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We’re ramping up the text-ual tension once again this August! LATE-NIGHT TEXTING is Centre 42’s annual showcase of exciting new text-based works by some of Singapore’s freshest independent theatre-makers.
    
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PAGE UPDATED: 31 AUGUST 2019
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We’re ramping up the text-ual tension once again this August! LATE-NIGHT TEXTING is Centre 42’s annual showcase of exciting new text-based works by some of Singapore’s freshest independent theatre-makers. In our fourth Late-Night Texting, we bring you over 25 bite-sized performances from Attempts, Brown Voices, Main Tulis Group, Pink Gajah Theatre, C42 Vault artists, and C42 Boiler Room playwrights.
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Come experience a wide range of theatrical performances, from reinterpretations of Singapore theatre classics to works which shine a spotlight on invisible narratives. Along with books to feed your soul and a food truck to fill your belly, join us for text-y times all night long at our historic blue house on Waterloo Street.
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Admission to all programmes is free, first come, first served.*
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#lnt2019 #centre42
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Here’s what happened last year!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s99C5nqwQ7k?&rel=0
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DOUBLE TAKES features three 30-minute performances inspired by iconic plays from three different decades of Singapore theatre, developed by next-generation theatre-makers from the NUS Theatre Studies programme. Each work was previously presented as part of Centre 42’s VAULT programme, which invites artists to create contemporary responses to classic Singapore plays.
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30 & 31 AUG / BLACK BOX
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IMDA RATING: ADVISORY 16 (SOME MATURE CONTENT)
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@THISISEMERALDGIRL
9PM / 30 MIN
By Eugene Koh, Lee Shu Yu, Sarah Amalina, & Brenda Tan
Performed by Brenda Tan
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An adaption of Stella Kon’s much-loved play EMILY OF EMERALD HILL (1982), @THISISEMERALDGIRL imagines what life would be like for the titular matriarch’s great granddaughter, a social media influencer living in Emily’s mansion today. @THISISEMERALDGIRL was previously presented in full on 29 & 30 June 2018.
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UNDERSTUDY
10PM / 30 MIN
Conceived by Robin Loon and written by seven writers from NUS Thespis
Performed by Brenda Tan, Eugene Koh, Isaac Lim, Matthew Fam, Nathaniel Tan, & Olivia Vong
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UNDERSTUDY is set 22 years after the events of Tan Tarn How’s political satire UNDERCOVER (1993) where three spies from a National Intelligence Agency attempt to infiltrate a charitable organisation. UNDERSTUDY was previously presented in full as PROJECT UNDERSTUDY on 23 May 2016.
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GOSSIP GRLs
11PM / 30 MIN
Conceived and performed by Cherie Ho, Chermaine Cham,
Chimene Khoo, Dana Yeo, Michelle Simon Hariff, & Tricia Ding
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GOSSIP GRLs is a farce that examines the support staff of Grassroots Leaders (GRLs), inspired by the political environment of Robert Yeo’s ONE YEAR BACK HOME (1979). The performance follows the misadventures of a new volunteer joining the chaotic and competitive world of grassroots leadership. GOSSIP GRLs was previously presented as part of GOSSIP, SYMPHONY & OTHER MATTERS on 20 April 2019.
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30 & 31 AUG / BLACK BOX
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ROOM TO BREATHE presents dramatised readings of two full-length plays birthed from Centre 42’s playwriting incubation programme.
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THE WOMEN BEFORE ME
30 AUG ONLY / 7PM / 90 MIN
Written by Zee Wong
Directed by Ellison Tan
Performed by Luke Kwek, Sindhura Kalidas, Siti Khalijah, & T. Sasitharan
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IMDA RATING: ADVISORY 16 (MATURE CONTENT)
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Audience advisory: This play contains depictions and descriptions of sexual violence.
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Two women, four hundred years apart, connected by art and sexual violence. THE WOMEN BEFORE ME honours the voices of sexual assault survivors, and asks where compassion and justice can be found today. This is the first public reading of the play.
