Ten years ago, on 21 April 2014, Centre 42 first opened its doors to the public. Over the past decade, we've run programmes and residencies that have brought hundreds of practitioners through our doors. We've supported many artists and collectives, and built a community that believes in our mission to support the creation, documentation and promotion of Singapore theatre. 2024 marks our 10th Anniversary, and we're celebrating it throughout the year with a series of programmes and events that celebrate
Celebrated theatre-maker Chay Yew is visiting Centre 42 for a dialogue on his career, craft, and the intricacies of making theatre. Chay Yew started writing plays in Singapore, before eventually moving to the USA where, as a director, playwright, and producer, he became a leading figure in the American theatre.Chay Yew has made work at iconic New York venues like the Public Theatre, Playwrights Horizon, Lincoln Centre, as well as festivals and theatres across the USA and internationally, and has worked with
Tools is a workshop series by our visiting resident playwright Sean Dunnington for playwrights curious about theatricality—the unique magic of theatre that invites audiences to “believe” what they see on stage is true-to-life, even while knowing it's not real (to an extent). Each session dives into a specific element of this conceptual spell, blending discussion, hands-on activities, performance, and experimentation.Join us for the first workshop this January which will look at Stage Directions. In this wor
Sound Plot is Centre 42’s audio plays series, each edition drawing on a certain geographic area in Singapore. This edition, produced in collaboration with the NTU Museum, zooms in on Jurong West and its surrounding area, where the university is located. Two plays were selected through our Open Call, guided by the curatorial prompt "Ulu", and one play was selected from submissions by participants of our Audio Drama Writing Workshop.The audio plays will be launched from 20 January 2025 onwards. Stay tuned for
Centre 42, NTU Museum
Start: 20 January 2025
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Glazed Over
Instead of bridging the straight-gay gap, the play pretty much just points it out and then falls through it anyway.
The programme for Porcelain claims it is "an attempt to bridge the gap between men who publicly claim they are straight and the gay men who know better". In synopsis the play sounds like it might make good on that claim: smart young British-born Chinese, John, has killed his white lover, William Hope, a man who maintained he was straight throughout his affair wi
As If He Hears focuses on the friendship between an AIDS volunteer worker and a man stricken with AIDS. Through each other, they discover life in death, and death in life. The play is a study about the lives of AIDS patients and the relationships they form.(Source: T:>Archive)