The four residents of Centre 42's Playwright's Professional Development Residency have spent the past six months reading and discussing plays that turn back the gaze, plays that dream about systems unraveling, plays that ask hard and pungent questions, plays that stare fear and proscription in the face. In short, they've been reading plays that say "F*CK YOU" in some form or another and turning these provocations and insights on their own practices.
This evening will be an intimate sharing of their
Over a year ago, the C42 Archive of Singapore Theatre was announced with the article “Bless this Mess: a vision for an archive on Singapore theatre”. We were frank about the frustrating and messy process of developing the Archive, but we powered through and finally publicly launched the Archive last year on 11 January 2022, alongside the reveal of a revamped C42 website. Since then, our efforts have been focused on growing this record of Singapore’s theatre history, all the while making information accessib
Archive as if the future depends on it. – Lisbet Tellefsen
What is an archive? Different organisations would each define the word differently, with varying levels of specificity. Merriam-Webster defines an ‘archive’ quite simply as ‘a repository or collection, especially of information’. Archives come in many different shapes and forms, but all ultimately come down to collecting and storing material so it will not be lost.
What kind of material can an archive contain? What makes
Back to Live, Back to Normality (?)
With 2022 seeing the gradual easing of pandemic restrictions across the world, theatres in Singapore have welcomed audiences back in full for the first time since 2020. In tracking Singapore Theatre in 2022, we have seen a total of 137 shows, including:
123 live performances
8 digital theatrical performances (these includes performances that were performed live online or pre-recorded for streaming/video on demand)
4 hybrid theatrical performances (simultaneou
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Published: 20 December 2022
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Serge has bought a modern painting for a huge sum of money. His friend, Marc, hates it. Yvan is caught in the middle. Will their friendship survive their disagreement? Art... is it worth it?
When the going gets tough, it’s easy to lose sight of what makes life so great. The narrator in Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe’s play Every Brilliant Thing would know – his mum had tried to commit suicide when he was only six years old. In order to remind her that there’s always something worth living for, he began writing a list of brilliant things that exist in the world over the next 30 years of his life, with a little help from his audience.
The resulting piece was first staged in 2013
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Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay
Staged: 15 February 2013
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