Intercultural Theatre Institute

Things are in chaos in the forest of Athens. Star-crossed lovers run off into the night, fairies squabble and interfere, and a troupe of amateurs rehearse a play — making for a moonlit mix of magic, trickery and a whole lot of confusion.ITI presents William Shakespeare’s ethereal and earthy romantic comedy,&nbsp;A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with a traditional Asian spin. Led by award-winning veteran director Aarne Neeme and featuring a cast of 12-actor students from seven countries.Come dream with us!

A Midsummer Night's Dream (2022)

Costume Designer

Head Gear Designer

The Theatre Practice

Between the 1950s and 60s, Nini lived with her family in one of the shophouses situated along Upper Changi Road, together with many interesting people and adorable animals.&nbsp;

In the eyes of young Nini, the simple kampong life was a wondrous paradise filled with magical adventures and fun-filled surprised. As she grew up, the Changi Village that she loved started to vanish, but the precious memories of her childhood days will always stay captured in her heart and within the pages of her graphic novel.

Nini in Changi Village (2014)

Set Designer

Ho Tzu Nyen

Not one, but three productions about Shakespeare's King Lear, questioning the production of Lear itself. Singaporean visual artist and film-maker Ho Tzu Nyen turns theatre maker in this intriguing trilogy which has as its starting point&nbsp;three well-known critical texts on&nbsp;Lear by Marvin Rosenberg, Jonathan Goldberg and Wilson Knight. Giving these&nbsp;tracts flesh and blood incarnations through&nbsp;dramatizations of would-be scenarios of an audition, a rehearsal and a&nbsp;post-show discussion, th

The King Lear Project: A Trilogy (2008)

Wardrobe Supervisor

T:>Works (TheatreWorks)

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)

Wardrobe Mistress

The Necessary Stage

Dreaming Up a Prince is a hilarious play written and directed by Natalie Hennedige about the issues of parental guidance in the area of boy/girl relationships and underage sex. How will the characters judge raging hormones and meaningful relationships? You get to decide the fate of the characters in this interactive theatre experience as your suggestions will be acted out on stage.


Dreaming Up A Prince (2001)

Artist

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)

Props Designer

Singapore Repertory Theatre

A flustered and confused Carol approaches her pedantic liberal arts professor, John, for help with hair failing mid-term grade. The professor, distracted by numerous phone calls and thoughts about a house he hopes to purchase, never really seems to hear or understand her problem. Before long, miscommunication leads to John finding himself faced with unexpected charges of sexual harassment stemming from their meeting.&nbsp;


Oleanna (2000)

Wardrobe Manager

Wardrobe & Set Manager

Margaret and Katharine embark on a journey through India. Aided by the relentlessly cheerful deity, Ganesh (who pops up in the most unexpected incarnations), they set out on the path to spiritual enlightenment.&nbsp;

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A Perfect Ganesh (2000)

Drama Box

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)

Set Coordinator

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)

Toy Factory Productions Limited

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)

A familiar tale about a half-remembered touch, a kiss, a look, a love which has spanned generations amidst family feuds, lies, betrayal and murder. A beautiful, ethereal spirit haunts the Loong patriarch in the twilight of his life. Is she his one true love, the one he cannot forget, whose love letter he still keeps close to his heart? Set in the rambling Loong mansion, the family vultures are gathering, and among them, a long-lost illegitimate grandson. Watch a night of passion, deceit and mystery unfold a

Haunted (1999)

Kenneth Lyen

Shamimah Begum

It all began...&nbsp;one wet evening in December last year,&nbsp;when two Mensans braved the storm to
brainstorm for ideas to celebrate Mensa&nbsp;Singapore's 10th anniversary in 1999.&nbsp;The proposed programme included a&nbsp;charity dinner and a musical. Neither of&nbsp;the two knew anything about producing a&nbsp;musical, but one of them suggested the&nbsp;name of a Mensan who did: Kenneth Lyen.&nbsp;The other took it upon himself to approach&nbsp;Kenneth to take on the challenge of&nbsp;producing a m

Yum Sing! (1999)

Wardrobe Consultant

In 1995, US authorities discovered 72 garment workers - illegal immigrants - in an apartment complex ringed with barbed wire and spiked fences. Lured by the promise of a better life, they had left their homes and villages for America, "the golden mountain". But the America they found was not the promised land of their dreams - more the stuff of their nightmares.

This is the story of the American dream gone horribly&nbsp;wrong - and a few courageous people who helped set things right.


Fabric (1999)

Case: a major accident on National Day on the PIE.
Casualties: actors from a play entitled PIE.
Suspect: a playwright of the play entitled PIE.

Coincidence or conspiracy? You decide.


Pan Island Expressway (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)

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) 

Set Assistant

Costume Assistant

Serge has bought a modern painting for a huge sum of money. His friend, Marc, hates it. Yvan is caught in the middle. Will their friendship survive their disagreement?&nbsp;Art...&nbsp;is it worth it?


