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Is This Our Stop?

This hour-long play takes place on a moving bus. What's the story? Tracy Tan boards the bus. She doesn't really know what to do with her life. She does know that she has to make a life-changing decision by the time the bus reaches her stop. Meanwhile, on the bus, strange things start to happen.
2000
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Singapore
 

Publications

Invisibility

Invisibility is a poignant tale about alienation and the search for meaning in modern urban society—various people on the margins of society seeking to connect with others in juxtaposition with the tale of a man searching for the secret to make himself invisible.

Drawing from diverse sources of Chinese literary classics and graffiti as modern social commentary, this critically-acclaimed play by Quah Sy Ren takes you on a voyeuristic ride towards urban myth.
2000
 

Publications

Development Through Drama

Development Through Drama: Towards Providing A Holistic Education in Singapore Schools was published by The Necessary Stage with support from the National Arts Council, documenting its pilot developmental drama programme conducted during curriculum time. 
2000
 

Publications

Off Centre

Off Centre is The Necessary Stage’s landmark play in the history of Singapore Theatre. It is best remembered for bringing mental illness and its patients’ plight to the attention of the media and the public.

The play uses effective techniques of flashbacks; moving the characters in and out of their schizophrenic and normal selves to elicit the rational and emotional experiences of two schizophrenics, Vinod and Saloma.

Off Centre was first staged in September 1993 at The Drama Centre.
2000
 

Publications

This Chord and Others

“The marginal voice here is now one of exile, suspension and loss; more than just a dissonant whisper, it has the power of some fearsomely universal cracks” 
- Clarissa Oon, The Straits Times, Life!, 3 June 2000

This Chord and Others is an accomplished and thoroughly absorbing collection. Each play in this remarkable book tantalises the audience with its provocative and unique style. The plays in this collection are Be, In the Centre, Right in the Core, There is No New Thing Under the Sun, Rosnah, Top of the World and This Chord and Others. Haresh Sharma invites us to enter the minds and lives of a range of startling characters: Susan, who is plagued with grief at the loss of her daughter; Jen, who is a manifestation of modern self-interest; Rosnah, balancing cultural priorities. These are just a few of Sharma’s powerful creations, through whom he addresses issues such as grief, racial tension, alienation and avarice.
2000
 

Workshops

Playwright's Web

Playwright's Web is an exciting cross-cultural project spanning 6 months (Jan - Jun 2000). The project, organised by The Calgary Arts Centre and jointly administered with The Necessary Stage, will enable young people to promote cultural understanding, aesthetic learning, research and writing skills, creativity, the use of IT, and of course making new friends. Students from two local schools, Tanjong Katong Secondary School and St. Hilda's Secondary School will be linked up with students from Milton High School in Calgary.

They will be communicating mainly via e-mail, and will 'meet' via video-conferencing. The students do research on each other's culture, resulting in scripts being written, and then finally each other's scripts in their respective schools.

While the project with The Calgary Arts Centre will end by June 2000, the process in Singapore will continue as the schools prepare to stage the plays that emerge from Playwrights' Web at M1 Youth Connection 2001. Watch out for them!!!
1999
 

Productions

Three in 3 million

Brought to you by our hot-blooded young artists - Associate Director Jeff Chen, Associate Playwright Chong Tze Chien and poet and writer, Alfian Sa'at, There is no one story-line. There is no main character. There is no conformity. There are many stories. There are many characters. There are animals. There is bad language. There is pain.
1999
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Singapore
 

Staging

Three in 3 million

Brought to you by our hot-blooded young artists - Associate Director Jeff Chen, Associate Playwright Chong Tze Chien and poet and writer, Alfian Sa'at, There is no one story-line. There is no main character. There is no conformity. There are many stories. There are many characters. There are animals. There is bad language. There is pain.
1999
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Singapore
 

Workshops

Theatre for Youth Branch 2000

In September 1992, Alvin Tan, Artistic Director of The Necessary Stage, established the Theatre For Youth Branch.

The aims of the Branch are:


to expose young people to theatre;
to create a space for artistic expression by and for young people;
to cultivate the aesthetic sensibilities of young people; and
to explore themes and issues relevant to young people in Singapore


We believe that theatre must grow out of the community and therefore pay close attention to issues that concern young people and educators. Our programmes develop from research, careful planning and consultation. The concern that students should benefit fully has led us to theoretical and hands-on learning; and cultivate students' life-skills and contribute towards their personal development. This includes developing comprehensive resource packs for teachers, which accompany every programme that contains a play. These contain suggestions for pre as well as follow-up activities that can be used to stimulate and guide further exploration of the relevant themes from the play.

The Branch also believes strongly in, and welcomes, partnerships with other sectors in society to achieve holistic outcomes for our programmes.
1999
 

Productions

sex.violence.blood.gore

Brought to you by our hot-blooded young artists - Associate Director Jeff Chen, Associate Playwright Chong Tze Chien and poet and writer, Alfian Sa'at, There is no one story-line. There is no main character. There is no conformity. There are many stories. There are many characters. There are animals. There is bad language. There is pain.
1999
 -
Singapore
 

Staging

sex.violence.blood.gore

Brought to you by our hot-blooded young artists - Associate Director Jeff Chen, Associate Playwright Chong Tze Chien and poet and writer, Alfian Sa'at, There is no one story-line. There is no main character. There is no conformity. There are many stories. There are many characters. There are animals. There is bad language. There is pain.
1999
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Singapore
 

Productions

Looking Up!

This programme tells the story of three friends in school, enjoying all experiences of being young and independent, until one day when one of them decides to join a street gang. This Theatre-In-Education programme deals with gangsterism in schools. It touches on the relationship between the victim and the bully as well as bullying itself. This highly interactive programme builds self esteem and encourages students to express their opinions confidently and coherently.
1999
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Singapore
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