Thoughts

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  [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...
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  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...
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  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...
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  [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...
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  [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...
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  [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...
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  [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...
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  [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...
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  [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。
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  [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?
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  [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 ...
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  [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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  [Review] The Death of Einstein and the Director in the Carpark

  18 Mar 2018 When do we need that emergency stairs? When you run out of air in a stuffy underground carpark. When you run out of questions to assure your self. When you run into inexplicable loneliness. When you can't find what you are looking for.
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  [Review] A Pantun Response to #Huayi2018

  15 Mar 2018 六根不宁 #icameatlasttothesea
  Huayi opens, its curtain glamorous
  Albeit six senses remain restless
  Tongue and nose battle starts showing wear
  Sound and intention travel to nowhere
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  [Review] Pantun Buat #Huayi2018

  15 Mar 2018 聊斋 #whywechat?
  Kisah klasik biasa diperalat
  Sylvia tersohor jadi umpanan
  Pentas dan visual tiada ralat
  Dambaan penonton agak kempunan
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  [Review] The Father fills a gap that needs to be addressed

  14 Mar 2018 More than just an honest take on dementia, The Father is devastating in its subjectivity and perspective, and fills a gap in our narrative about mental health that needs to be addressed...