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The Performance Arts and Augmented Reality online workshop introduced performance-makers and production designers to photogrammetry and video volumetric capture, and how to harness these technologies in creative projects. I caught up with three participants — Cheryl Tan Yun Xin, Woo…

Last month, Centre 42 presented our online workshop Performance Arts and Augmented Reality, facilitated by Tan Shou Chen, a freelance theatremaker, and Timothi Lim ("Tim"), Creative Director of Augmented Reality at The Doodle People. Here are four key takeaways from…

It was with a heavy heart when we closed the gates of 42 Waterloo Street on 6 Apr 2020. And with the impending renovations delayed, the blue bungalow sat empty for several months. When we re-entered the premises exactly four months…

We got the participants to ask each other questions about their experience on the nine-week online course Rethinking Practice and the Practitioner: Pandemic Purpose. (Or about anything under the sun, really.) Because of Pandemic Purpose's focus on questioning and reflection,…

"I've now completed my first Zoom course!" When a beaming Charlene made her declaration, the window pane of faces erupted in applause. I, however, was left wondering what insights the seasoned educator might have gleaned from developing and conducting a…

I only remember two shows I watched at Action Theatre at 42 Waterloo Street. The first was Alfian Sa’at The Optic Trilogy in 2001. The set included a few CRT TVs and I was quite impressed by the way they…

I don’t remember the first time I visited Centre 42, but I remember vividly how amused I was that this building was so different than all the other monochromatic architecture most of us are used to when we think of…

Whenever I try to think about my journey as a playwright/theatre-maker over the last decade, the first thing that usually comes to mind is the multiple times I have found myself sleep-deprived, and manically trying to write a new play,…

It is at once a bustling rehearsal compound, a retreat for writers, and a festival ground of ideas. The house itself is unassuming and quaint, its facade just like a house that any child would draw, square with pitched roofs,…

The blue house at 42 Waterloo Street has been etched firmly in my mind as a space, both physical and otherwise, that I will always hold dear. I do remember the time when the physical premises was the home of…