The critical condition
“I have always believed that specialist feedback and commentary such as theatre reviews are critical for the development of a healthy theatre scene." - Robin Loon
Features
Beyond the classroom
“I want this to be a project that’s meaningful and useful for them, and I’m hoping that they will really take ownership of it." - Hoe Su Fern
The heart of the matter
"“I want the audience to get some kind of insight about what roles are considered nuanced and complex, and what are considered stock." - Alfian Sa'at
Interview with Cordelia Lee
"You can be a bitch, but don't be an unreasonable bitch."
Interview with Isaac Tan
"As with any artistic practice, and I consider theatre criticism to be a practice, the main point of it is in the doing. The programme has allowed me to find my voice as a critic"
Interview with Kaite O’Reilly
"The main challenges have been inaccessible buildings and narrow attitudes and preconceptions towards people with difference." - Kaite O'Reilly
Interview with Chong Gua Khee
"We hope that HOT POT TALK can be a starting point for conversations, or a way to deepen existing conversations."
Different, but same same
"People with visible and/or hidden disability are also trees like you and me. We share the same roots embedded in the soil of humanity where we begin and end our mortal journey."
ATRC and the Search for a Theatre
In 1987, a hairstylist created a theatre company. It was called Asia-in-Theatre Research Circus (ATRC), and the hairstylist in question was William Teo, often cited as one of the pioneers of contemporary Singapore English-language Theatre.
Creatures of the night
The theatrical magic at Centre 42 usually happens behind closed doors. Once a year, however, we throw open those doors for an after-hours shindig called Late-Night Texting, so that everyone can come and experience that magic for themselves.
Waterloo walkabout
“We want people to get involved to uncover the story of different places, and explore how places feed into someone’s identity.” - Charlene Shepherdson
No rest for the wicked
“Technically, it’s our first original work, and it’s pushing the company to do something that’s out of our comfort zone.”
Centre 42 turns three!
The exterior of our pre-war bungalow doesn’t give much away, but you’d be sorely mistaken if you think that we don’t get up to much on a day-to-day basis – because the real magic is happening behind the scenes.
Interview with Andrew Marko
"Everyone deserves a chance to be treated like a friend."
Interview with Sharda Harrison and Deborah Carmen Hoon
"I’ve always talked about death. I’m, like, so cool about dying!" - Sharda Harrison
Interview with Neo Hai Bin
"A reviewer’s words provide records for future academics, and also help future readers to understand what the show was about."
Interview with Darryl Lim
"To me, social separation can feel similar to the death of a loved one in terms of letting go, and seeing someone slowly leave your life. That’s why in the first version, you just see this guy descending into hell…
Interview with Adeeb Fazah
"We have three pillars for the company: the reimagining of existing classics, the reinvention of perceptions and notions through original works, and the revival of the Singapore canon."
Interview with Tan Liting
"It’s a play about body image about humanity, about living in the skin you’re in, or finding a different image or skin."
Interview with Chong Tze Chien
"I want to ask what would happen if we discover a great Hitler painting. How would that rewrite art history, and how would that rewrite Germany’s history? And if we were to discover that great piece of work, would we…