Nine Years Theatre

A kidnapping of the country’s president. A system to predict the future through data analysis. A technology secretly planted to control human minds. An anti-government organisation. A monitored phone call. A plan within a plan.What is the password? Who is the mole? What are the odds? Who can really control the variables?Nine Years Theatre joins forces with Hsing Legend Youth Theatre, the youth wing of Contemporary Legend Theatre from Taiwan in this cross-border collaboration, exploring an artistic dialogue 

Immortal Variables (2023)

Lighting Designer

Wild Rice

When the Velveteen Rabbit first arrives in the nursery on the Girl’s birthday, he finds himself quickly overshadowed by her other fancier, mechanical toys.&nbsp;Feeling forgotten and sorry for himself, the Rabbit seeks the advice of the old and wise Skin Horse, who explains that a toy’s greatest achievement is to be truly loved by a child – for only then can a toy become Real.&nbsp;When the Girl finally notices him, the Rabbit quickly becomes her constant companion. But, one day, tragedy strikes – the Gi

The Velveteen Rabbit (2023)

Anya Samuel: Over-Achieving Journalist.&nbsp;Level of Excellence: Perpetual.&nbsp;Level of Chill: NIL.&nbsp;When her tech CEO fiancé accuses her of being “too emotional” and tasks her to explain the four times she has cried in public since they started dating, Anya cannot help but bring her A-game.&nbsp;As she prepares to deliver a slide deck to save her relationship, complete with animated infographics of her menstrual cycle, Anya is forced to confront harsh truths about who she really is and what she act

Psychobitch (2023)

Patch and Punnet

Cherilyn Woo

Macbeth is a story about a soldier who rises to become king as prophesied by three witches. A tale of fate and ambition, Macbeth soon finds himself driven by power and will not stop at anything to protect his throne. What else would he do to control his own fate?

McBeat and the Lil’ Shake Crew is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth told through rap. It not only offers a contemporary spin to the classic, but an engaging energetic performance that will inspire students to be interested in classical work

McBeat and the Lil' Shake Crew (2022)

Set Designer

T.H.E Dance Company

SAtheCollective

SAtheCollective, Nine Years Theatre and T.H.E Dance Company join forces for the first time to co-create&nbsp;Windward Side of the Mountain, a site-specific production set in urban Asia.

You’ll find yourselves following a group of modern-day sojourners as they journey through various locations within Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre. As they weather the ups and downs and the multi-dimensional mysteries of their uncharted journey to carve out a way of life, they find themselves on the other side of a lege

Windward Side of the Mountain (2022)

Spatial Designer

The city of Thebes is suffering under a devastating pandemic. President Oedipus vows to put an end to the crisis and help restore the city, like he once did before. Upon consulting the Oracle, the solution is clear. Find the murderer of their previous leader, Laius. So begins a manhunt for the city’s most wanted. But as the investigation starts, secrets from the past resurface.&nbsp;

In a thrilling modern re-telling of the great Sophoclean tragedy,&nbsp;Oedipus, delves deep into how man deals with the fa

Oedipus (2021)

The Necessary Stage

There is no past without colonisation,&nbsp;and there is no future without it.

As we commemorate the bicentennial of the founding of Singapore, let us take a moment to express our gratitude to our founding father/s for their foresight in transforming Singapore from a small fishing village to a global metropolis. We are civilised!

Let's marvel at how, all over the world, our land has been plundered, our laws kept archaic and our freedoms curtailed by those in power. Let us honour our pursuit of economi

Civilised (2019)

A journey that transforms her life from the ordinary to the extraordinary, getting everything she has ever wanted. Well, almost everything...

A brilliant but frustrated academic, Faust has achieved all that she can with her knowledge. Dissatisfied with what she has, she yearns for more in her life. One day she is visited by an unexpected visitor, Mephistopheles, who is full of surprises. Mephistopheles makes a deal with her; spend the rest of her life with him, as he shows her a lifetime of everything sh

FAUST/US (2019)

Teater Ekamatra

In 1943, the Japanese film 'The Tiger of Malaya' was released. Based on the life story of Tani Yutaka, a Japanese man who lived on the east coast of Malaya, the film portrayed him as a patriotic agent who liberated the Malay natives from British imperialists and Chinese capitalists.

