Basement Workshop | Centre 42

FOR THE RECORD | by Charlene Shepherdson and Cheyenne Alexandria Phillips

For the Record is a three-part documentation project comprising a spoken-word performance, an exhibition, and a manuscript. The project explores the Eurasian identity in a time of great flux and online instances of xenophobia.

UNDER MY SKIN | by Alessandra Fel

Using personal narratives, multimedia and physicality, Under My Skin traces the lives of three characters – two generations of women and a man – to shed light on the complexities and struggles of maternity and postnatal depression.

PRETTY BUTCH | by Tan Liting

Pretty Butch delves into the realms of feminine masculinity in an attempt to provide a glimpse into the private lives of women who relate to or identify as butch, those who transition through butchness, and the lives of individuals who…

THINKING ABOUT DEATH | by Pink Gajah Theatre

Playing with ideas of life and death rituals from both the animal kingdom and the human animal of mankind, Thinking About Death is a laboratory that explores a woman who is contemplating death and revisits the memories of a monkey…

MICROMANAGE OVERWORK EXASPERATE (M.O.E.) | by Dark Matter Theatrics

Micromanage Overwork Exasperate (M.O.E.) is based on interviews done with teachers regarding their teaching experiences in the Singapore education system. It is a reworking of an earlier play written in 2014 on the same topic, called Micromanage Overwork Exaggerate.

SLEEPING NAKED | by Beverly Yuen

Sleeping Naked looks into the conflicts between spirituality and physical indulgence; control and freedom; acceptance and denial, through three characters in the household. It explores personal contradictions that anyone living in a city can relate to.

《招》WHEN THE COLD WIND BLOWS | by Neo Hai Bin & Chong Woon Yong

《招》 When The Cold Wind Blows explores the Singaporean male identity, using the National service as a premise, and discover how we deal with the many possibilities (good and bad) that the human nature encompass inherently.

DARK ROOM | by Edith Podesta

Dark Room is an original work, based on true accounts, that explores the codes and regulations of society “on the inside”. It charts the prison experience from pre-trial to imprisonment, and the reintegration into society as “returning citizens”. Dark Room…

THE SHAPE OF A BIRD | by Jean Tay & Saga Seed Theatre

Originally a Guest Room programme, The Shape of a Bird is inspired by Antigone as well as stories from the Cultural Revolution. It evokes a magical world of warring birds and cicadas through the creative use of puppetry and tells…

BI(CARA) | by Pink Gajah Theatre

Directed by Alessandra Fel, BI(CARA) is a visceral physical work that questions society, reflects upon and unravels human behaviour and our relationship to animals through history, myths, and examining the rituals and culture of the Orang Asli (First People).

HUJUM | by The Space Between

Hujum stages the complexities of a cross-cultural encounter, a cacophony of multiple narratives about oppression and freedom, and the perils of taking action on behalf of another culture.

LEAVE, STAY, OR TO DIE | playcircle

Leave, Stay, or To Die is playcircle’s debut performance, exploring the relationship between a child and father. Through this, rethinking our role in the family unit. Leave, Stay, or To Die is also a crystallisation of its members’ learning in…

SINGAPORE: INSIDE OUT | by Tan Kheng Hua and Joel Tan

Singapore: Inside Out is a verbatim theatre piece based on interviews and workshops with Singaporean artists, designers, and creative practitioners. The work draws on the stories of these Singaporean creative talents, their approaches to their work, and their experiences of…

WITH/OUT | by Loo Zihan

With/Out by Loo Zihan is a new work commissioned by the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2015. For the second half of November 2014, the performance and moving-image artist and educator Loo Zihan will be in residence at Centre 42 to…

2 HOUSES | by Lim Yu-Beng

Centre 42’s very first Basement Workshop project, 2 Houses, is a coalition of the best in Singapore and Malaysia’s theatre, to create a powerful fictionalised tale born of actual historical facts and personal interviews with descendants of pioneering families from…