Join our resident playwrights in a sharing from their exploration of plays that say "F*CK YOU" to systems, conventions and injustice. The four residents of Centre 42's Playwright's Professional Development Residency have spent the past six months reading and discussing plays that turn back the gaze, plays that dream about systems unraveling, plays that ask hard and […]
Responding to the rich layers of ambivalence and irony in Arthur Yap's poem "there is no future in nostalgia," the four residents of Centre 42's Playwright's Professional Development Residency present dramatized readings of new short plays that reflect on the tensions between technocratic and civic visions of life in Singapore. These four new short plays […]
Date: 20 May Saturday & 21 May Sunday Date: 27 May Saturday & 28 May Sunday Time: 3pm & 8pm Venue: 42 Waterloo Street Tickets: $25 Centre 42 presents a collection of new performances devised by its resident artists and invited guests. Titled “there is no future in nostalgia,” after Arthur Yap's iconic poem about […]
4 actors gather and they reflect on their journey through Theatre in the 1990s. With 20/20 hindsight, what did it mean to DO theatre in the 1990s? Why did they do what they do and more importantly, how? Without any rose-tinted glass, no misty water-coloured memories, these actors share their thoughts and ruminations. Guiding them […]
Headline Acts is a fun and informal reading series open to writers of all experience levels wishing to showcase plays or scenes. The only rule is, each work is a short (10-15 minutes) dramatic pieces that respond to recent headlines. For this special SIFA edition of Headline Acts, part of Centre 42's group show SIFA-X: there is no future in nostalgia, we […]
(Fill)ing by Othman M. Yusof Directed by Farid Mohammad (Ari) Synopsis: After years of silence, Adeel attempts to reconnect with his mother for one last time in a bid to uncover the truth about something that has been weighing heavily on their hearts. As they embark on an emotional journey together, they revisit old memories, […]
The Vault: Past Perfect returns after its first run under the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) in May 2023. This time, expect more tidbits and artefacts from the 90s - a decade of growth and experimentation in Singapore theatre, and expanded scenes! 3 actors gather and they reflect on their journey through Theatre in the 1990s. […]
The Vault: The TRUE Awards comprises a performance-response and a reading of excerpts from the original text. First staged sixty years ago in 1964, Lim Chor Pee’s A White Rose at Midnight centres around disillusioned English-educated scholar Lee Hua Min, and his tumultous relationship with his flatmate Wong's sister, the Chinese-educated ex-nightclub singer Ching Mei. Written and staged […]
