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Reviews are listed in order of the date of the performance reviewed.

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2008 Reviews

January

Beauty World by W!ld Rice (Amos Toh)
Eclipse by The Necessary Stage and 7:84 Theatre Company (Kenneth Kwok)
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by British Theatre Playhouse (Deanne Tan)
Relations
by Quorum Ballet (Stephanie Burridge)
Life is Not a Picnic
by cieLaroque/Helene Weinzierl (Stephanie Burridge)
Howl Under The Moon
and My Mother by TAIHEN (Malcolm Tay)
Chesty Nutty Bang Bang: Hairspray of The Phoenix by Stages (Amos Toh)
La Traviata by Singapore Lyric Opera (Kenneth Kwok)
Above Us Only Sky by Zizi Azah Bte Abdul Majid (Kenneth Kwok)

February

Jué - Aware by Beijing Modern Dance Company (Stephanie Burridge)
Shanghai Blues by Toy Factory Theatrical Productions (Ng Yi-Sheng)
What Is Man? by National Chiang Kai-Shek Cultural Center and Edward Lam Dance Theatre (Ng Yi-Sheng)
Like Shadows by Performance Wokshop (Deanne Tan)

March

Foreplay by Underground Theatre (Kenneth Kwok)
Divine Wind and Tears Lost in the Rain by The Theatre Training and Research Programme (Ng Yi-Sheng)
House of Sins by Drama Box (Kenneth Kwok)
aKabi by Aydin Teker (Stephanie Burridge)
1000 Camels by The Arts Fission Company (Stephanie Burridge)
Enter#1773 by Dance Horizon Troupe (Stephanie Burridge)
Frozen Angels by the Necessary Stage (Ng Yi-Sheng)
The Pillowman by The Singapore Repertory Theatre (Amos Toh)
Boundaries ... Dreams ... Beyond by Raka Maitra (Stephanie Burridge)

April

Pinocchio's Complex by The Finger Players (Matthew Lyon)
National Language Class by spell#7 (Kenneth Kwok)
Break-ing Ji Po Ka Si Pe Cah by Pentas Theatre Collaboration Project (Ng Yi-Sheng)
The Enchantment of Sangkuriang by SimplyWorks
(Ng Yi-Sheng)
Peti Kayu Ibu by Teater Ekamatra (Kenneth Kwok)
Hamlet by TNT Britain (Vivienne Tseng)

May

Death of a Hero by Puppet Square (Ng Yi-Sheng)
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris by Sing'theatre (Stephanie Burridge)
The Hypochondriac by young & W!LD (Amos Toh)
Ma'ma Yong: About Nothing Much To Do by panggung ARTS (Kenneth Kwok)
The Architecture of Silence by The Slovene National Theatre Opera & Ballet Maribor and Ljubljana with the Singapore Festival Orchestra (Malcolm Tay)

June

Radio and Juliet by The Slovene National Theatre Maribor (Stephanie Burridge)
Drift by Drama Box and Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre (Matthew Lyon)
Forward Moves by Ebelle Chong / Neo Hong Chin / Joavien Ng (Ng Yi-Sheng)
Full Frontal: Rhinoceros by Zizi Azah (Kenneth Kwok)
The King Lear Project: A Trilogy by Ho Tzu Nyen / Fran Borgia (Ng Yi-Sheng)
Continuum by The Singapore Dance Theatre (Stephanie Burridge)
small metal objects by Back to Back Theatre (Matthew Lyon)
Class Enemy by East West Theatre Company (Kenneth Kwok)
Temple by Cake Theatrical Productions (Amos Toh)
Amjad by La La La Human Steps (Malcolm Tay)

July

Macbeth by World-in-Theatre and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Ng Yi-Sheng)


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Ratings out of 5, based on Practitioner's Vision / Reviewer's Response: ***** = Transcendent / Rapturous;
**** = Crystal / Appreciative; *** = Transmitted / Thoughtful; ** = Vague / Unsatisfied; * = Uncommunicated / Mystified.