Idelle Yee is one of the five Citizen Reviewers selected from the 2019 Open Call application. Idelle has moved on with alarming haste from being an appropriately meandering undergraduate at the National University of Singapore to one about to finish with a major in English Literature and a minor in Theatre Studies. The privilege of having been able to explore the arts is not lost on her, and she seeks to retain always a childlike generosity and humility in her appreciation of the arts in their startlingly varied forms, and also in her criticism of them. She believes very much in the importance of reviewing as a tool for advocacy and education, to journey alongside local practitioners and audience members alike in forging a more thoughtful, sensitive arts community. She enjoys theatre research (particularly in the realm of intercultural theatre) and has Very Large and Considerable Soft Spots for musical theatre and chamber music. Other hobbies including dashing after public transport, religious poetry and Christian theology, very cheesy omnibus romance flicks, and considerate conversation. She also writes () and sings a little. ““Me? I am cured… kemurnian”.” “Dear Elena: the sun still rises” “How is it possible to be disinterested in colonialism?” “We Were So Hopeful Then” “Doesn’t God dream of forgiving our sins?” “I have loved you every day since the day you were born…” “remember, we are all on the same side…” “this is my grandfather’s road…” “And this our life, exempt from public haunt…” “It takes all kinds, doesn’t it?” “Man and woman, in translation” “Meandering Resonance”
REVIEWS BY IDELLE
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Teater Ekamatra
Reviewed on 29 September 2019
DEAR ELENA by Nine Years Theatre
Reviewed on 20 October 2019
MERDEKA/ 獨立 / சுதநததிரம் by W!ld Rice
Reviewed on 12 October 2019
WE WERE SO HOPEFUL THEN by The Necessary Stage
Reviewed on 31 July 2019
FIRST FLEET by Nine Years Theatre
Reviewed on 21 July 2019
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE by Wag the Dog Theatre
Reviewed on 25 June 2019
DISPLACED PERSONS’ WELCOME DINNER by Checkpoint Theatre
Reviewed on 26 May 2019
MY GRANDFATHER’S ROAD (RHDS) by Neo Kim Seng
Reviewed on 20 April 2019
AS YOU LIKE IT by Lasalle
Reviewed on 20 February 2019
IT TAKES ALL KINDS by The Necessary Stage’s Theatre for Seniors
Reviewed on 2 March 2019
LOVE LETTERS by Nelson Chia and Mia Chee
Reviewed on 23 February 2019
ABOVE THE MEALY-MOUTHED SEA by Unholy Mess
Reviewed on 22 January 2019
