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Broadway
Beng
Dream Academy
30 Apr - 11 May: 8pm. Additional 3pm matinees on Sat and Sun. No shows
on Mondays.
Drama Centre
Sebastian
Tan a.k.a Singapore’s beloved Broadway Beng, returns
to the Drama Centre this May with a brand new show! Ko-yo, handi-plast.
Ge Tai, Broadway. Ah Beng from Ang Swa (Redhill), Sophisticated man
of the cosmopolitan world. What happens when all these extremes meet!?
Ki Siao! Sure havoc wan! Together with his Drama-mama Chio-Buus and
his super zai four piece Ge Tai band, this Beng is all set to leave
you rolling in the aisles, laughing at this ah Beng's jokes, Broadway
tunes and Hokkien songs. In English, Mandarin and Hokkien.
$17, $27, $37, $47, $57, $67
All
SISTIC outlets
Check
out the ***1/2 review of the 2007 run here.
an
oak tree
News From Nowhere (UK)
and The Esplanade
7 - 11 May: 8pm. Additional 3pm matinees on 10, 11 May.
Esplanade Theatre Studio
A
man loses his daughter to a car. The driver of the car is a stage hypnotist
and since the accident, he has lost the power of suggestion and his
shows are now a disaster. The two men meet for the first time when the
girl’s father volunteers to be in the hypnotist’s act. The
hypnotist is played by Tim Crouch but the Father will be played by a
different guest actor at each performance. These actors will walk on
stage having neither seen nor read a word of the play they’re
in - until they’re in it. In Singapore, the actors will include
Karen Tan, Jean Ng, Ivan Heng and Loon Seng Oon. The hour-long an oak
tree is a bold and absurdly comic play about loss, suggestion and the
power of the mind and it has received the prestigious OBIE award as
well as a Herald Angel (2005 Edinburgh Festival). Presented as part
of The Studios series.
$28
All
SISTIC outlets
Tim Crouch will also be conducting an acting workshop on 6 May and performing
in England from 9 – 11 May.
Jacques
Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Cortal Consors and Sing’Theatre
7 - 17 May: 8pm. Additional 4:30pm matinees on the weekend. No evening
show on Sunday 11 May.
DBS Arts Centre
Don’t
miss the Asian premiere of the musical revue that broke box office records
during its initial Off-Broadway run and went on to play to sold-out
houses for more than four years! Emma Yong, George Chan, Leigh McDonald
and Tony McGill bring to life the story of Belgian singer Jacques Brel
through 27 songs as told by Eric Blau, Mort Shuman and director Nathalie
Ribette.
$55, $65
All
SISTIC outlets
The Hypochondriac
young & W!LD
7 - 18 May: 8pm. Additional 3pm matinees on Sat and Sun. No shows on
Monday.
Drama Centre Black Box
young
& W!LD, a division of W!ld Rice, presents The Hypochondriac,
an outrageous comedy by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière and directed
by Christina Sergeant. Argan is a wealthy man who is convinced that
he is plagued by any number of obscure and fatal diseases and fis doctors
and their pharmacists get rich by providing him with outrageous remedies
at even more outrageous prices. Argan eventually decides to marry off
his daughter to a doctor’s son, to ensure cheaper medical care.
His daughter, unsurprisingly, loves another man; and so the whole family,
led by their feisty maid Toinette, have to conspire to stop the marriage
and knock some sense into Argan. This new translation by Gerard Murphy
brings out the wit and wackiness of Molière’s original
and revels in its raucousness and raunchiness. The production adapts
the playful Commedia del ‘Arte style into a fast-paced, laugh-a-minute
treat, full of movement and music.
$20, $30
All SISTIC outlets
Amos Toh
England
News From Nowhere (UK)
and The Esplanade
9 - 11 May: 9:30PM
Esplanade Jendela
Two
guides in a gallery. Two lovers with a lifestyle to maintain. Two hearts
beating eight thousand miles apart. Translations. Transactions. A transplantation.
England is the story of a search for a new heart. It’s
a story about a life saved and an illness overcome at any cost. It’s
a tour through spaces and across borders: from an art gallery to a jam
factory, from Lisbon to Osaka, from a hospital bed to a hotel room.
It's a tour to the end of the world. Taking place at Jendela (the Esplanade’s
visual arts space set up by the Cristal Caritas Trust) within an exhibition
of Within Four Rooms by Quek Kiat Sing, the play continues
actor Tim Crouch’s fascination with the nature of the theatrical
experience; the communication of an idea from actor to audience …
and back again. England is performed by Tim Crouch and Hannah
Ringham. Presented as part of The Studios series.
$28
All SISTIC outlets
Tim Crouch will also be conducting an acting workshop on 6 May and performing
in an oak tree from 7 – 11 May.
The audience is standing for part of the performance.
Stories to Grow
Act 3
International
14 - 25 May 2008. 14 – 16, 20 - 23 May: 10am. 17, 18, 24, 25 May:
11am, 4pm. 19 May 11am show only.