Now, more than 70 years later, a group of actors are going to reenact scenes from the film. Real Malay actors will replace the 'brown face' Japanese actors in the original. Chinese actors will play antagonists who are 'less e

Tiger of Malaya (2018)

Cut Kafka!&nbsp;is a collaborative work between T.H.E Dance Company (T.H.E) and Nine Years Theatre (NYT), inspired by Franz Kafka’s life and works. The early drafts of the script were inspired by a number of different texts by or about Kafka—The Metamorphosis,&nbsp;The Trial,&nbsp;The Castle,&nbsp;The Hunger Artist, and personal letters addressed to his father—which were researched by writer and performer Neo Hai Bin. These texts were researched based on the initial ideas and framework laid down by co-direc

Cut Kafka! (2018)

This holiday season, W!LD RICE proudly presents&nbsp;Mama White Snake, the perfect musical for the entire family! Full of heart, humour and home truths, this epic adventure puts a cheeky, charming spin on the classic Chinese folk tale,&nbsp;Madam White Snake.

For all his young life, Meng has dreamt of adventures beyond the confines of Emei Mountain. But his mother and aunt have always kept him close, warning him of the dangers and strangers lurking in the outside world.

Finally, Meng decides he has ha

Mama White Snake (2017)

Arts House Limited

Sonny Liew

Edith Podesta

Hot on the heels of the New York Times bestseller and Singapore&nbsp;Literature Prize-winning The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye,&nbsp;cartoonist Sonny Liew creates an all-new graphic novel for the&nbsp;stage. Using the superhero genre as a springboard to tell a story&nbsp;about ageing and mortality, the book for the stage looks to&nbsp;examine the limits of even superhuman abilities when confronted&nbsp;with the complex issues of greying societies, or when faced with&nbsp;the pain of losing loved ones to th

Becoming Graphic (2017)

Timothy Nga

This Chord and Others&nbsp;is a comedy about friendship and a witty exploration of identity through the eyes of three young men, Sukdev, Gerald and Thomas. The three friends work together and enjoy spending time with one another, until a job promotion and office talent time come between them, leading the men to discover new truths and challenges about their race, religion, background and friendship.

First staged in 1991, and last performed in 2000,&nbsp;This Chord &amp; Others&nbsp;is one of the first fu

This Chord and Others (2017)

Creative Designer

In real life, there are no rehearsals and no second takes.

Actor, Forty&nbsp;features Golden Horse Award-winner Yeo Yann Yann returning to the Chinese theatre stage in a special&nbsp;Huayi&nbsp;commission.&nbsp;

This new original monologue sees Yeo collaborating with Cultural Medallion recipients, director Alvin Tan and playwright Haresh Sharma of The Necessary Stage. Candid and conversational, it examines the myriad identities that we take on and cast off in life - just as an actor does when she adop

Actor, Forty (2017)

W!LD RICE brings the Year of the Monkey to a happy climax with its 13th holiday musical extravaganza for the whole family! Winner of ‘Production of the Year’ at the 2015 Straits Times Life Theatre Awards,&nbsp;Monkey Goes West&nbsp;is an affectionate and cheeky retelling of the beloved Chinese fantasy classic. Join us for this epic thrill ride that will take you from Haw Par Villa to Jurong West – by way of a colourful world filled with mythical monsters and naughty fairies!

When orphan Ah Tang runs away

Monkey Goes West (2016)

Are you living a life to fulfil someone else's purpose?

Helmed by Cultural Medallion recipients Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma of The Necessary Stage,&nbsp;Ghost Writer&nbsp;offers a glimpse into the lives of characters intertwined by blood and ties that bind - and suffocate.&nbsp;

A young dancer who has undergone traditional training feels dislocated within her artistic practice in her home country. A new expatriate wife detached from her immediate reality draws inspiration from the writings of stranger

Ghost Writer (2016)

Dream Academy

Dream Academy presents a brand new show,&nbsp;MEENAH AND CHEENAH!&nbsp;Catch two of Singapore’s funniest ladies,&nbsp;Siti Khalijah&nbsp;(Best Of, The Noose, Model Citizens) and&nbsp;Judee Tan&nbsp;(Dr. Teo Chew Moi, The Noose), in their criss cross multicultural teh tarik bubble tea champalang nonsense! The hysterical duo will take on a slew of instantly-recognisable Singaporean characters – a pair of secondary-school delinquents, the Makcik and her Ah Soh best friend and more!&nbsp;MEENAH AND CHEENAH&nbsp

Meenah and Cheenah (2016)

Once upon a time, in a kingdom not so far away, ruled a vain and pompous Emperor who was crazy about his clothes, himself and little else. So obsessed with fashion was he that he decreed that the 50th&nbsp;anniversary of his reign be celebrated with the most extravagant National Dress Parade of all time. But, as he primped and preened, he neglected his music-loving citizens, who could only get his attention by complimenting him on his appearance.