Art (1998)

1917: A baby is abandoned at the steps of the&nbsp;famous Raffles Hotel. A childless English couple finds the crying infant and sets&nbsp;sail for home, the child in their arms.&nbsp;

1937: Twenty years later, the orphaned Emma West finds a golden hairpin among her adoptive father's estate and uncovers a golden hairpin among her adoptive father's estate and uncovers a dark secret that leads her to Singapore and into a web of conspiracy, decent and love that stretches back in time and across oceans.&nbsp;

A Twist of Fate (1998)

Oedipus in my Universe (an interview with Zoe Tay Bee Hoon)

1. What is the 1st thing you must do when you want to become an actress?
– You have to take good care of yourself and always look pretty at all times!!

2. What is your favourite costume?
– My favourite costume is the gown for Juliet.

3. Who do you secretly wish you were?
– Rose in&nbsp;Titanic.&nbsp;Because it's... just so romantic!

4. What is the worst pick-up line you have heard?
– "Miss, can I borrow a light?"... because they sho

Whoever Finds It, I Love You... (1998)

I Want to be a Superstar

I want to be like... The Beatles, John Coltrane, The Cosmic Guru, Edwyn Collins, John Zorn, Mother Teresa, Barry Adamson, Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Duo Wei, DJ Shadow&nbsp;

I dig... Humpback Oak, Chinese Rock, The Little Prince, Roni Size, Chris Ho, Chungking Express, Genesies, Coca Cola, Internet, Cigarettes, Holland Drive

I see... watch... think about... World War II, the Taleban, Death of Music, Revelations, Light years, Virtual Reality, the global economy, Asian economic 

John at the Quay (1998)

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)

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)

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)

Set in Singapore in the mid-sixties,&nbsp;Beauty World&nbsp;is a musical melodrama about the adventures of a small town girl in the big city. A mysterious jade pendant brings an innocent young girl to a colourful cabaret in Singapore, where she hopes to locate her long-lost father. Along the way, she meets up with her dotty pen-friend, crosses the path of a vindictive cabaret singer, and learns some heartbreaking truths about love and life (not necessarily in that order). Set to an original score, the comed

Beauty World (1998)

Wardrobe

Two political prisoners - one a left-wing revolutionary and the other deemed "morally deviant" by society are thrown into a cell. Interned, interrogated, tortured and psychologically manipulated - they are desolate souls trapped in the clutches of a brutal, unforgiving regime. Their only refuge - a world of imaginary movies, matinee idols and the mysterious, elusive Spider Woman.

The play explores the psyche of both men - their motivations, their society, friendship, sexuality and ultimately the bonds of

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1998)

Props Mistress

1917: A baby is abandoned at the steps of Singapore's world-famous Raffles Hotel. A childless English couple finds the crying infant and decides to adopt her. They sail back to England with the child in their arms.&nbsp;

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 his long-lost granddaughter from his first marriage. Emma West returns to Singapore to look for her family, b

A Twist of Fate (1997)

The plays of William Shakespeare seem to be enjoying a revival of sorts. A spate of movies and theatre productions are going all out to bring his works to the modern audience, convincing them that the Bard isn't just grandiose, archaic literature for intellectuals and students.

With these new adaptations come interesting features such as Romeo and Juliet and Richard III in new historical contexts or Othello with an extra dose of sexual tension. As for the Singapore Repertory Theatre's recent version of H

Hamlet (1997)

Stage Assistant

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)

Projection Designer

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)

Assistant Set Designer

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)

A monodrama devised by Alvin Tan and Alin Mosbit, Rosnah is the story of one woman’s journey when she leaves home for the first time to study in London. In London, she is told “You must change. If you want to survive, you must change.”

Follow Rosnah as she crosses boundaries between cultures, traditions and trends…

Presented in an innovative and intimate setting specially designed for the play.


Rosnah (1996)

Time : 1967 - 1995
Place : Rever Palace Night Club

Yao Xiaodie,&nbsp;a once famous singer, is invited by her bosom pal&nbsp;Jin Lulu&nbsp;to make a comeback at the Rever Palace Night Club. This is where they first performed when they started out as aspiring singers many years ago. Unfortunately, Rever Palace now faces the fate of being condemned.&nbsp;

Xiaodie&nbsp;therefore decides to present a historic concert to commemorate Rever Palace's glorious past. Its present decrepit state only serves to br

I Have A Date with Spring (1995)

Set Painter

Practice Theatre Ensemble

Where Love Abides&nbsp;is a story about ordinary people whose faith and love sustain each other through the changing of time. The background of the story if Guangzhou and Hong Kong, covering the period of the past hundred years. That was the age of domestic strifes and foreign invasion, joys and sorrows, partings and reunions - the vicissitudes of life.

The protagonist of the story is the proprietor of an old-fashioned umbrella house. As the story unfolds, we learn how his grandfather started the factory

Where Love Abides (1994)

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