April 2006
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Checkpoint Theatre - A Language of Their Own
A Language of Their Own is a lyrical and dramatic meditation on the nature of love, desire, sexuality, and self-definition as four gay men – three Asian and one white – come together and drift apart in a series of interconnecting stories.
Filled with witty and accessible dialogue, this play weaves together the anatomy of a breakup from an intense 4-year relationship, and the effects of irresponsible sex on relationships and couplehood.
For all of the complex issues raised, this is essentially a very simple and very romantic play.
Layered with a sensitive visual moodscape, this compelling play will guarantee a lack of dry eyes in the house.
Written by Chay Yew; Directed by Casey Lim; Starring Koey Foo, Phin Wong, Mark Waite and Peter Sau
Dates: 30 March - 9 April 2006
Venue: Esplanade Theatre Studio
W!ld Rice - The Magic Fundoshi
ONE-FOR-ONE (First Pair ONLY) for ASA Members! Download booking form here.
Lust… Desire... Sex… Underwear?!
The Magic Fundoshi is a saucy comedy made up of three parables poking fun at human frailties and our fleshly instincts.
Glen Goei sets out to outdo last year’s smash hit comedy Boeing Boeing with a brand-new revival of this sexy play, written by Donald Richie that was a hit with audiences around the world and won the London Sunday Times Best Comedy Award.
With naughtily sparkling wit, wacky slapstick action and sumptuous sets and costumes, The Magic Fundoshi promises an exuberant evening of pure unadulterated joy!
This exciting new W!LD RICE production stars an outstanding ensemble comprising Singapore’s favourite and most versatile comedians: Hossan Leong, Jonathan Lim, Koh Boon Pin, Robin Goh and a special appearance by Emma Yong.
Ivan Heng - Set Design, Yo Shao Ann - Lighting Design, Mothar Kassim -Costumes Design, Ashley Lim Hair and Wigs, Music: Philip Tan
Dates: 4 - 23 April 2006
Venue: Drama Centre Theatre, Level 3, National Library
Theatreworks - A Beautiful Companion
10% Discount for ASA Members!
Taking you on an emotional roller coaster ride of pathos and laughter, A Beautiful Companion is a moving drama about how two women cope when a 'gentleman' enters into and threatens to break apart their 15-year-old relationship. Opening old wounds and exposing new insecurities, he forces them to make hard choices about their bitter-sweet life together.
Featuring Sonny Lim. Esther Yap and Yeo Yann Yann
Written by Tan Suet Lee
Directed by Jeffrey Tan
A Beautiful Companion is a new commissioned play. An on-going nurturing programme, first established in 1990, the Writers’ Lab intends to present a new full-length play every year.
Dates: 7 - 9 April 2006
Venue: Play Den, The Arts House
I Theatre - Let Me Entertain You!
10% Discount for ASA Members!
Have you ever wondered what REALLY goes on backstage? What is it that REALLY makes the magic? Is it the dirt, the scandal, the underwear, or lack of? What about the sleaze, the sex or the socks???
After a tumultuous and illustrious ten years of hard work and ill-fitting costumes in the entertainment scene, Darius has drawn his wealth of experience together to create a wonderfully engaging cabaret. He dominates the stage as the feisty and fun-loving thespian in a performance that nicely balances toughness with tenderness.
Loretta Chen re-ignites this genre as she directs, creating a sparkling show. What’s more there’s deliciously unrestrained music by music genius Bang Wenfu to boot.
Set in the intimate yet provocative setting of the Arts House Play Den, and featuring songs from a myriad Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals, Let Me Entertain You! is one show guaranteed to fire up your senses with its wit and decadence.
Catch a glimpse of the riveting, risqué and raunchy world of theatre. Get to meet some of theatre’s best-loved characters - from the wannabe to the has-been, from the dropout to the diva - and don’t forget the stylist and the socialite!
Darius’ vibrant vocals, debonair flair and seriously sticky glue will hold you captive. You may laugh until you want to cry, or pee (whichever tickles your fancy!)
Come on down and spend an evening with Darius and his permanently botox-ed and occasionally de-toxed friends! Get set to be truly inspired by the magic of theatre.
(P.S.: You may even get to find out if its ONLY ballet dancers who wear their socks there!!)
Directed by Loretta Tan; Starring Darius Tan
Dates: 12 - 15 April 2006
Time: 7.30, 8.00 & 9.30pm
Venue: Play Den at the Arts House, Old Parliament House
Association of Singapore Actors - The Starving Artistes
Are you ready to do your bid for the "Loaf" of art? This year, ASA brings together a "fine" collection of art (contributed by our own members and friends!) to be auctioned off as part of our "try-yearly" fund raiser. More details can be found here.
Dates: 15 April 2006, 6pm
Venue: 72-13 Theatreworks, 72-13 Mohd Sultan Road
Escape Theatre - Death and The Maiden
Discount for ASA Members!
Escape Theatre are proud to present Ariel Dorfman’s internationally acclaimed ‘Death and the Maiden’
Death and the Maiden is a moral and psychological thriller about a woman, Paulina, who believes that a stranger who comes to her home is the doctor who, under a military dictatorship, tortured and raped her many years before. Recognising her aggressor by the sound of his voice she begins a sequence of events that she hopes will enable her to both take her revenge and put to an end the voices that have haunted her since her incarceration. However, things are not all they seem and her husband, a political go-getter, starts to doubt his wife's sanity and the stranger's supposed guilt.
Featuring some of the elite of Singapore Theatre and helmed by Award Winning Director Samantha Scott-Blackhall Death and the Maiden will take you on a theatrical journey that will force you to question both your own morality and mortality.
Dates: 20 - 30 April 2006, 8pm (Matinees on 22, 29 and 30 April at 3pm)
Venue: DBS Arts Centre, 20 Merbau Road, Roberston Quay
Escape Theatre - A Very British Affair
Discount for ASA Members!
Join down on their luck actors, Matt and Mark, as they take a trip overseas to try and come up with some ideas to revive their ailing careers and rediscover some of the treasury that is Great British comedy.
The evening promises to be one of great music and some laughs with the three paying tribute to some of the great British Musical Comedy of the last century – with songs from Gilbert and Sullivan to Andrew Lloyd-Webber interspersed with comedy sketches ‘borrowed’ from the vaults of Morecambe & Wise and Peter Cooke and Dudley Moore and ‘League of Gentlemen’
Join us for two nights of fun and merriment and get to meet an especially secret female guest artiste – a real lady!
Features West End musical star, Matt Jasper with award winning actor, Mark Waite and introducing Ian Lee on piano.
Dates: 23 - 24 April 2006, 8pm
Venue: DBS Arts Centre, 20 Merbau Road, Roberston Quay
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