This is My Family: New Singapore Plays Volume 2 features six plays which were either produced or mentored by Checkpoint Theatre, and showcases vital artistic responses to the increasingly diversified notions of family.  These plays examine with care, intelligence and honesty the joys and the pains of family: the papered-over cracks of a twenty-year marriage, the enduring ties between a parent and a child, the forging of bonds between those not bound by blood.  This anthology of acclaime

The Mother We Share Checkpoint Theatre’s latest production, Recalling Mother, is, as its title suggests, an exercise in constructing autobiographies. Much like a home cooked meal, it is written, performed simply and sincerely by Claire Wong and Noorlinah Mohamed. There is no fourth wall, no hagiography, just simple and powerful storytelling – the very atom of theatre making – at its core. And what tender and touching stories we hear! The two leads walk us through their childhood, the gradual agin

The Vault: RE:CALL is an inter-disciplinary exploration of the creative synergies between dance and theatre. It is a performance response to the text Recalling Mother and its conceptual framework as a “living script”. First written and performed by Claire Wong and Noorlinah Mohamed in 2006, and in revised iterations later on in 2009, 2015 and 2016, Recalling Mother is an evolving text featuring two women telling stories about their mothers and the complexities in their relationships