Act 3 Theatre
Be
mesmerised by Argentinean Omar Alvarez’s masterful manipulation
of large fuzzy puppets that relate a series of non-verbally funny and
heartwarming stories about love, justice, solidarity and the world around
them.Omar’s unique, sensitive and captivating style lies in the
way he poetically combines powerful music, profound gestural expression
and supple movement of the puppets to create a theatrical of illusions
that is delightful and magical, yet familiar and authentic.
One hour long.
$20
All SISTIC
outlets
A
Midsummer Night’s Dream From the East
Yohangza Theatre Company (Korea) and the National Heritage Board
15 – 16 May: 8pm. Additional 3pm matinees on 16, 17 May.
National Museum Gallery Theatre
A
dynamic and hilarious visual and physical theatre production. Shakespeare
meets Korean mythical folklore in this version of A Midsummer Night’s
Dream in which the fairy king and queen, Oberon and Titania, reverse
roles, Bottom is a country woman searching for Sansam, a very rare hundred-year-old
ginseng and Puck is played as acrobatic twins. Both adults and children
will enjoy this ninety-minute programme although the play is recommended
for an audience age 8 -15 years old. Korean with English surtitles.
Part of the Children's Season 2008 at the National Museum.
$20
All SISTIC
outlets
Ma'ma
Yong - About Nothing Much To Do
panggung
ARTS
16 – 17 May: 8pm. Additional 3pm matinees on 17, 18 May.
Play Den, The Arts House
Loosely
based on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing using the
traditional Kelantanese artform, Mak Yong. This version of the Shakespearean
comedy promises to be full of colour, humour, song and dance and will
be performed in Malay, Mandarin, English and classic-Kelantanese, with
English surtitles. Directed by Muhammad Najib Soiman (bijaN) and starring
Aidli ‘Alin’ Mosbit, Helmi Fita, Mohd Zulfadli Rashid (Big)
and Serena Pang.
$25
The
Arts House
Kenneth Kwok
Ferdinand
The Bull
Players
Theatre
17, 18, 24, 25 May: 11am. Additional 5pm matinees on 17, 24 May.
Ulu Pandan CC Theatrette
Ferdinand the Bull is a hilarious, one hour-long flamenco-flavored
family musical based on the beloved book by Munro Leaf. This classic
tale of individuality set in Spain is about a bull named Ferdinand and
the young Duke Danilo. Ferdinand doesn’t want to fight and butt
heads like all the other bulls - he wants to take care of his beautiful
flowers! Meanwhile, the young Danilo wants to dance but his father,
the belligerent Duke Dodo, wants him to be a great, macho Spanish bullfighter.
When the Duke goes to find the toughest toro (bull) for his son’s
first bullfight, he mistakenly picks gentle Ferdinand. Will Ferdinand
and Danilo decide to follow their own hearts or live out the expectations
of others?
$20
All SISTIC
outlets
All shows are followed by a Q&A session that helps young
audience members consolidate their thoughts about the show, clarify
any questions they might have on who, how, why and to ask the actors
any questions about themselves or how theatre is made.
P Ramlee The Musical
The Esplanade
17 – 19 May: 8pm. Additional 2:30pm matinee on 17 May.
Esplanade Theatre
A
stage production worthy of a legend, P.Ramlee The Musical pays
tribute to one of Malaysia’s most consummate entertainers, the
legendary P Ramlee whose outstanding body of work in film and music,
and artistic genius survives even till today. This dazzling musical
will take audiences back in time to the glory days of the 40’s
50’s, and 60’s with elaborate sets and props, stunning costumes
and live music featuring some of Ramlee’s popular pieces. It will
also reflect the softer side of the man with a focus on his loves, passions
and personal life. The musical will feature a stellar line-up of stars
from Malaysia. In Malay.
$40, $60, $80, $100
All SISTIC
outlets
The
Verdict
The Open Stage
18, 19 May: 8pm
DBS Arts Centre
Heralded
as one of the all-time great theatrical releases, The Verdict,
based on Reginald Rose’s 12 Angry Men, is an intense
drama focusing on a jury's deliberations in a murder trial involving
an 18-year-old boy who is accused of stabbing his father. As deliberations
unfold the play quickly becomes a blistering character study of the
jurors' complex personalities ranging from wise, bright and empathetic
to arrogant, prejudiced and merciless.
$50, $30, $25 (Restricted View)
All
SISTIC outlets
Fast & Fresh
Word Forward Limited
20 – 23 May. Heats: 20, 21 May. Finals: 23 May. Timings to be
confirmed.
Play Den, The Arts House
The
Fast & Fresh festival is a youth-oriented version of Short &
Sweet, Australia's premier ten minute play competition. Featuring plays
written, directed, produced and enacted by teenagers (18 and under),
Fast & Fresh is a three-tiered competition that showcases
and gives the best young talents in Singapore the exposure and guidance
necessary to stage quality productions, while connecting them to our
theatre scene.
