Late-Night Texting 2018

What does it mean to love and be in love in Singapore? Have our ideas of love changed over time? “Lovebites” explores the love between friends, within the family, and between lovers as portrayed in four pairs of excerpts from Singaporean plays. In each set, one excerpt is from a play written before 2005, and the other, after 2005.

Performed by Jaisilan Sathiasilan, Kenneth Chia, Mark Benedict Cheong, Nur Hasyimah bte Hassan, and Shannen Tan

This programme has been rated Advisory 16 (Some Mature Content and Coarse Language)

Seven playwrights of Main Tulis Group will present new original nine-minute plays in two recurring sessions. Whether you come for “Arrival” or “Departure”, you’ll be sampling an evocatively diverse range of perspectives in bite-sized dramatised readings. Performed in English and Malay with English surtitles.

Performed by Adib Kosnan, Dawn Teo, Farhan Roy Rani, Ibrahim Sawifi, Kaykay Nizam, Nessa Anwar, Saiful Amri, and Siti Zuraida

This programme has been rated Advisory 16 (Some Mature Content and Coarse Language)

“Eat My Shorts” is a presentation of one dozen 10-minute plays written by local playwrights. They will be performed by four actors over four sets. These short plays were selected from an open call based on the theme “short-sighted”. Come enjoy bite-sized theatre in which the unofficial rule is “minimal fuss, maximum fun”!

Performed by Danielle Cutiongco, Jasmine Xie, Salif Hardie, and Sharda Harrison

This programme has been rated Advisory 16 (Some Mature Content)

“Read to Teleport” is a transportive tool that brings every reader to different worlds — made possible by the vast literature that the world owns today. This edition of “Read to Teleport” will have a pop-up store selling a range of books and magazines, new publication launches, and panels featuring local literary figures.

Singapore is not just one island, but made up of many, many islands! “Legends of the Islands” tells the stories of four of these islands. In a multilingual street wayang performance, three actors will tell you three different versions of these island legends. Whose story will you believe? Come, listen and vote! Performed in English, Malay, Mandarin and Hokkien. No surtitles provided.

Performed by Hang Qian Chou, Lina Yu, and Suhaili Safari.

Late-night texting is hard work, so don’t forget to refuel throughout the night! A regular fixture at Late-Night Texting, the bright yellow Coffee Bandits food truck will once again be parked under our mango tree. Make out like a bandit and head on over to fill up on a delectable array of snacks and tipples.