Singapore Repertory Theatre

It is 1942, World War II. Bombs are raining down from the sky and the lights are going out all over the city. But for Sir, the ageing actor-manager of a struggling Skaespearean theatre group, the show must go on. Despite suffering from burn out and sheer exhaustion, he is adamant on staging the 227th performance of King Lear.

As Sir's rollercoaster emotions reduce him from a haughty thespian to a quivering wreck, it is up to loyal dresser Norman to hold it all together. Devoted for the past 16 years to t

The Dresser (2006)

Set Designer

Buds Theatre

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The Real Inspector Hound (2005)

Newly-divorced Oscar Madison, a beer-guzzling, poker-playing sports reporter with limited house-keeping skills, invites his friend Felix Ungar to stay. There's only one hitch: Felix is a compulsively tidy hypochondriac, whose neurotic ways have found free reign after his wife unexpected throws him out.


The Odd Couple (2004)

Production Designer

Luna-id

The year is 1665. The weekly death tolls are shouted in the London streets and most of the well - and well-to-do - have fled the pestilence that will kill one in five. Nearing the end of their enforced quarantine are the wealthy gentleman William Snelgrave and his subdued wife Darcy. The intrusion of two unwanted visitors however, puts the quarantine process back to day one.&nbsp;

One interloper the twelve-year-old, Morse frames the story with her narrative. Morse is spunky and smart beyond her years, bu

One Flea Spare (2002)

Costume Designer

The Theatre Practice

John, a college professor who is about to be conferred tenure has bought a new house and is prepared to embrace a bright future ahead.

Carol is a student in John's class. She is in trepidation because her poor grades may disqualify her for graduation.

One day, John receives Carol in his office so that he can attempt to understand her learning difficulties. Carol frankly confesses that she cannot comprehend his class at all. Both of them engage in a perpetually truncated conversation and finally, John 

Oleanna (2002)

"I didn't like killing her that way. Don't like being that out of control."


Down the Road (2001)

ACTION Theatre

Exotic. Asian women everywhere have that reputation. From Bangkok to the Philippines, from China to Singapore, they prove an irresistible draw. But very often, they also come with a price.

Mail Order Brides and Other Oriental Take-Aways is a light-hearted but unflinching look at just what price that is. And whether its just the men who pay through their noses.

From Patpong to Brannigans to Asian Lady International in Cyberspace, just what drives these women to risk the unknown and have themselves pack

Mail Order Brides (1997)

The Necessary Stage

Macbeth&nbsp;is the chronicle of one man's moral collapse and dishonour, brought about by his obsession to fulfil what he believes to be his destiny.

The Necessary Stage&nbsp;will be adapting this potent brew of magic, murder and madness into a Drama-In-Education format. Selected scenes will be dramatised, and students will have the opportunity to interact with the characters themselves after each performance questioning them on their actions and motivations.&nbsp;Macbeth&nbsp;is an excellent introductio

Macbeth (1997)

Set Constructor

William Teo

Asia-in-Theatre Research Centre

Harold is a deeply unhappy young man who frequents funerals. Maude is a free-spirited rebel who fights injustice in her own small ways. She liberates, invents and inspires, lifting the mundane to simple beauty.

Set in a surreal landscape, Colin Higgins has crafted brilliant comedic situations to showcase the cast of funny, sad and eccentric characters.

But the true beauty of this play lies in what it reveals about ourselves. Beneath the laughter of Harold &amp; Maude lies its sensitivity to the human 

Harold & Maude (1996)

Returning from a victorious battle, Macbeth and his fellow kinsman, Banquo, encounter 3 witches, who prophesize that Macbeth will soon be made Thane of Cawdor and eventually King of Scotland, while Banquo’s heirs will be kings.

Already harbouring ambitious thoughts, Macbeth interprets the witches’ prophesy as his destiny, and sends a letter to Lady Macbeth telling her about his encounter with the 3 witches. Together they plan the assassination of the King and succeed. King Duncan’s two sons, Malcolm and 

Macbeth (1996)

The Cultural Service of the French Embassy always finds great pleasure in congratulating and supporting William Teo and Asia In Theatre Research Centre. This is especially so when they present Project Aspara, a showcase of the rich and diverse culture of Cambodia, narrates in an epic form the destruction of a nation and its culture and its traditional way of life. Epic and tragedy come close and this story touches us very deeply. As William Teo says: "It is an important historical tragedy that concerns not 

Year Zero: The Historical Tragedy of Cambodia (1996)

Flyer Designer

Poster Designer

Devi, a salesgirl at a designer boutique and her colleague Swallow attend a high-class party cum album launch. There Devi meets her old school friend Lavika, now a successful local recording artiste, and her glamorous mother Tina. When Devi lies about her work at the boutique, she finds that she is suddenly more accepted and popular. By the end of the evening, Devi is slow-dancing with Krishna, Singapore's top runner and bachelor of the year.

