Watch with Me! Me! Me!

So, I've finally prepared my list of must-watch plays/films. Peeps, please inform me which shows you're interested in, so that we can watch together!!! Yay!!!

1. Perth (M18) *film
Date&Time: 5 July (7.30pm)
Venue: Gallery Theatre, National Museum of Singapore
Price: 8 (fullprice) 6.5 (student)
Brief Synopsis: Harry Lee (played by veteran actor Lim Kay Tong of Growing Up Fame) is a semi-retired 40-year-old security guard who dreams of emigrating to the Australian city of Perth, in his mind a paradise of tranquil. There is nothing left for him and his similar peers in the urban cosmopolis of Singapore. Needing more money for this dream, Harry works as a cab driver ferrying prostitutes to clients. One day, he unwittingly gets tangled in the underbelly of Singapore's flesh trade.
Remark: Please note that this event is not on offer because Mr. Bjorn has prebooked the slot.

2. Serve + Over The Wall
Date&Time: 15 July (8pm)
Venue: Esplanade Theatre Studio
Price:19
Performed By: The Ordinary Theatre – a collective of undergraduates and alumni from the NUS Theatre Studies Programme and Drama.Republic of Republic Polytechnic
Brief Synopsis: It's all about choices. Do Singaporeans have choices? Do they make best use of choices when they are offered? Why do we want to break free from being told? How do we stand and deliver with integrity and honour? "Serve" explores the NS issue through the eyes and heart of an 18-yr old boy who wakes up one day and finds himself pregnant. "Over The Wall" begs the question of freedom and desire of young minds seeking alternatives. Watch how one person tries to discover what is beyond the wall that surrounds the island when everyone is happy being enclosed.


3. The Car & 41 Hours
DateRange: 27 July - 30 July
Preferred Date&Time: 28 July (8pm)
Venue: Esplanade Theatre Studio
Price: 30(fullprice) 25(student)
Production By: Action Theatre Directed By: Samantha Scott-Blackhall
Brief Synopsis: Voted Best New Play at Theatre Idols 2005, The Car by Verena Tay is a heartwarming comedy about a young woman deciding whether to keep, sell or destroy her father's Fiat Marvelette. An exhilarating ride into a world where cars sometimes talk when human beings don't. A quintessentially Singaporean play for the whole family.

Witty and hilarious, 41 Hours by Dora Tan is about a couple trying to make a real conversation with each other for the first time while being trapped on a high office building ledge.

4. Singapore GaGa *film
Date&Time: 2 Aug (7.30opm)
Venue: Gallary Theatre, National Museum of Singapore
Price: 8 (fullprice) 6.5 (student)
Brief Synopsis: To see and hear the unseen and unheard in modern Singapore life, come experience the insightful ear and sharp eye of Tan Pin Pin’s 55-minute take, Singapore GaGa, a celebration of the absurd in life on our tiny island! Singapore GaGa explores the myriad sounds of our neighbourhoods, with montages, vignettes, musical interludes and local hymns involving buskers – such as Raffles Place legend Gn Kok Lin, often seen playing his harmonica and juggling balls to the rhythm of his clogs – street vendors and school cheerleaders, among others.


5. The Silence of the Kittens
Date Range: 2 Aug - 6 Aug
Preferred Date&Time: Depends on Freshman Orientation
Venue: Drama Centre Black Box, National Library
Price: 28/33 (20% early bird discount from 21 June - 12 July)
Production By: Wild Rice (part of Singapore Theater Festival)
Brief Synopsis: Can it be wrong to do all you can to protect those you love ? Only if you become the very thing they most need protection from... "The Silence of the Kittens" is Ovidia Yu's wicked satire about creating safe, protected environments within families, relationships and nations. And about pacifiers, prejudice and Pasir Panjang. This brand new comedy will have you thinking about cats, people who love cats, people who hate cats and the kind of fate that (in an ideal world) would befall a Minister who advocates the culling of cats …

