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Eric, a 30-year-old social worker, returns to his childhood neighbourhood and looks for the home of his old neighbour, Habiba. He finds that the couple are still living there, older and with children. As Eric and his old neighbour Habiba reminisce "the old days", a shocking secret is revealed--one that would forever change their lives.

A restaging of The Necessary Stage's recent success, Fundamentally Happy takes an unflinching look at the personal and emotional issues surrounding paedophilia, without judgement or blame.

Eric, a 30-year-old social worker, returns to his childhood neighbourhood and looks for the home of his old neighbour. He finds that the coupe are still living there, older and with children. As Eric and his old neighbour Habiba reminisce "the old days", a shocking secret is revealed - one that would forever change their lives. Fundamentally Happy takes an unflinching look at the personal and emotional issues surrounding paedophilia, without judgement and blame.

Fires Within Fires is an accessible and invigorating contemporary performance and installation, devised and performed by young people in Singapore and Scotland, as an honest and relevant response to the themes and issues in Arthur Miller's The Crucible. A potent melting pot of drama, movement, music, multimedia and installation art, resulting from several months of experimentation and international exchange. A great way to encourage students' interest in Literature! 

Freak Sons & Daughters is a tragedy at its comic best! Come face to face with the unique and strange bonds that exist between family members. It is about black sheep and odd balls, pillars of strength and curses, all within two perfectly normal families. Dangerously funny, is a must-see for anyone who knows what it is like to have a family.

Medium: Mixed
Dimensions: Variable

In today's environment, we are coping with transition from an industrial world to a post-industrial, electronic world. Transition is a form of communication that communicates difference. It is a fight for relevance and perhaps even towards shaping an identity. Transitions involve human complexities and are often exemplified by the behaviours of mystics, schizophrenics and artists. An artist's quest for difference is in fact a quest for integration. Some say it is supposed to promote a political agenda, or to be critical and rebellious, or even to transcend the social and political context in which it was made. Arts, for me, is a right-brain activity. It aims to integrate the unconscious and conscious processes, sometimes saving people by providing an experience of beauty. Style is a means to attract and sometimes elicit memories (from new insights into reality to the hypocrisies of the social order). Aesthetics are incidental to underlying expression.

The programme is a platform for original, exploratory and experimental work. Artists who perform under the programme do not have to pay rent for use of The Necessary Space. In addition, The Necessary Stage undertakes all administration, which includes publicity and licensing.

[names changed to protect the innocent] is a platform for experimental, exploratory and original work which aims to provide a space for artists, established or otherwise, to come together in the spirit of experimentation for dialogue amongst artists and between artists and audience.