Trouble begins when lies grow bigger, when friendships are tak

Top of the World (1995)

Described as "the great story of mankind", The Mahabharata tells the story of a long and bloody war between two cousins: the Pandavas of five brothers and the Kauravas of whom there were a hundred. The power struggle ends with an enormous battle that would determine the fate of the world. The Game of Dice traces the journey of the creation of the Pandavas and Kauravas. It is a journey taken by humanity since the beginning of time. A lifetime of choices presented, each with an effect on the rest of nature. C

The Mahabharata Part I: The Game of Dice (1995)

Episode One:&nbsp;The Chosen One

Siew and Mickey are married. Mickey wants a baby. Siew doesn't. Mickey talks to his mother over the phone all the time. Siew hates her mother-in-law. Mickey complains that he's always being put down by his wife. Siew disagrees. If you think they have got problems, wait till you see what they find outside their flat in typical old Cantonese movie style - a BABY! Both Siew and Mickey panic - typical Three Men and A Baby style. Mickey wants to keep the baby. Siew doesn't. Gu

1 + 1 = 3 (1995)

"Singapore is best in this! Singapore is best in that," headlines scream at us daily. And to a certain degree, we believe and subscribe to this view in the way we strive to get certificates, cash, cars, credit cards, condos and what have you. But have we thought about what having to be the best all the time really means?

In the show you are about to see, we would like to present to you a series of "short stories", or reflections about how several different characters regard the issue of the "best". Best 

Best Foot Forward (1995)

'MARI KITA MAIN WAYANG' (LET'S STAGE A PLAY) is a play within a play. Performed in Peranakan patois, it pokes fun, in good taste at a group of Babas who try to put up a play; entitled, "ENAM BINI" (SIX WIVES), this story is about an imaginary Baba King who keeps one concubine after another as he longs to get a son. Although the sixth concubine finally delivers a male child, surprises are in store for the king, the queen, as well as the concubine.


Mari Kita Main Wayang (1994) 

Macbeth is categorised broadly as one of Shakespeare's Histories. However, unlike the other historical plays, history is not shown as the Grand Mechanism but rather as a nightmare. Whether mechanism or nightmare, both remain different, illustrating the same struggle for power and the crown. The different metaphors reflect different philosophies - history as a mechanism is characterised by its inevitability, whereas the nightmare paralyses and terrifies. In Macbeth, history, as well as crime, is shown throug

The Tragedy of Macbeth (1993)

My Mother's Wooden Chest&nbsp;is about a woman who is forced by circumstances to open up a "chestful of memories". In this pilgrimage into her past, she goes through some painful truths, reconciling herself with her "mother", herself and her life. The play unfolds the struggle of a woman against the norms of her time. It unveils genuine and identifiable problems, both personal and social.


My Mother's Wooden Chest (1992)

Foyer Designer

Dennis Potter's deceptively simple tale relates the activities of 7 seven-year-olds (played by adult actors) at play in a seemingly idyllic and ever-youthful world. The children play, fight and fantasize. Their aggressions, fears, hostilities and rivalries, a microcosm of adult interaction. All the children gang up on the terrified "Donald Duck" who abused by his mother and ridiculed by his peers, plays his own dangerous game of pyromania which ends in tragedy.

The production, The Necessary Stage's first

Blue Remembered Hills (1992)

The Conference of the Birds is the best-known work of Farid Ud-Din Attar, the Persian poet who was born around 1120 in Neishapour, which was also the birthplace of Omar Khayyam. As the name 'Attar' indicates, he was a perfume seller or druggist and combined this with the practice of medicine.

He travelled widely throughout Egypt, Damascus, Mecca, Turkestan and India in the pursuit of knowledge, and his travels gave him a low opinion of most earthly rulers - emphasised in The Conference of the Birds, whos

The Conference of the Birds (1991)

Musician

T:>Works (TheatreWorks)

Based on a story from The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the play narrates the tale of Han Chan, a servant girl, who risks her life and gives her youth to serve her country.&nbsp;The Sword Has Two Edges,&nbsp;written in 1954, was first staged by the Experimental Theatre Club in 1977.


The Sword Has Two Edges (1990)

Mother Courage follows the armies back and forth across a battle-defaced Europe during the Thirty Years War, selling provisions and liquor from her canteen wagon to make a living. One by one, she loses her children to war but will not part with her livelihood - the wagon.


Mother Courage and Her Children (1989)

Programme Designer

Practice Theatre Ensemble

Can you survive on 10 eggs per week?

That is exactly what Petruk gets for tending his master's ducks. One day, the honest and good-natured Petruk was so hungry that he ate 10 more eggs out of the 50 he was supposed to deliver to his master.

The master, who always mistreats him, was of course very furious. On hearing that two ducks were also missing, he lodged a complaint with the village headman, Pak Lurah, against Petruk.

Then, the sharp-tongued swindler Gareng appeared. Seeing an opportunity, he 

Wek-Wek (1989)

Stage Designer

Manasaa is Sanskrit for mind. Manasaa comprises four segments and is a sharing of thoughts expressed in poetry, music, song, dance, gymnastics, mime and theatre. It features a boy's view of the world around him, children celebrating the joys of childhood, three women on a journey in search of happiness and ends with a playlet exploring death


Manasaa (1988)

Sound Operator

Programme

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Sebastian Zeng

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