One day, two cheeky tailors discover a dark secret in the 

The Emperor's New Clothes (2015)

Singapore Repertory Theatre

The Little Company

Shiver me timbers, ahoy there matey!

This year-end, Singapore Repertory Theatre's (SRT) The Little Company (TLC) is set to stage Treasure Island, a hilarious and exhilarating musical production suitable for the entire family.

A new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's popular novel of the same name, Treasure Island follows the adventure of Jim Hawkins, a lion-hearted 13 year-old girl who receives a treasure map from a kooky old seaman. Jim is tasked to help find the hidden treasure, but the road to 

Treasure Island (2015)

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)

Toy Factory Productions Limited

Tracing the life story of Madam Oon Ah Chiam,&nbsp;Titoudao&nbsp;portrays the struggles of this petite lady with big dreams, fighting against despairing personal states of poverty, gender inequality and shadowed marital vexations. Above all, invisible shackles from the diminishing state of her craft will confront all the strength and zeal that culminate in this inspirational tale of the person behind her most iconic character.&nbsp;

The stage shifts between Mdm Oon's painful backstory and her mesmerizing

Titoudao (2015)

In&nbsp;untitled women number one,&nbsp;two women talk about their relationships, their past and future. Featuring Edith Podesta and Ethel Yap, the play looks at the notions of pain, death and interdependence, drawing from stories about gender, sexuality and womanhood.


untitled women number one (2015)

untitled cow number one&nbsp;is about the journey of a widowed cow through 12 days of mourning. Performed by Sharda Harrison and Bani Haykal, the play is influenced by Hindu and Buddhist texts, images and myths, and incorporates physical movement and soundscape.&nbsp;


untitled cow number one (2015)

W!LD RICE looks East for its 11th holiday musical extravaganza for the whole family!&nbsp;In&nbsp;an affectionate and cheeky retelling of the beloved Chinese fantasy classic,&nbsp;Monkey Goes West is an&nbsp;epic thrill ride that will take you from Haw Par Villa to Jurong West – by way of a colourful world filled with mythical monsters and naughty fairies.

When orphan Ah Tang runs away from home after quarrelling with his adoptive family, he finds himself transported to a new, strange land. There, he bef

Monkey Goes West (2014)

Will you fight for freedom knowing the inevitable loss ahead?

A mother pins her hopes upon her son, unknowingly hindering his own dreams. A teacher struggles to accept her protégé whose ambitions steer her away from tradition. A writer drawn to his muse faces the reality of their unresolved chapter.

These relationships collide in The Necessary Stage's&nbsp;Gitanjali [I feel the earth move],&nbsp;a brand new interdisciplinary and intercultural production inspired by the writings of Nobel Prize winner R

Gitanjali [I feel the earth move] (2014)

Romeo and Juliet&nbsp;remains one of Shakespeare's most-performed classics, with the titular star-crossed sweethearts still the shining beacons of indomitable young love.&nbsp;

Set in aristocratic Verona, the vicious blood feud between the lovers' families, the Montagues and the Capulets, is blind to reason, not to mention romance.&nbsp;

Young men perish in their prime, friends invoke curses on each other, and Romeo and Juliet's right to love is inexorably denied... all in the name of an age-old enmit

Romeo & Juliet (2014)

Meet Jamie, a successful novelist and Cathy, a struggling actress.&nbsp;The Last Five Years&nbsp;explores the rise and fall of their five-year relationship. Cathy plays out their love story backwards in time, while Jamie's happens in chronological order. The result is a deeply intimate and touching look at the highs and lows of a marriage gone south.