Free admission
Tacomitac
Compagnia Teatro Dimitri (Switzerland)
21 – 27 May: 10am, 2pm
Drama Centre Theatre
Little
cobbler and prankster Tallina thinks life is all about playing tricks
and laughing at others’ misfortunes – until she provokes
an unexpected response from one of her victims. Together with her friend
Quak, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery and learns how to bring
joy to the lives of others. 19-year-old company Compagnia Teatro Dimitri,
touring arm of the Swiss theatre school of the same name, turns this
charming Polish fairy tale into a heart-warming comedy. 75 minutes.
Part of the Singapore
Arts Festival’s Kidsfest.
$22, $28
All SISTIC outlets
Moonbird
I Theatre
21 May – 7 June: 3:30pm. Tue and Wed, additional 10:30am shows.
Thu, additional 10:30am, 11am and 7:30pm shows. Fri - Sun, additional
11am and 7:30pm shows.
Alliance Francaise Theatre
Moonchild
is blowing bubbles when one bubble pops on an Earth baby - Little Prince
Orla - and surrounds him in silence. Orla can no longer hear the sounds
of the earth but hope comes from the mysterious Moonbird who takes Orla
on a mystical journey to the magical Moongarden, where marvellous creatures
teach him how to speak with his hands and listen with his eyes. Blending
Asian aesthetics of mask and movement with western theatre styles, and
combining the spoken word with sign and song, this musical theatre production
for the whole family, adapted from Joyce Dunbar’s beautifully
written story about deafness will captivate you from the start, whether
you are four or eighty-four. The company will be using a number of different
puppetry techniques, as well as mask and live acting, blending vocal
speech and signing for the deaf together with song and live music. For
ages 4 and above. 70 minutes.
$19
All SISTIC outlets
A free resource and stimulus pack is available for teachers who make
a group booking.
Monster
Hits
Tall Stories (UK)
21 – 27 May: 11:30am, 3:30pm.
Drama Centre Black Box
Everyone
knows there are monsters hiding in your walls and cupboards, including
poor little William. As he hides out in his spooky little bedroom attic
in Grandpa’s old house, he’s got to convince Grandpa that
they’ll have to deal with the big bad beasts together so he’ll
get to sleep at night – but Grandpa has no imagination whatsoever!
London-based theatre group Tall Stories brings this favourite bed-time
setting to life with its trademark brand of physical theatre, humour
and an interactive performance. 75 minutes. For ages 3 and above. Part
of the Singapore
Arts Festival’s Kidsfest.
$22, $28
All
SISTIC outlets
Robinson Crusoe
Act 3
International
21 – 27 May: 11:30am, 3:30pm
Drama Centre
Robinson
Crusoe sails away from home into the high seas, but is shipwrecked after
a thunderstorm and drifts onto a strange island. How does he deal with
finding food, building a house and man-eating islanders? He saves and
befriends a native, whom he calls Friday. Together they go through life’s
challenges and build a long-lasting bond sealed by courage and circumstance.
Stars Shane Mardjuki and Anwar Hadi. 75 minutes. For 5 – 10 year
olds. Part of the Singapore
Arts Festival’s Kidsfest.
$22, $28
All
SISTIC outlets
Hamletmachine
Theatre Training and
Research Programme
22 – 31 May. 8pm. No shows on Sun and Mon.
TTRP Theatre Lab, Emily Hill
Müller wrote Hamletmachine in 1977 in East Germany, and
called it the description of a petrified hope, an effort to articulate
a despair so that it can be left behind. Banned by the East German authorities,
it received its first staging in Brussels in 1978. Created in an era
when communism began to crumble and capitalist society was to emerge
from the debris, the play places Hamlet and Ophelia in the midst of
20th Century political, economic and social change.
$28
Gatecrash
The
Reluctant Dragon and The Wind in the Willows
The
Singapore Lyric Opera
22 – 24 May: 3:30pm, 7:30pm
Victoria Theatre
The
Singapore Lyric Opera brings back its double-bill production of The
Reluctant Dragon and The Wind in the Willows this May.
The Reluctant Dragon is a stirring tale about the friendship
between a shepherd’s son and a gentle and poetic dragon, who is
reluctant to fight and would love nothing better than to be accepted
into society. The Wind in the Willows is a cautionary tale
about the dangers of materialism and what it means to be truly happy.
This classic, written by Kenneth Grahame in 1908 stars characters such
as Mole, Mr Toad and Mr Badger. Both stories deal with themes of multiculturalism,
racial harmony, personal roots and a sense of home and will appeal to
the young and the young at heart. One hour with a 15-minute interval.
For ages 6 and above.
$25, $20, $18
All
SISTIC outlets
Arts On The Move
National Arts Council
23 May - 15 Jun
Various
Arts
On The Move brings the buzz back into the Singapore cityscape!
Performances include Frontier Danceland's dance-theatre piece One
Table Three Chairs about three generations gathering at the family
dining table and Belgium's La Guardia Flamenca's intoxicating mix of
flamenco, zapateado, palmas, etc. Part of the Singapore
Arts Festival.
Free
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