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Another day in Singapore. Another minor road accident.

Another incident of road rage?

Typical Singaporeans.

Poor Thing, TNS' ground-breaking production by Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma, grapples with the issue of road rage. A unique production involving social media interaction, audiences of Poor Thing were invited to watch a video clip of an accident before they enter the theatre to catch the 'live' action on stage. During the performance, more clips were posted online which audiences could view and comment on.

Poor Thing challenges you to explore what drives road rage in Singapore.

The Necessary Stage has been at the forefront of youth arts education since 1992. In 20 years, the company has created numerous plays which have toured primary and secondary schools. Six of these plays can be found in this brand new collection.

Award-winning playwright Haresh Sharma has created stories and characters that will entertain, delight and surprise the reader. The plays include contemporary adaptations such as Hamlet, Such Sweet Sorrow (based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet), What Big Bombs You Have (based on Little Red Riding Hood) and Ah Boy & the Beanstalk (adapted from Jack and the Beanstalk). The collection also includes the hugely entertaining History, Whose Story? and Survivor Singapore.

Plays for School contains notes on the plays by the writer as well as an introduction by Alvin Tan.

Collection of four highly innovative plays written by Chong Tze Chien, the resident playwright of Singapore's socially committed theatre company, The Necessary Stage (f.1987). The plays are complemented by an introduction by Prof. K.K. Seet, director of the Theatre Studies Program at the National University of Singapore and interviews with Alvin Tan, founder of the Necessary Stage. The plays cut furrows far from conventional boulevard theatre and deal with society's margins and constantly question, confront and destabilise conventional norms of Singaporeans. Chong Tze Chien's PIE (Pan Island Expressway) won the 1998 Singapore Dramatist Award and was staged by TheatreWorks in 1999.