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| Title : | OCBC Singapore Theatre Festival 2008 |
| Venue : | Various Venues, Singapore |
| Date & Time : | Wed 6 - Sun 24 Aug 2008 |
| URL : | http://www.singaporetheatrefestival.com |
| Synopsis : | Bold, funny, irreverent, whimsical, thought provoking and just plain beautiful - the Singapore Theatre Festival 2008 promises to be an astounding follow-up to its first successful run! From the personal and intimate, to fantastic and epic, 2008’s plays represent the ideas of a generation of theatre artists reflecting on the problems and possibilities of our times. By plundering our history and legends, tackling urgent issues and musing about what the future might hold, the plays offer new and critical perspectives - about who we are and what it means to be living in Singapore in 2008. W!LD RICE will be joined by The Theatre Practice, Drama Box, panggung ARTS, spell #7and Magdalena (Singapore), to present a diverse and exciting programme that will comprise the following plays: Kee Thuan Chye’s The Swordfish, then The Concubine by W!LD RICE Ng Yi-Sheng’s The Last Temptation of Stamford Raffles by W!LD RICE Ken Kwek’s Apocalypse: LIVE! by W!LD RICE Laremy Lee’s Radio Silence by W!LD RICE Laremy Lee’s Full Tank! by W!LD RICE Julian Wong’s Botak Boys by W!LD RICE Paul Rae’s Tree Duet by spell #7 in collaboration with W!LD RICE Ho Tzu Nyen’s House of Memory by spell #7 & Ho Tzu Nyen in collaboration with W!LD RICE Mohd Zulfadli Rashid & Danny Yeo’s angel-ism by panggung ARTS & Drama Box Quah Sy Ren & Liu Xiaoyi’s I am Queen by The Theatre Practice Tan Suet Lee’s Sperm by Magdalena (Singapore) & The Substation Verena Tay’s The Lunar Interviews by Magdalena (Singapore) & The Substation Ng Swee San’s Bond-Age by Magdalena (Singapore) & The Substation Dora Tan’s Just Late by Magdalena (Singapore) & The Substation Special props to Malaysian playwright Kee Thuan Chye, whose The Swordfish, then The Concubine premieres at the festival. This is his first play in more than a decade and is a bitingly comic satire that blends ancient myth with contemporary politics. Directed by Ivan Heng and accompanied with live orchestra by Gamelan Asmaradana, this theatrical epic promises to be dazzling exploration of senselessness of war, religious conservatism and hypocrisy, and the ruinous abuse of power. The Swordfish, the the Concubine was short-listed from 600 entries for reading at the 21st International Playwriting Competition at The Warehouse Theatre, UK, in 2006. Full details at the OFFICIAL WEBSITE. |
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