The Vault 1.1 – NINETEEN SIXTY-FOUR
22 Sep 2014, 8pm | Centre 42 presents the first of The Vault series on 22 September 2014: a revisit of two English-language plays written in the '60s - When Smiles Are Done (by Goh Poh Seng) and A White…
The Vault 1.1
Video: The Vault 1.1: Nineteen Sixty-Four
An 8-part video recording of the Lecture-Performance, first presented in front of a live audience on 22 September 2014. "Nineteen Sixty-Four" is the Centre's inaugural iteration of The Vault programme series.
Reflections about the creation process of NINETEEN SIXTY-FOUR
We asked the two key artist-collaborators Nora Samosir and Serene Chen about their personal responses to The Vault, its concept and the working process. Hear their reflections and views about working on the Centre's inaugural iteration of The Vault programme…
#7 – A tense 1964
1964 was a significant milestone in Singapore’s history, a period of tension amidst the uncertainty and hope of forging a new identity. Various views about the Merger: A recording of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s address, in Mandarin and English,…
#6 – The golden age of Singapore music
Plug in to this short 1964 playlist of music tracks by some of the many popular local bands in the ’60s: The Crescendos (pop band) Naomi and the Boys (pop band) The Checkmates (guitar band) The Quests (guitar band) 1960s:…
#5 – Cabaret Girls in the limelight
Singapore. Neon lights at night, 1960s. There were the three “Worlds” which lit up Singapore’s nightlife in the ’50s and ’60s: New World Park. View “New World was famous for its cabarets, Chinese and Malay opera halls, shops, restaurants, open-air cinemas, boxing…
#4 – The local ‘Mad Men’ era
We gleaned an insight into the design aesthetics and advertising sensibilities of the 1960s in Singapore, from the programme books of the staged productions of When Smiles Are Done and A White Rose At Midnight. Many of the advertisers and…
#3 – The exchange: “Let local clubs not be too proud to learn from expatriate clubs.”
The following provides a snapshot of the exchanges between Lim Chor Pee and M.E. Constant (member of Stage Club), sparked off from a Radio Forum in 1964 about amateur theatre in Singapore: M.E. Constant: “Amateurs on stage: a defence”…
#2 – The desire and impetus for local theatre
“A national theatre cannot hope to survive if it keeps staging foreign plays.” ~ Lim Chor Pee. In the early to mid-sixties, there was a brewing sentiment for the need to forge a local identity in English-language (or English-speaking) theatre.…
#1 – What’s on? The (unofficial) theatre guide in 1964.
Here’s a sampling of what a theatre-goer could possibly watch back in 1964: Mar 18: Rowcroft Theatre Club, Akin to Love by Peggy Simmons. View. Apr 8: Alexandra Secondary Modern School, Salad Days by Julian Slade & Dorothy Reynolds. View. Apr…