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Boiler Room Playwright ZEE WONG is an actor, singer, theatre-maker, and incurable cat lady. .
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PRETTY BUTCH x 不男不女
31 AUG ONLY / 7PM / 90 MIN
PERFORMED IN MANDARIN WITH ENGLISH SURTITLES
Written and directed by Tan Liting
Performed by Catherine Ho, Liew Jia Yi, Lina Yu, Yeo Yann Yann, & Zizi Hau
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IMDA RATING: R18 (SOME HOMOSEXUAL CONTENT)
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Featuring five characters who are neither manly nor womanly enough, PRETTY BUTCH x 不男不女 explores the pressures of society’s gender expectations on everyday people. The play debuted in English at the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival and was translated into Mandarin for the Taipei Arts Festival in 2018. This is the first time Mandarin translation, PRETTY BUTCH x 不男不女, will be performed in Singapore.
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Boiler Room Playwright TAN LITING is a full-time theatre practitioner with an interest in devising performance from personal stories..
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30 & 31 AUG / MEETING ROOM
8PM, 10PM & 11PM / 30-45 MIN
Written and directed by Rei Poh
Performed by Pritthijit Dastidar & Vanessa Toh
Stage-managed by Cheryl Tan
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IMDA RATING: ADVISORY (SOME MATURE CONTENT & COARSE LANGUAGE)
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DATING SIM (BETA) is a 30-minute participatory theatrical experience that takes the form of an interactive dating simulation game come to life, allowing the audience a closer examination of their agency and prejudices in modern dating and relationships.
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In a not-so-distant future, the worldwide conglomerate ARC controls everything from cradle to grave. To boost fertility rates, ARC is beta-testing Mate-Match, an algorithm designed to find perfect matches for everyone. Groups of beta-testers will participate in a dating simulation where they’ll be asked to make choices collectively.
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ATTEMPTS is a collective founded by Rei Poh that aims to engage and provoke, transforming audience into players, using participatory performances while providing a playground for like-minded artists to come on board to play and create their journey. They first debuted in 2018 at the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival with ATTEMPTS: SINGAPORE, a project developed in residence at Centre 42.
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30 & 31 AUG / FRONT COUTYARD
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IMDA RATING: GENERAL
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VERSO / RECTO is a 30-minute double-bill of performative responses to three poems by Southeast Asian writers. See how Main Tulis Group’s and Pink Gajah Theatre’s distinctive styles breathe life into these works. The three poems were curated by BooksActually.
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SET 1 / 7.30PM / 3o MIN
POEM:
A FEW WAYS TO EAT THE CITY RAW
by Ko Ko Thett (Myanmar)
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RESPONSES:
MIS-CONSTRUCTION
Created and performed by Sharda Harrison
A movement piece that explores the ways a city consumes us.
SPITTLE SPLATTER (TEMPIAS LAGI)
Written by Adib Kosnan & Farhanah Diyanah (FD)
Performed by Rusydinah Afiqah & Mehr Dudeja
A realist and an idealist have a conversation about city life.
SET 2 / 8.30PM / 30 MIN
POEM:
FROM ARGENTINE TANGO: OBSERVATIONS WHILE DANCING (PART 6)
by Mong-Lan (Vietnam)
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RESPONSES:
HEAVY WEIGHT
Written by Hazwan Norly & Nabilah Said
Performed by Fir Rahman & Ping
When two angels convene, their celestial pairing tips the scales between good and evil. Who will prevail?
DE-CONSTRUCTION
Created and performed by Sonia Kwek & Sharda Harrison
A choreographic duet illustrating the relationship between the mind and the body. With sound design by Mei Yin.
SET 3 / 9.30PM / 30 MIN
POEM:
THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN
by Lee Jing Jing (Singapore)
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RESPONSES:
RE-CONSTRUCTION
Created and performed by Sharda Harrison, Charissa & Lian Sutton
Based on silat, this movement piece paints images of life and death, love and loss. With sound design by Mei Yin.
