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Gemuk Girls

Kartini and Juliana are not your typical mother-daughter pair - one loud and overbearing, the other straitlaced and on the threshold of entering politics. Together, they are Gemuk Girls and proud of it. One day, they receive shocking news about Kartini's father who had been arrested and detained in the 1960s. Suddenly the floodgates of the family's emotional past are thrown open. Can a family survive as they struggle to reconcile the past with the present? Will Kartini and Juliana continue to be Gemuk Girls? Gemuk Girls is a bold and often darkly humorous look at family politics and the politics of the day.
2008
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Singapore

Productions

Off Centre

First staged in 1993, Off Centre is best remembered for bringing mental illness and its patients' plight to the attention of the media and general public in Singapore. The play traces the friendship of Saloma and Vinod and the hurdles they have to overcome, including social stigmas, prejudices and personal conflicts.

Off Centre: Drama-in-Education will be an interactive programme specially deisnged to help students of Literature appreciate and gain deeper insight into the study of themes, character, structure and literary devices.
2008
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Singapore

Staging

Off Centre

First staged in 1993, Off Centre is best remembered for bringing mental illness and its patients' plight to the attention of the media and general public in Singapore. The play traces the friendship of Saloma and Vinod and the hurdles they have to overcome, including social stigmas, prejudices and personal conflicts.

Off Centre: Drama-in-Education will be an interactive programme specially deisnged to help students of Literature appreciate and gain deeper insight into the study of themes, character, structure and literary devices.
2008
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Singapore

Productions

Dis-location

2008
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Australia

Staging

Dis-location

2008
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Australia
 

Talks & Interviews

Off Centre

Written by Haresh Sharma, Off Centre has been selected by the Ministry of Education as one of the literature texts offered at both 'O' and 'N' levels from 2007, and is the first Singapore play to be included at 'O' level Literature.

The Necessary Stage is offering enrichment talks on Off Centre by playwright Haresh Sharma. The talks will include discussions about the themes of the play, character analyses, as well as the staging of Off Centre in 2007. Supplementary videos will also be screened, and the workshop will wrap up with a Question and Answer segment with the students.
2008
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Singapore
 

Productions

Good People

Set in a hospice, Good People is about the ups and downs of the relationship between 3 people: Miguel, the new Medical Director trying to run a tight ship; Yati, a jaded nurse making the best of a 'dead-end' job and Radha, the terminally-ill patient addicted to marijuana to relieve her pain.

As the three get to know each other, complications arise. If Radha gets caught, will she be given the death penalty when she has only a few months to live?

Moving, humorous and evocative, Good People looks at urgent contemporary issues through the test of personal relationships.
2008
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Malaysia
 

Staging

Good People

Set in a hospice, Good People is about the ups and downs of the relationship between 3 people: Miguel, the new Medical Director trying to run a tight ship; Yati, a jaded nurse making the best of a 'dead-end' job and Radha, the terminally-ill patient addicted to marijuana to relieve her pain.

As the three get to know each other, complications arise. If Radha gets caught, will she be given the death penalty when she has only a few months to live?

Moving, humorous and evocative, Good People looks at urgent contemporary issues through the test of personal relationships.
2008
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Malaysia
 

Workshops

Theatre for Seniors Year 1

The Necessary Stage’s Theatre For Seniors programme was launched on 14 April 2008, with 50 participants.

Term 1 covered basic acting, dance and improvisation skills. This concluded with a mini-showing on the last session

Term 2 covered theatre design, dance, storytelling and history of Singapore theatre. This concluded with a mini-showing on the last session.

Term 3 covered storytelling, social dance and history of Singapore theatre.

Term 4 featured rehearsals for Encore: An Evening of Ageless Theatre.
2008
 

Workshops

Short Term Acting Workshop for Seniors

Facilitated by The Necessary Stage, with support from the Council for Third Age, this programme will train senior members of the community in drama performance and the administration of a theatre company.
Participants will learn from and enjoy workshops in the fundamental aspects of theatre. Led by professional theatre facilitators, participants will acquire new skills through the rehearsal process, and present their works in professional theatre spaces. 
2008
 

Productions

Frozen Angels

As the world advances its research on life sciences, stem cells and artificial intelligence, what impact is there on human life and relationships? What does the future hold? Can life be built from scratch? Frozen Angels is a  workshop-performance exploring current issues of Science, using digital media and theatrical performance. 
2008
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Singapore
 

Staging

Frozen Angels

As the world advances its research on life sciences, stem cells and artificial intelligence, what impact is there on human life and relationships? What does the future hold? Can life be built from scratch? Frozen Angels is a  workshop-performance exploring current issues of Science, using digital media and theatrical performance. 
2008
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Singapore
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