The musical has gained a devoted following world-wide since its premier in 2001. Written by Tony-award-winning composer, Jason Robert Brown, it has garnered

The Last Five Years (2014)

It’s that time of year when the world falls in love… Crazy in Love with Christmas! For this year’s Christmas bonus – the Dim Sum Dollies will make their comeback! Selena Tan and Pam Oei welcome their newest Dolly, Denise Tan! They will be joined by other “Ting Tong Belles” – Petrina Kow, Mina Kaye, Glory Ngim, Seong Hui Xuan and Judee Tan. All the girls are coming together to sing, dance, laugh and love their hearts out. Only girls? Ok… ok so Sebastian Tan manages to crash this party as a “Broadway Beng” an

Crazy Christmas: Ting Tong Belles (2013)

Singapore’s beloved Broadway singing, “Hokkien-Spiaking”, “Hamsum” Ah Beng – Broadway Beng a.k.a Sebastian Tan.

With his unique brand of humour, our Broadway Beng has been charming the stage since 2006 and most recently performed to almost sell-out crowd at the Drama Centre Theatre.


Broadway Beng: Benging You Back to Basics (2013)

“Regardless of race, language, religion or… place of birth?”

Is the Singapore identity under threat? Currently, one out of every four Singapore residents was born outside of the country. According to the controversial Population White Paper, by 2030 the number of residents on the island is projected to hit 6.9 million, with 55% born in Singapore. The influx of immigrants and foreign workers has resulted in a rising tide of anti-foreigner sentiments. They have been blamed for overcrowding on public transp

Cook a Pot of Curry (2013)

Crazy Christmas is an annual MUST-SEE! Catch this year’s star studded cast with a great big band and a bevy of dancing gals we like to call the Merry Miss-el’toes. Crazy Christmas gets bigger, better and brighter every year as Singapore’s finest entertainers together with the likes of Marilyn Monroe, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and good ole’ Charlie Chaplin bring you song, dance, laughter and love. This year, we celebrate movie magic as the Silver Screen meets Silver Bells! Apart from our favou

Crazy Christmas (2012)

Dream World Productions presents its first production, COMPANY by Stephen Sondheim – A winner of seven TONY Awards including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Music and Best Original Lyrics in the 1971 Original Broadway production and Best Revival of a Musical in the 2006 Broadway Revival. This super-funny musical comedy explores the pros and cons, the ups and downs as well as the ins and outs of being single. Join our talented cast as they try to persuade our hero, Robert, to do what our 

Company (2012)

Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay

The Finger Players

Artists, past and present theatre reviewers and different personalities from the arts scene “convene” in discussions that retrace the seminal events in Singapore theatre history. Rant and Rave dramatises some of the most memorable debates pertaining to the development of Singapore theatre from as far back as the 80s, re-enacting some of the most fiery dialogues about the arts in the last 30 years. Archival materials culled from various newspaper publications are used to create these discussions on art and s

Rant & Rave (2012)

Stage Manager

Love, hate, and twisted games in Sam and Jo’s trendy New York apartment.

3 fashionable but desperate couples claw their way through a night of alcohol and secrets. Will their friendships survive? Will their marriages crumble? Will the devastating truth that they are denying eventually consume them all?

Into this emotional minefield step the elegantly enigmatic Elizabeth and her ominous companion, Oscar, claiming to be Jo’s relatives. They are warmly embraced by everyone but Sam. What does Sam know? Wh

Unlike Some People (2010)

A Group of People

Four accountants hard at work in the finance division of a publishing firm. They discover an existential manuscript caught among their spreadsheets. Can they connect these disparate things and possibly find meaning?

Drawing inspiration from plays such as No Exit and Waiting For Godot: an attempt to claim the things we cannot have, and an attempt to recover the things we used to have and have lost. A Cage Goes In Search of A Bird navigates people’s quiet struggle with belonging and the meaning/lessness of

A Cage Goes In Search For A Bird (2010)

Lighting

Buds Theatre

The perfect burial site is hard to find and with nine months to live, a funeral to arrange and a family to sort out all before she goes, Myra’s got to get it sorted and it’ll start with a powerpoint.

Laura Wade’s&nbsp;Colder Than Here&nbsp;is a “beautiful and poignant” play that looks at how a family deals with the inevitability of losing a loved one to cancer while having to address the funny and mundane&nbsp;aspects of living.


Colder Than Here (2010)

Magdalena

The Substation

Blood Binds: A Doublebill
Bond-Age and Just Late

Fiesty and fiercely independent May is forced by circumstances to depend on mousey Agnes&nbsp;to rescue her. Their little escapades forces them to confront their feelings of guilt and resentment towards their families, and to come to terms with aging and their evolving roles as mothers.