I STILL FEED THE NEIGHBOURHOOD CAT
Written by Raimi Safari & Nessa Anwar
Performed by Yazid Jalil and Nessa Anwar
Memory is tricky. Sometimes you just want to hold on to a simpler time when hurt was more easily forgotten.
SET 4 / 10.00PM / 30 MIN
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30 AUG ONLY:
HEAVY WEIGHT
Written by Hazwan Norly & Nabilah Said
DE-CONSTRUCTION
Created and performed by Sonia Kwek & Sharda Harrison
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31 AUG ONLY:
I STILL FEED THE NEIGHBOURHOOD CAT
Written by Raimi Safari & Nessa Anwar
RE-CONSTRUCTION
Performed by Lian Sutton & Sharda Harrison
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MAIN TULIS GROUP is a writers’ circle for Malay playwrights of various ages who create work in English and Malay, looking to produce more original writing for the stage. Birthed in 2016, they have called C42 their home base since.
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PINK GAJAH THEATRE focuses on the unconventional and shining spotlights on subjects often overlooked by mass society. Pink Gajah tells emotional stories that resonate and move, questioning human social structures and the way we interact with our environments. Pink Gajah believes in the potency of theatre-making: theatre is cathartic, healing and meditative.
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30 & 31 AUG / REHEARSAL STUDIO
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IMDA RATING: ADVISORY (SOME MATURE CONTENT)
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Singapore Indian narratives take centre stage in KITCHEN MASALA, a series of 10-minute plays that feature stories about family and relationships centred around the Singaporean Indian identity inspired by the writers’ own personal experiences.
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SET 1 / 7.30PM & 9.30PM / 30 MIN
COFFEE MAKER
Written by Vithya Subramaniam
A new coffee maker means much more to a couple than a casual cup of coffee.
LIFE, WITH YOU
Created by Grace Kalaiselvi
A mask performance depicting the daily life of an elderly couple.
BREAD TAGS
Written by Jaisilan Sathiasilan
A baker reflects on his life through his confections.
SET 2 / 8.30PM & 10.30PM / 30 MIN
SURPRISE NOT
Written by Hasisha d/o Muhamad Nazir
Is something worth keeping once it’s past its expiration date?
LIFE, WITHOUT YOU
Created by Grace Kalaiselvi
A mask performance depicting how one copes with the loss of a life partner.
PONGAL
Written by Hemang Yadav
A buyer shows up at a flat for sale on the day the South Indian harvest celebrations begin.
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BROWN VOICES is Singapore’s first collective of Indian theatre-practitioners who have organised themselves as a small community to support, encourage and help each other write good quality scripts, telling and performing Indian narratives.
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30 & 31 AUG / LIBRARY
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A catastrophic solar flare has devastated the earth. Amongst the handful of survivors, a woman in Singapore scavenges books from the rubble and opens the last remaining bookstore on earth. Welcome to THE WORLD’S LONELIEST BOOKSTORE.
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Amidst detritus and solitude, join in discussions of Singapore and Southeast Asian literature with other surviving authors. Later on in the night, our intrepid bookseller will regale you with tales of the apocalypse, survival, and her iron-clad will to set up a bookstore in a world where few book lovers persist.
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BOOKSACTUALLY is an independent bookstore specialising in Literature. In their bookstore, you can often find literary trinkets in the form of stationery and other lovely tchotchkes. They publish and distribute books under their imprint Math Paper Press, and they also hand-stitch notebooks and produce stationery under Birds & Co.
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30 & 31 AUG / FRONT COURTYARD
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COFFEE BANDITS is Singapore’s only coffee specialty food truck. Besides coffee, they serve food and pride themselves on great service. They have been fueling hungry texters since our first edition of LATE-NIGHT TEXTING and this year is no exception.
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