6. Homesick
Date Range: 2 Aug - 6 Aug
Preferred Date&Time: Depends on Freshman Orientation
Venue: Drama Centre Theatre, National Library
Price: 48/43/38 (20% early bird discount from 21 June - 12 July)
Production By: Wild Rice (part of Singapore Theatre Festival)
Brief Synopsis: The Koh family, scattered across the globe, is forced to reunite when the patriarch falls ill. They have not spoken to each other for years, and are compelled to confront various unresolved issues - sibling rivalries, desertions and betrayals. Suddenly, Pa is diagnosed as a suspected SARS case, and a home quarantine order is slapped on the household. For the next ten days, there is no avoiding one another! Rooms are occupied, lines are drawn, but the house they grew up in is crowded with memories. What did they leave behind to seek out their new lives in foreign lands? What now returns to haunt them? What does it mean to belong to a family? Or to a country? How do the bonds that hold them back also hold them together? After all, a family that quits together, stays together…

7. The Campaign to Confer The Public Service Star on JBJ
Date Range: 9 Aug - 13 Aug
Preferred Date&Time: 11 Aug (8pm)
Venue: Drama Centre Theatre, National Library
Price: 48/43/38 (20% early bird discount from 21 June - 12 July)
Production By: Wild Rice (part of Singapore Theatre Festival)
Brief Synopsis: David Lee (Rodney Oliveiro), NUS student and President of the Association of Students for Self Expression (ASS), takes it upon himself to launch The Campaign to confer the Public Service Star on JBJ. His plucky project takes him on an amazing adventure with both expected and surprising twists and turns.
Clara Tang (Pam Oei), rising star of the Civil Service, is tasked to exercise damage control. In the most challenging mission of her career, she finds herself navigating the maze of New Singapore and Old Constraints.
Join us for a tongue-in-cheek look at the boundaries (perceived or otherwise) of fearless expression in Singapore! This fantastical account of an unlikely petition to publicly recognise an unsung hero unfolds into a wildly imaginative “what-if” exploration of possible official reactions!
Could this ever happen in Singapore?
Remember, objects in the mirror might be closer than they appear.
Celebrated playwright and lawyer Eleanor Wong writes her first full-length play since her ground-breaking trilogy Invitation to Treat with characteristic incisiveness, boldness and razor sharp wit. Directed by Ivan Heng, and with Pam Oei and Rodney Oliveiro creating a cast of at least ten, this promises to be an exciting, thought-provoking roller coaster ride.
Remark: Preferred date is on Friday because there's a post-production discussion immediately after the show.


8. 2nd Link
Date Range: 16 Aug - 20 Aug
Preferred Date&Time: 18 Aug (8pm)
Venue: Drama Centre Theatre, National Library
Price: 48/43/38 (20% early bird discount from 21 June - 12 July)
Production By: Wild Rice (part of Singapore Theatre Festival)
Brief Synopsis: Second Link is a provocative, insightful and humorous performance celebrating the work of Singaporean and Malaysian writers, tackling topics as diverse as Raffles, Sang Kancil, censorship, Singlish, race, nationality, sexuality and chicken rice.
Directed by Ivan Heng, and featuring a stunningly accomplished company of 10 actors from the two countries, Second Link will surprise, delight and reveal the obsessions and concerns of the cities' denizens and artists.
This explosive physical theatre showcase of more than 50 celebrated and banned texts was a hit with audiences and critics in Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and Singapore, and is the rousing finale of the Singapore Theatre Festival.
Expect laughter and fresh points of view as the Singaporeans and Malaysians perform each other's stories, icons and idiosyncracies, even as they playfully invite you to make up your own tale of two cities.
Remark: Preferred date is on Friday because there's a post-production discussion immediately after the show.

Kindly visit www.singaporetheatrefestival.com for more details!

Yippie!~

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Soulgroove