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INVISIBILITY and the concept of Liminality

Invisibility features several vignettes set in public spaces, such as a park and a public toilet. In these public spaces, the characters perform very private and personal activities, such as intimate conversations with strangers, appreciating art, and even sex. There…

INVISIBILITY and the Hermit Life

Hermit-hood A motif running through the play Invisibility is the idea of hermit-hood. Being a hermit entails living your life in seclusion, away from other people. Hermits choose to live alone for various reasons. There are “push” factors which drive…

Stagings and responses to INVISIBILITY

Past stagings of Invisibility: Date Production Details 1996, Aug 15-25 By The Necessary Stage Venue: The Substation Director: Kok Heng Leun Lighting Designer: Lee Cheng Heng Excerpt of the director’s message: “In this busy city, I often see people working…

INVISIBILITY written by Quah Sy Ren

About the Playwright: Quah Sy Ren is an associate professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Chinese division at Nanyang Technical University. His main research interests are in Chinese Literature and the history of Singapore Theatre. Quah also…

Video: Koh Boon Pin in the Living Room with Desmond Sim

A 3-part video recording of this dialogue with playwright Desmond Sim, held in the company of a live audience on 17 April 2015. This chat was hosted by veteran journalist and actor Koh Boon Pin.

Video: Koh Boon Pin in the Living Room with Russell Heng

A 3-part video recording of this dialogue with playwright Russell Heng, held in the company of a live audience on 10 April 2015. This chat was hosted by veteran journalist and actor Koh Boon Pin.

Open Call for Playwrights!

Into its second cycle in 2015, Boiler Room is a project-specific content creation incubation programme for playwrights. We aim to customise a developmental process that is appropriate to the creators and their ideas/work, and put through a comprehensive process of…

Boiler Room 2014 Timeline

Boiler Room 2014 is the inaugural cycle that was launched in April 2014. As a pilot programme, the process is continually under refinement to ensure that a robust yet valuable framework is provided to guide playwrights in developing their ideas/text.…

INITIAL CONDITIONS written by Eleanor Wong

A 30min reading of Eleanor Wong's new work, marking the conclusion of her residency at the Centre for Quantum Technologies. In collaboration with Cake Theatrical Productions, supported by Centre 42 | 13 - 14 March 2015, 8.00pm @ Centre 42…

Video: In the Living Room with Michael Chiang

A 3-part video recording of this dialogue with playwright Michael Chiang, held in the company of a live audience on 30 October 2014. This was the Centre's inaugural session of the Living Room programme series.

Reflections by Suzanne Choo

12 April 2016, thoughts about wrapping up her Boiler Room journey: 23 April 2015, on the Writing and Review Phase of her Boiler Room journey: “I started writing at the beginning of January but realized that as I wrote,…

Reflections by Bryan Tan

29 May 2016, thoughts about wrapping up his Boiler Room journey: 28 October 2014, on the Research Phase of his Boiler Room journey: “I pull on a loose thread; and a tapestry starts to unravel. It began with three…

Reflections by Daniel Chan

19 May 2016, thoughts about wrapping up his Boiler Room journey: 16 April 2015, on the Writing and Review Phase of his Boiler Room journey: “I had left the script untouched for 2 months after submitting the script for…

Open Call for Playwrights!

Boiler Room 2014 is a project-specific content creation incubation programme for playwrights. We aim to customise a developmental process that is appropriate to the creators and their ideas/work, and put through a comprehensive process of refinement and hothousing |Application period:…