Rizman & Effendy talk about Circus

Lim Wei Sheng & Charissa Tang from Raffles Junior College interview Rizman Putra and Noor Effendy Ibrahim, the two artists behind the show, Circus.

 

Dance Dance Dance

Ng Yi-Sheng reviews the April TheatreWorks production, Dance Dance Dance, directed by Choy Ka Fai.

 

Austen’s Powers and Clearing the Band

Richard Lord reviews two productions: ACSian Theatre’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice; and Wessex Theatre’s Shakespeare in Love.

 

251

What is unconscionable about Ng Yi-Sheng’s play, 251, is the treatment of its titular subject, pornstar Annabel Chong. The sense I got when I watched the show was that Annabel Chong functioned solely as a pretext to a campily conceived rant against the perceived flaws of Singaporean society.

 

King Lear: The Avoidance of Love

Singapore theatre has become conservative in an age of commercial success, relying on revivals, imports and sensationalism to sell our tickets. Enter Ho Tzu Nyen and Fran Borgia — instead of yet another dramatic rendition of a Shakespearean classic, they ask, why not attempt a staging of a critical essay of a play?