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A TINY COUNTRY| by ATTEMPTS

A TINY COUNTRY| by ATTEMPTS

"A Tiny Country" is a thought-provoking collective role-playing experience. The audience plays as a member of a community living in a tiny country and another as a social scientist who impartially experiments with the people’s future. "A Tiny Country" is…
RUMAH DAYAK | by Nessa Anwar

RUMAH DAYAK | by Nessa Anwar

A night-hour safehouse for the troubled youths, dropouts, runaways and delinquents of the Malay community is run by a pair of ex-offenders. When external intervention looms, it will take all of their collective efforts to keep the walls of their…
JUST AZ | by GroundZ-0

JUST AZ | by GroundZ-0

The Malays and Chinese has its own, and yet intertwined history and relationship between themselves on this little island country – Singapore. Just AZ is developed in residence at Centre 42’s Basement Workshop.
A PIECE OF CAKE | by Samantha Chia

A PIECE OF CAKE | by Samantha Chia

“Because your dreams should not come with an expiry date.” A Piece of Cake is developed in residence at Centre 42’s Basement Workshop in March 2019.
CATAMITE | by Loo Zihan

CATAMITE | by Loo Zihan

An interactive performance that takes the form of an artist lecture and dialogue where Loo Zihan shares his experiences of staging his installation "Queer Objects: An Archive for the Future (2016)". Catamite is developed in residence at Centre 42’s Basement…
THE LAST FIVE YEARS: A GENDER REVERSAL | by Ethel Yap

THE LAST FIVE YEARS: A GENDER REVERSAL | by Ethel Yap

This workshop adaptation strives to use the device of a character gender-reversal to tease out assumptions and questions about gender roles dynamics, power and control. The Last Five Years: A Gender Reversal is developed in residence at Centre 42’s Basement…
MAKING A STAND | by Project Tandem

MAKING A STAND | by Project Tandem

Making A Stand is the very first local disability-led theatre project, created and represented by emerging Deaf and disabled artists from Singapore. It is developed in residence at Centre 42’s Basement Workshop from April 2017 to July 2018.
WANDERING WOMEN | by Nidya Shanthini Manokara and Nora Samosir

WANDERING WOMEN | by Nidya Shanthini Manokara and Nora Samosir

Using both Western conventions of acting and Indian classical dance form of Bharata Natyam, the duo seeks out ways to weave together spoken text and movement. Wandering Women is developed in residence at Centre 42’s Basement Workshop from June 2017…
IN THE SILENCE OF YOUR HEART | by Kaylene Tan

IN THE SILENCE OF YOUR HEART | by Kaylene Tan

Paralysed for 13 years, Thian, a charming politician and inveterate drinker confronts the question at the heart of his memories: have I disappointed as a father? In the Silence of Your Heart is developed in residence at Centre 42’s Basement…
THE ROOM THAT GREW BUOYANT, LITTLE BY LITTLE | by INDEX

THE ROOM THAT GREW BUOYANT, LITTLE BY LITTLE | by INDEX

The Room That Grew Buoyant, Little By Little is a walk-through experiential installation that explores the liminal relationship between man and furniture, where narratives and meanings are weaved through diversified interactions to arrive at a place where one daydreams of…
MAGIC LAB 2 | Pink Gajah Theatre

MAGIC LAB 2 | Pink Gajah Theatre

Magic Lab 2 is Pink Gajah Theatre’s second installment to Pink Gajah Magic Lab. With an aim to explore physicality of text, image, poetry and shapes through movement, laboratory participants’ will share their lab projects and watch the works in…
ATTEMPTS: SINGAPORE | by Rei Poh

ATTEMPTS: SINGAPORE | by Rei Poh

Attempts: Singapore is an immersive theatrical experience that takes audience-participants through a non-linear narrative involving technology, an elusive character named Anne and her involvement in a potential international crisis.
HOT POT TALK | by Chong Gua Khee

HOT POT TALK | by Chong Gua Khee

Featuring facilitators from various theatre background, HOT POT TALK: Theatre & the Arts presents a theatrical journey into conversation and bridge theatre/arts and society by exploring commonalities and sharing mutual stories of ‘why’ (e.g. why do you do what you…
UNDER | by Lee Shyh Jih

UNDER | by Lee Shyh Jih

Under is both a new play as well as an exercise in discovering new ways of storytelling with minimal words. The aim is not to produce a stage-able work, but to explore and experiment with way of storytelling using as…
OPEN WATERS | Tan Shou Chen & Jaturachai Srichanwanpen

OPEN WATERS | Tan Shou Chen & Jaturachai Srichanwanpen

Open Waters seeks to write a new creation myth for Singapore and Bangkok, using water myths as a starting point. The collaborative process involves cross-cultural creation, drawing heavily from the histories and existing traditional arts found in the artists’ respective…