Synopsis
Is censorship necessary? How does it affect theatre making? Is it possible to find a balance between restrictions and creativity?
In partnership with Centre 42’s Living Room programme, this year’s INTERACT invites you to a dialogue between Kok Heng Leun (Artistic Director of Drama Box), director of Chronology on Death Koh Choon Eiow (Co-Artistic Director of approaching theatre) and director of The Struggle: Years Later Liu Xiaoyi (Director of The Theatre Practice’s The Practice Lab). They will explore the relationship between censorship and theatre-making, using their respective creative journeys and personal experience as a lens, to critically discuss and evaluate through casual and open dialogues.
The Living Room is a programme by Centre 42 that welcomes chat and conversation. Through focused but casual dialogues and face-to-face exchanges, this programme encourages participants to re-examine trends, happenings, people (on & off-stage) and phenomena in Singapore theatre.
Video Documentation
Kok Heng Leun (Artistic Director of Drama Box, Singapore), director of “Chronology on Death” Koh Choon Eiow (Co-Artistic Director of Approaching Theatre, Taiwan) and director of “The Struggle: Years Later” Liu Xiaoyi (Director of The Theatre Practice’s The Practice Lab, Singapore) explore the relationship between censorship and theatre-making in a two-hour open and casual dialogue. The 115-minute talk was in Mandarin and has been repackaged into a 2-part video recording with English subtitles.