampung 2000

TALK&nbsp;was first staged in 1994. For this version, we have made extensive changes. The initial impetus behind the original was the whole idea of talk shows and media. It was a send-off, a spoof, a satire.

For this version, we are working with two very giving and dedicated actors, Darren Chiam and Peter Sau. We spent a few rehearsals improvising different scenarios, exploring various styles and forms, discussing etc.&nbsp;The play/production has taken a different slant. It's now less clear, less cohere

Talk (2000)

From veteran actors to new faces; from theatre to dance; Stories and images that are both poignant and universal;&nbsp;Under the Last Dust&nbsp;is a rare Singaporean production; one that transcends language and gender; one that connects us all as humans living at the edge of life... a return to innocence.


Under the Last Dust (2000)

3Some&nbsp;(RA18) officially opens The Necessary Stage's new home at Marine Parade. Come and hooray! hooray! with us at&nbsp;3Some;&nbsp;a landmark virgin penetration of the heartlands!&nbsp;


3Some (2000)

There is no one story-line.
There is no main character.
There is no conformity.
There are many stories.
There are many characters.
There are animals.&nbsp;
There is bad language.&nbsp;
There is pain.&nbsp;


sex.violence.blood.gore (1999)

A group of people are cast out of their homelands. They are forced to travel across oceans, through refugee camps and over mountains; some struggle to find their way home, while others desperately look for new lives. A mother who has lost her child, a nun who loses her faith, a soldier forced to kill his buddy, a bride and groom trying to get married... a general who wants to rule the world, and a god who just wants to end it all.&nbsp;


The Exodus (1999)

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)

Technical Coordinator

Homework, ECA, exams, tests and tuition. Is there more to life? Through song, dance, play and jokes, three friends learn about friendship, communication and care for others. they discover that they can be heroes in other people's lives.


Heroes Are Everywhere (1999)

smile courtesy is our way of life this is my country this is my flag speak mandarin less dialect fam-fam-fam-fam-families are fun every creed and every race has its role and has its place water is precious use it wisely singapore forever a nation strong and free stop at two kindness week there's a part for everyone in this land where we belong keep singapore clean put your art your work and will to be the defence of singapore be a volunteer one people one nation one singapore

DO WE CARE?&nbsp;


You Can Count On Me (1999)

Slide Operator

Powerfully driven by the artistic team renowned for its daring forays into sensitive social issues, the dynamic ensemble of&nbsp;Walking Into Doors&nbsp;will give you a no punches pulled, in your face exposé of violence in the Singapore home.&nbsp;


Walking Into Doors (1998)

Performer

The Good Son

The Malay peribahasa say, "GENGGAMBARA API BIAR SAMPAI JADI ARANG."

A poem from the Malays:&nbsp;
Buah mangga diluar pagar
Ambil galah tolong jolokkan
Saya budak baru belajar
Kalau salah tolong tunjukkan

My mother always say, "Airdicincang tak akan putus."
My boss always say, "Do what you can do today, don't put it off until tomorrow."&nbsp;
I always say to myself, "Take life a day at a time."

"Love yourself, be yourself and be true to yourself."
"Like me for what I am not fo

Every Moment is a Birth (1998)

Creator

Playwright

Ode to a Father

I'd come home at night and see him.
Opening envelopes,
Tabulating orders,
Counting the money,
Collating different quantities.&nbsp;
Sorting photos, stamping them, writing down serial numbers,
Filling order envelopes.&nbsp;
Always systematic, always careful, always silent.

Or I'd come home at night and see him.
Rocking His Chair,
Watching Channel 8.
I'd say hi, he'd say hi, and then
He'd go back to laughing at whatever was on the screen.&nbsp;
Always focused, always keeping 

Silent Man (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)

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)

There comes a time when marriage becomes inevitable after being together with someone for so long. That was certainly so for him, until he stumbled into a world beyond his imagination and understanding. A world with a different attitude for love. He found peace, before indecision about one's own love preference found him.

They met and fell passionately in love with each other. They were ready to take on the world together, until a baby came along. Between them, they had barred it all. But are they ready 

I Do (1997)

Lighting Consultant

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)

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)

THREE YEARS IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF LAND is about the Lims, the Mulchands, a ghost, a cat and three • mosquitoes — one big family, trying hard to be happy.


Three Years in the Life and Death of Land (1994)

Lighting Operator

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What does it mean to be “feminine” or “masculine” today, and can you take on shades of both?

Five characters navigate life on the fringes as they grapple with gender definitions, whether by choice or by circumstance. At best, society disregards them. At worst, they are relentlessly harassed—even viciously bullied—for being different.

Inspired by the true stories of women (and men) who relate to being butch,&nbsp;Pretty Butch&nbsp;examines feminine masculinity that is often hidden from everyday life an

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