INTERACT – In the Living Room《“客厅”里的小剧会》


Kok Heng Leun (Artistic Director of Drama Box, Singapore), director of “Chronology on Death” Koh Choon Eiow (Co-Artistic Director of Approaching Theatre, Taiwan) and director of “The Struggle: Years Later” Liu Xiaoyi (Director of The Theatre Practice’s The Practice Lab, Singapore) explore the relationship between censorship and theatre-making in a two-hour open and casual dialogue. The 115-minute talk was in Mandarin and has been repackaged into a 2-part video recording with English subtitles.
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Is censorship necessary? How does it affect theatre making? Is it possible to find a balance between restrictions and creativity?

In partnership with Centre 42’s Living Room programme, this year’s INTERACT invites you to a dialogue between Kok Heng Leun (Artistic Director of Drama Box), director of Chronology on Death Koh Choon Eiow (Co-Artistic Director of approaching theatre) and director of The Struggle: Years Later Liu Xiaoyi (Director of The Theatre Practice’s The Practice Lab). They will explore the relationship between censorship and theatre-making, using their respective creative journeys and personal experience as a lens, to critically discuss and evaluate through casual and open dialogues.

logo-high-res-CTF-2015A programme presented by the M1 Chinese Theatre Festival 2015, in collaboration with Centre 42 as part of our Living Room programme.

EVENT DETAILS

Saturday, 11 July 2015
10am @ Centre 42 Black Box

Part 1: Interact 

The three directors each give their take on censorship and theatre-making based on past experiences in their personal and professional lives.

Part 2: Interact 

The three directors respond to questions and comments from the audience.

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The Living Room is a programme by Centre 42 that welcomes chat and conversation. Through focused but casual dialogues and face-to-face exchanges, this programme encourages participants to re-examine trends, happenings, people (on & off-stage) and phenomena in Singapore theatre.