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Showing 43 programmes for 1995—99
SPH Young Playwrights Series 3 — Cards, Ordinary Woman, Will You Please Jump?, The Can Opener, and Will You Be There?
Performances from the SPH Young Playwrights Series 3.
My Lonely Tarts
A flaky new comedy about old loves, new passions, and high cholesterol recipes.
Writers’ Lab – Lab Report 7 (1995)
The Lab Report series introduces plays in progress written by participants in the Writers’ Laboratory workshops.
Writers’ Lab – 24-Hour Playwriting Competition (1999)
Come on a River Odyssey and peg out a play in 24 short hours!
24-Hour Playwriting Competition
Come camp out at Fort Canning Centre and peg out a new play in 24 short hours!
Three Fat Virgins Unassembled (1995)
Virgins. Cherished when they’re 16, discarded when they’re 40. Society plays up our worst fantasies and prejudice. How do women handle this outrage, salvage their self-image, or wallop their oppressors?
The Gift (Theatre-in-Education Programme)
‘The Gift’ is developed out of the writer’s question – ‘how do we find new ways of engaging with our age-group target when we are making theatre for them; ways which invite the children’s own voices into the early creative process of developing a story?’
The Flying Circus Project (1996)
Established in 1994 by Ong Keng Sen, Artistic Director of TheatreWorks, the Flying Circus Project (FCP) is a major programme exploring Asian expression in the 21st century.
Mixed Signals (1997)
Mild-mannered schoolteacher Miss Vanda meets Chinese-educated engineer Victor at a Friendship Development Unit (FDU) party. Before their romance can blossom, she is cruelly struck by a TV set hurled out of a HDB flat in Toa Payoh.
Lear (January-February 1999)
Based on Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy, ‘Lear’ is about a young woman who plots to steal the throne and the kingdom from her father.
Lao Jiu (1997)
Lao Jiu, the ninth child and only son of the family, is of outstanding intelligence and carries the hopes of his parents and siblings. Alas, to his family’s disappointment, he abandons his scholastic pursuits for his love of the traditional art form of hand puppetry.
Hot Dogs And Eternal Triangles
Singaporean girl Shu Yi meets Englishman Jason in Thailand.
The Cutting Edge (No, Not The Arts Festival) — Hand-Made Tales
All fetuses begin as female. Children are intuitive moralists.
Beauty World (February 1998)
Set in Singapore in the mid-sixties, ‘Beauty World’ is a musical melodrama about the adventures of a small town girl in the big city.
Army Daze (The Film) (1996)
The film is based on Michael Chiang’s book and stage play ‘Army Daze’ about the misadventures of five young men going through their Basic Military Training.
The First Emperor’s Last Days
Four writers – a dissident, a poet, a journalist and a government hack – are under house arrest, ordered to write the living biography of the First Emperor of China.
On Mercury’s Wings
A racy, sexy drama where office politics and the virtual world collide.
Meena And Me
The play: A woman dances and waits for her man. The movie: Born the daughter of a Parsee actor, Meena Kumari arrived on the Indian film scene just as the glamorous style of the 40’s was being supplanted by the histrionic style of the 50’s.
Haunted
A familiar tale about a half-remembered touch, a kiss, a look, a love which has spanned generations amidst family feuds, lies, betrayal and murder.
Beauty World (10th Anniversary Production) (April 1998)
Set in Singapore in the mid-sixties, Beauty World is a musical melodrama about the adventures of a small town girl in the big city.
A.I.
A light-hearted play about the sometimes sticky relationship between love, trust, and bodily fluids.
Half Lives
Half Lives is a series of vivid snapshots of a Singaporean woman, an Asian-American man, and their son.
Diary Of A Madwoman
Two women. One discovering her womanhood, the other losing hers. Be witness to an often zany, sometimes fearful, and always surprising journey of self-discovery.
The Cutting Edge (No, Not The Arts Festival) — The Yang Family
This saga of family, traditions and change will unfold through the struggles of an immigrant Chinese family — a widow, her six sons, her daughter, and their families.
The Cutting Edge (No, Not The Arts Festival) — The Morning Star Project: Lucifer, Whisper, Composition B and The Blue Fish
The Blue Fish is a new full-length butoh performance created by Japanese dancers and talents from Singapore.
SPH Festival Of New Writing — Ginnie’s Favourite Colour, The Buried & Quiet The Gorilla (1996)
The Writers’ Lab programme is a unique self-help programme developed and organised by TheatreWorks in order to provide aspiring playwrights with the opportunity to hone their skills.
Pop Friction
What do you see yourself doing in the year 2000? Running a theatre in a cyberclub, collaborating with Malcolm McLaren, having a personal revolution of retiring?
Descendants Of The Eunuch Admiral (1996)
Parallels are drawn between the power struggles of court eunuchs in 15th-century China and modern-day office workers, with the metaphor of castration used to show how much they have sacrificed in order to climb up the corporate ladder.
Wills & Secession
The bonds of family reel us in, wrap us up in knots, and sometimes repel us. They push us in directions that we cannot always control — a story that exists within all families.
Therese Raquin
This classic crime of passion examines the thoughts and feelings of a woman taken over the edge by her own physical and emotional desires.
Descendants Of The Eunuch Admiral (1995)
Parallels are drawn between the power struggles of court eunuchs in 15th-century China and modern-day office workers, with the metaphor of castration used to show how much they have sacrificed in order to climb up the corporate ladder.
Broken Birds: An Epic Longing
A long time ago, a group of women embarked on a journey to a new land on a selfless quest for a better life, for themselves and their families.
Ang Tau Mui, A Modern Woman
An intimate and endearing one-woman play that will make you laugh, cry, and wonder!
Private Parts
Private Parts centres on a successful yuppie talk-show host, Warren Lee, and the private lives of two transsexuals.
Got To Go… Play Till Dawn
GTG… PTD will be here for you throughout the entire night, and all you have to do is come play with us.
Pan Island Expressway
A major accident, involving actors from a play entitled PIE, occurs on the PIE on National Day. Coincidence or conspiracy?
Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral (1998)
‘Descendants Of The Eunuch Admiral’ weaves a powerful tale of castration and politics as it tells of ancient Chinese court practices and the legendary eunuch, Admiral Cheng Ho, who was responsible for China’s most extensive maritime expeditions in the 15th century.
Lear
Based on Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy, Lear is about a young woman who plots to steal the throne and the kingdom from her father.
Workhorse Afloat
The lives of yesterday’s Chinese rickshaw coolies and today’s construction workers from India is the central theme of TheatreWorks’ ‘Workhorse Afloat’.
Destinies Of Flowers In The Mirror
Set in the Suntec City Fountain, Destinies Of Flowers In The Mirror is inspired by the Ming Dynasty classic, “Jing Hua Yuan”, and the Holocaust.
Six Of The Best
Six Of The Best uncovers the explosive shifts in a group of expatriates and locals on the day of the Michael Fay sentencing in 1994.
Mortal Sins
A strange twist of fate brings Jacqueline Atria, newly appointed president of the Singapore Censorship Council and the nation’s moral guardian, and Rosy, striptease queen and star attraction of the seedy Eden nightclub, together.
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SPH Festival Of New Writing — Ginnie’s Favourite Colour, The Buried & Quiet The Gorilla (1996)
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