T:>Works (TheatreWorks)

"This second compendium ofnew writing from the W1iters' Lab Year II is an affirmation of the progress that Singapore writing has made: one sees a maturing of writing from the various playwrights, and the issues/ themes explored are broader and removed from the self-consciousness of a search for identity. This year we have a crop of writing that is diverse in theme and style.&nbsp;

"Mergers and Accusations is a piece of writing that has heart and soul. Eleanor Wong with her charming wit and humour, delves

Dirty Laundry, Mergers & Undercover

Playwright

Wild Rice

In a Singapore where dialects have been losing relevance for generations,&nbsp;Grandmother Tongue&nbsp;traces a young man’s struggle to connect with his 84-year-old Teochew-speaking grandmother. He teaches her to use a mobile phone. He helps her buy her favourite brand of soya sauce. He visits her in hospital after a fall. Along the way, he begins to understand just what it means to spend decades in linguistic and cultural exile.&nbsp;

Inspired by Kuo Pao Kun's Mama Looking For Her Cat, Thomas Lim’s funn

Grandmother Tongue (2017)

Surtitlist

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 (2016)

Cast

NUS Stage

According to legend, three sacred Guardians of Earth kept it in balance.

Let down by humans,&nbsp;they resolve to stand back and watch nature run its own course.&nbsp;

Day by day, the world turns colder.

The citizens kept on their consumption and looked ahead, self-absorbed.

But Earth is ceasing on Sunday.

With everyone chipping in,&nbsp;a couple gets busy for their wedding.

Soon to realize, the end of the world also falls on that big day. Full destruction is on its way.


Sun Day (2009)

Director

Singapore Repertory Theatre

Kate Carl, an American artist, is invited to paint the portrait of the Empress of China, Cixi. When she arrives in China she hears many rumours about the Empress. She also meets George Morrison, an English journalist. He tells her not to be intimidated. Kate begins the portrait and while she paints, the Empress tells her about her life ...

The Empress, known as Yehenara as a young girl, was a concubine in the Forbidden City. She desperately wanted to be chosen by the Emperor to be his escort. And she was

Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress (2003)

Chinese Translator

The Theatre Practice

They kicked
They punched
They scratched... to get their way. Do you?

Come watch the animals tickle and tease you with their play.


Animal Farm (2002)

Dramaturg

The philosopher returns home with a present for his wife - the grotesquely ugly Aesop. The mistress initially repels Aesop's presence, but gradually enjoys the fables that he tells while the philosopher goes to see his students.&nbsp;

The philosopher returns with an army captain, and in his drunkenness promises the captain that he will give the captain all his possessions if he fails to drink up all the waters of the sea. The behaviour of the two so angered the mistress that she leaves the house.

The 

Aesop Queried (2001)

Publicity Designer

Programme Designer

This&nbsp;Coffin&nbsp;was played to critical acclaim at last year's Tokyo Asian Art Festival,&nbsp;When Petals Fall Like Snow: The World of Kuo Pao Kun - The Playwright,&nbsp;an event dedicated to Kuo Pao Kun. It was well received by the audience and was hailed as "an avant-garde shadow play".&nbsp;

"A very grand coffin was built for my grandfather who passed away. On the day of my grandfather's funeral many people came to see the grand coffin. However, on attempting to bury the coffin, it appeared that 

None Too Big (2001)

When a couple stops communicating, does it signify the end of a relationship? The silence grows unbearable. A man, his wife and a telephone.


Breaking Through (2001)

黒暗的高天、黑暗的厚地，幾個辭世多年的亡魂，沒有忘卻人世的季節。每一年的這個時候，在季節輪替的瞬間，他們共赴一場重聚的儀式， 開始訴説自己的故事。

他們原來是什麼？漢子、媽媽、姑娘、將軍和詩人。他們是怎麼來到逍裏的？他們怎樣和一場最血腥慘烈的戰爭結合在一起？好好的人，怎麼能，忍受骨肉分離而無怨無悔？看着自己的同胞慘死而視若無睹； 為什麼把自身送I, 給無數人蹂躪？怎麼會，在戰場上讓自己03醫生報銷自己的軍隊？人性在哪裏？人性是什麼？

當生命進入混沌的狀態，人與物難辨、真與偽難同列、神與鬼難分時，家是什麼？回不去了。為什麼？

靜消悄的。顏色、生死之間的顏色。最終，一切在靜消悄裏，歸於黑暗。

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The Spirits Play (1998)

Amongst innumerable interesting and mysterious stories of Asia, two were specially selected to be staged by STEP. They are&nbsp;The Three Year Hill&nbsp;(Japan) &amp;&nbsp;Bare-feet Kingdom&nbsp;(Taiwan). Through the use of innovative props, colourful sets, creative puppetry and ingenious performing style, STEP invites the students into our world of wondrous Asia.


