Thoughts

[Review] The Old Woman and the Ox lacks a confluence of ideas
26 Nov 2018 Understandably, a newly written play can be a challenge to stage. The Old Woman and the Ox got too heavy...
Meeting Charlie was also seeing my inner self - A Reflection
24 Nov 2018 I am so happy that Charlie has an opportunity to be performed here. Otherwise I would never have known that...
Southernmost 2018 Physical Masterclass Students' Presentation - A Reflection
10 Nov 2018 Nget Rady and Didik Nini Thowok carry within them traditions of the Cambodian male masked dance form (Lakhaon Khaol) and...
[Review] Lear Is Dead lacks a two-way dialogue in response to the original script
4 Nov 2018 When the curtains opened (figuratively, because there were no curtains), I felt hopeful and excited about Nine Years Theatre’s (NYT)...
[Review] Framed by Adolf, framed by Chong, insinuates a post-truth regime
2 Jul 2018 There are many common qualities between last week’s Citizen Dog and this week’s Framed, by Adolf: The static noises used...
A response to the dramatised reading of Euginia Tan’s Habits
26 Jun 2018 Previously titled The Man In The Coffin, Habits is a play that attempts to explore faith and kinship under the...
A response to the dramatised reading of Jo Tan's Forked
24 Jun 2018 A monologue by Jo Tan herself is really what this play needs I suppose. I haven’t seen the previous iterations...
[Review] Citizen Dog — A twisted satire written in the image and spirit of Liao Zhai
18 Jun 2018 Citizen Dog is a dark and twisted fairy tale. Actually, it is just like any other Hans Christian Anderson’s or...
[Review] Citizen Dog recontextualised and modernised old themes from a classic literature
16 Jun 2018 This play is honestly such a trippy ride. Even a week later, we’re still not sure what to think. The cast...
[Review] Dragonflies focuses on climate change, adaptation and the survival of the fittest
9 Jun 2018 Dragonflies’ plot is a circle of life. The play starts with death, then a series of unfortunate events that takes...
[Review] Sentiments of Space: Reading Between the Frames of Singaporean Director Don Aravind’s Films
22 May 2018 How, in just three minutes, does a storyteller convey deep emotion through minimal exposition? Singaporean director Don Aravind, whose work...
[Review] How Did The Cat Get So Fat indeed
10 May 2018 One senses the social ills, becomes aware of the disadvantaged, understands the vices of materialism and necessity of economic prosperity. As a responsible and active citizen, now is the point to ask yourself...
[Review] 在四马路的表面底下
22 Apr 2018 在缤纷有趣的外表之下，我发现《四马路》的整体空间结构是凌散的，故事与故事之间似乎没有特定剧情逻辑、时间顺序或空间上的连接。从实践剧场的黑箱剧场开始，穿过巷子，上楼，下楼，又上楼，下楼。我们的行走路线有往前，也有回头，还有交错。
[Review] Lemons introduces us to a young and novel fringe idea
16 Apr 2018 We are no strangers to abbreviating words, phrases or sentences with the advent of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat... So if the issue here is not about the number of words (140), then what is?
[Review] In Her Hands: 慈母手中线 X 生机出笔端
10 Apr 2018 The short performance starts with Chin Huat pedalling a traditional sewing machine, weaving a blanket, weaving his story. The whirring of the wheel, squeaks at the joints all sound strangely ...
[Review] Cut! Kafka does not need a happy ending
26 Mar 2018 What greets us when we enter the studio is a rectangular open space, flanked by audience seats on all four...

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