Basement Workshop

A TINY COUNTRY| by ATTEMPTS

"A Tiny Country" is a thought-provoking collective role-playing experience. The audience plays as a member of a community living in a tiny country and another as a social scientist who impartially experiments with the people’s future. "A Tiny Country" is…

Homage to Mat and Minah Reps

In 2015, Nessa Anwar volunteered for an organisation that provided educational opportunities for underprivileged children. When she visited a rental flat on a mission trip, she was greeted by a sobering sight. “I saw five or six curtains hanging from…

The A to Z of Making Theatre

Imagine this – you’ve written a script. You’ve even tested it out on an audience. And then, your director says you’re scrapping it all and starting again. (Did you wince?) Well, it’s not that your script is terrible. It’s just part…

RUMAH DAYAK | by Nessa Anwar

A night-hour safehouse for the troubled youths, dropouts, runaways and delinquents of the Malay community is run by a pair of ex-offenders. When external intervention looms, it will take all of their collective efforts to keep the walls of their…

JUST AZ | by GroundZ-0

The Malays and Chinese has its own, and yet intertwined history and relationship between themselves on this little island country – Singapore. Just AZ is developed in residence at Centre 42’s Basement Workshop.

HAPPY WAITING | by Grain Performance & Research Lab

Happy Waiting is developed in residence at Centre 42’s Basement Workshop from April 2019 to July 2019.

ANGKAT: A DEFINITIVE, ALTERNATIVE, RECLAIMED NARRATIVE OF A NATIVE | by Nabilah Said and Noor Effendy Ibrahim

ANGKAT: A Definitive, Alternative, Reclaimed Narrative of a Native blends fantasy and fact, history and the imagined future, and the national, personal and magical to explore and empower hidden narratives of the Singapore story. Developed in residence at Centre 42's…

A PIECE OF CAKE | by Samantha Chia

“Because your dreams should not come with an expiry date.” A Piece of Cake is developed in residence at Centre 42’s Basement Workshop in March 2019.

MY GRANDFATHER’S ROAD (RHDS) 阿爺條路～兔心龍魂 | by Neo Kim Seng

My Grandfather’s Road is a multidisciplinary project of stories about growing up on a road named after the artist's grandfather called Neo Pee Teck Lane along Pasir Panjang Road, until he moved out in 1973. The work has had several…

CATAMITE | by Loo Zihan

An interactive performance that takes the form of an artist lecture and dialogue where Loo Zihan shares his experiences of staging his installation "Queer Objects: An Archive for the Future (2016)". Catamite is developed in residence at Centre 42’s Basement…

THE LAST FIVE YEARS: A GENDER REVERSAL | by Ethel Yap

This workshop adaptation strives to use the device of a character gender-reversal to tease out assumptions and questions about gender roles dynamics, power and control. The Last Five Years: A Gender Reversal is developed in residence at Centre 42’s Basement…

BITTEN: RETURN TO OUR ROOTS | by Thong Pei Qin & Nidya Shanthini Manokara

BITTEN: Return to Our Roots is a closer look at what fundamentally roots all of us, in our generation's attempted to reconnect with out cultures and lineage, yet giving a fresh spin on how we interpret our traditions. BITTEN: Return…

MAKING A STAND | by Project Tandem

Making A Stand is the very first local disability-led theatre project, created and represented by emerging Deaf and disabled artists from Singapore. It is developed in residence at Centre 42’s Basement Workshop from April 2017 to July 2018.

WANDERING WOMEN | by Nidya Shanthini Manokara and Nora Samosir

Using both Western conventions of acting and Indian classical dance form of Bharata Natyam, the duo seeks out ways to weave together spoken text and movement. Wandering Women is developed in residence at Centre 42’s Basement Workshop from June 2017…

Protected: FOURTEEN | by Split Theatrical Productions

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IN THE SILENCE OF YOUR HEART | by Kaylene Tan

Paralysed for 13 years, Thian, a charming politician and inveterate drinker confronts the question at the heart of his memories: have I disappointed as a father? In the Silence of Your Heart is developed in residence at Centre 42’s Basement…

THE ROOM THAT GREW BUOYANT, LITTLE BY LITTLE | by INDEX

The Room That Grew Buoyant, Little By Little is a walk-through experiential installation that explores the liminal relationship between man and furniture, where narratives and meanings are weaved through diversified interactions to arrive at a place where one daydreams of…