Asian Story Bag (1998)

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Pa, Keep the Basket (1996)

Practice Theatre Ensemble

In the ancient and tumultuous days, there existed a myth about the "strange beasts" which caused damage to the village. For the sake of his fellow villagers, Asi shouldered the task to eliminate the ninety-nine beasts.

However, the esteem and respect the villagers held for him eventually transformed into fear. They suspected that Asi was the mysterious hundredth beast and began to fear and avoid him, and to the extent of doubting his power. Unaware of the villagers' change of attitude towards him, Asi em

Death of a Hero (1995)

Three couples each meet in three different ages. They meet under different circumstances. They communicate to each other differently. They have their individual different ways of viewing the world around them. Their stories span from 1920s to 1990s. They form three successive generations. They each go out to look for new space, to search for better possibilities, and they move in different directions. The urge to move runs through the three generations, weaving their stories together. Through the glasses of

Life's Moments (1995)

A Hainanese Mother has lived her entire life for only one thing - to perpeture the male line of her husband's family. Relentlessly, in response to a call from her ancestral land. Relentlessly, she stitches patch-quilts to keep her children warm and safe.&nbsp;

Relentlessly, she forces her daughters to make similar sacrifices.&nbsp;

The male line, in the form of a brilliant, loving, caring son, turn out to be one incapable of perpetuation of the lineage. Desperately, he tries to escape from the matriar

The Next Generations (1993)

Ticketing

Toy Factory Productions Limited

Fragments of Perception lie in the air, thoughts are quivering without control, the story goes on, like life...

... surrounds ...&nbsp;

digging the long forgotten feeling within the frame of a body, to see, to listen and to stay alive.&nbsp;


Surrounds (1992)

Creator

日子，象白开水一样清淡，又象时钟的滴答、枯燥、呆滞......

这夜，奇迹出现了！患痴呆症的老头忽然开启了纹理清晰的思路，兴致勃勃的邀老伴一同回忆年少往事，老伴吓呆了，感动了。她用枯枝般的手把老头搀扶进睡房。她说：“夜了，睡吧。明天再说。”

隔天， 老头又是昏沉迷朦的。可是到了夜里却又醒了。沿着前一夜的思路，他们俩又滑进了时光隧道，再一次体验中年时期的奔波、劳碌、潼憬......夜深了，老太说： “睡吧，迟了。” 老头应道： “对， 明天再说， 我们还有明天。”

随看老头的甦醒， 小房子已不再平静。老太自觉两老再也承受不了回忆所带来一浪强似一浪的冲击。她苦苦寻找老头甦醒的因素。她发狂又无奈地把这一因素别除。

自此， 日子因循，小房子里再没有明天。


明天 (1992)

Stage Manager

Singapore Broadway Playhouse

一位爱之病患者，一次告解，一场在中世纪苏格兰进行的战争，一场新闻报导，一个关于生命和爱的故本。这些事情一件件地成为过去的回忆。

原本希望能告诉你一个完整的故本，但一个又一个的故事和情景却迫不及待地接二连三地涌现。我想我没有足够的时间告诉你一个个完整的故事。只好把他们都留下。也许他们能为你带来一些什么。也许不会。

人们通常都是有选择性地记得某些东西。就如他们都会通过语言、手势、装扮或其他的一些什么彼此认同。所以你也许会把这些故事全都给忘记，也许你会记得其中的一两个 故事， 或只是一两句话。这都无所谓。

也许你也想知道，若给我多一次机会， 我是否会同样地重来一次？我能说的只是，我不排除这个可能，我想。


Lives Elsewhere (1992)

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Lee Chee Keng

WORKS DOCUMENTED IN THE ARCHIVE

Lee Chee Keng

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