(Source: Wild Rice Programme)


Bond-Age (2008)

Director

Blood Binds: A Doublebill
Bond-Age and Just Late

Patrick, a blind man, goes to great lengths to prepare his 70th birthday party but his family doesn't show up. Assuming they are his grandchildren, Patrick lets 2 robbers into his home. Although the robbers' intention is to steal, one of them starts to form a bond with him. There is comedy with mistaken identities and contrasting personalities. There is pathos when the old man, after waiting 4 hours, begins to realise that his family never intended to com

Just Late (2008)

STAGES

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Chesty Nutty Bang Bang: Hairspray of The Phoenix (2008)

Producer

Forbidden Chestnuts: Portrait of a Brokeback Geisha (2007)

Executive Producer

spell#7

By Part Two - Utama: Every Name In History Is I - the class has swapped night school for university. Presenting a lecture-demonstration that slowly undermines its own authority,&nbsp;Ho Tzu Nyen tells the gripping and bizarre tale of discovery and disappointment, Merlions and mangroves, princes and paintings, that lies at the hidden heart of a place very much like the one you live in today.


Utama: Every Name In History Is I (2006)

Remember a time when Singapore was forever Malaya? How about when it was forever Temasek? In this provocative double-bill on the origins and orange of our proud Republic, we reach back into history both ancient and recent and ask: how good is your National Language - and who was it you said founded this place? Part One - National Language Class - takes as its starting point an iconic 1959 painting of Chinese students learning Malay. As a language lesson unfolds, power is used and abused humorously, inventiv

National Language Class (2006)

National Service is an integral part of every Singaporean male's journey towards manhood. In&nbsp;Army Daze,&nbsp;we salute Singaporean boys as they don their uniforms and begin their march to maturity. We also celebrate how these sons of diverse backgrounds and circumstances come under one camp and eventually become brothers; blurring the boundaries of race, age and social status.&nbsp;

Michael Chiang's play is about the misadventures of five young men as they go through their Basic Military Training. T

Army Daze (2006)

Lighting Operator

Adrian Tan

Pulau (2006)

The Theatre Practice

After eight daughters, a son is finally here - and no ordinary son is he.

Shifu, a master of traditional puppetry, makes a prediction before his birth that the boy will be endowed with exceptional intelligence, and will grow up to be a man of great accomplishment. He is therefore named You Wei (meaning "achievement"), and nicknamed Lao Jiu (the ninth-born).

Lao Jiu's parents and his many sisters devote themselves to the care of the gifted child, harbouring ambitions for him to do well in his studies, 

Lao Jiu (2005)

Lighting Crew

Are 3 wishes enough to make all 5 C’s come true? Find out in Aladdin, as this much-loved fairy tale is given a hilarious and spirited W!LD RICE Singapura-Pantomime Remix!

Following the runaway success of last Christmas’s Cinderel-LAH!, Aladdin is set to be the “die-die-must-see” family blockbuster of the holiday season! Selena Tan, Elaine Chan, Glen Goei (The Revenge of the Dim Sum Dollies team!), and an all-singing-and-dancing cast have come together to create a magic carpet ride of surprising visual tr

Aladdin (2004)

Crew

ACTION Theatre

A Chinese woman. A Eurasian man. Travelling like particles. Or waves. Through a window. A camera lens. The facets of a diamond. Transparency. Brilliance. Iridescence. Complete Work.


The Optic Trilogy (2001)

ACTION Theatre will be presenting The Second 42 Theatre Festival - from Nov 15 to Dec 9 - on its very own premises.

"We've been continuously working towards realising our goal of turning it into a "green-house" for incubating new works and new talents for Singapore theatre," said Ekachai Uekrongtham, Artistic Director of ACTION Theatre.

The four-week event will combine non-stop drama, musical theatre, performance poetry, stand-up comedy and cabaret shows - all in one festival. While Ekachai solely cha

The Second 42 Theatre Festival

Guest Director

Founder

The Light Project

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Dark Room&nbsp;follows the lives of men housed together in a five-by-five-metre cell, 23 hours a day, every day, until their release. This original work, based on true accounts, explores the codes and regulations of society “on the inside”. It charts the prison experience from pre-trial to imprisonment, and the reintegration into society as “returning citizens”.

If “prison is the punishment that keeps on taking”,&nbsp;Dark Room&nbsp;gives voice to the incarcerated by staging their stories and making thei

Adrian Tan

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