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Void Deck

Why do some families leave their elderly family members at the void deck while they are away to work? How can we help them? The format of forum theatre includes a performance of the play; followed by audience interaction.
2014
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Singapore
 

Workshops

The Orange Playground Lab #1

Created by Artistic Director Alvin Tan, The Orange Playground (TOP) is The Necessary Stage’s newest initiative in creative research and development. We seek to collaborate with artists in an exploratory environment where risks can be freely taken within and with the creative process. TOP will provide opportunities for free, ad-hoc collaborative “jamming” and play with emerging and established talents.

As a ‘global nomad’, Sharon Frese is no stranger to making homes in foreign places. 
By deconstructing and reassembling traditional modes of storytelling, Sharon stitches together a brutally honest narrative marked by hostility, reductive stereotypes and a prevalent sense of homelessness- even in her birth country.  Sharon's story asks important questions about identity: what is it about when one is living in a borderless world?
2014
 

Productions

The Project

Ryan, Farah and Wee Kiat are best friends in school. When the principal assigns them a special project to explore and research Singapore's maritime industry, they take it in their stride. However, they later discover they have to make a presentation to the whole school. Can they rise up to the challenge? Will their friendship be tested by THE PROJECT?

Join these friends as they go on a fun and crazy adventure – unearthing secrets of Singapore's maritime past; going behind the scenes to explore world trade, meeting seafarers and storytellers...

The Project is an entertaining and educational play that will bring audiences on an unforgettable journey.
2014
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Singapore
 

Staging

The Project

Ryan, Farah and Wee Kiat are best friends in school. When the principal assigns them a special project to explore and research Singapore's maritime industry, they take it in their stride. However, they later discover they have to make a presentation to the whole school. Can they rise up to the challenge? Will their friendship be tested by THE PROJECT?

Join these friends as they go on a fun and crazy adventure – unearthing secrets of Singapore's maritime past; going behind the scenes to explore world trade, meeting seafarers and storytellers...

The Project is an entertaining and educational play that will bring audiences on an unforgettable journey.
2014
 -
Singapore

Talks & Interviews

Drama Education Today – What Is It?

Organised by the UNESCO-NIE Centre for Arts Research in Education (CARE), the Drama Education Dialogues are a series of three public forums that explore issues related to the importance and development of Drama Education in Singapore. They provide an open and discursive platform where ideas about Drama Education can be examined and discussed by a range of people that include educators and artists, principals and teachers, students and parents. We hope to draw members of the public into a useful dialogue about the value and importance of Drama Education, as well as raise questions and concerns about how to approach this area of work in the contemporary context.

Alvin was invited to be a speaker, together with Janice Koh, Jean Ng and Sean Tobin, on the topic Drama Education Today – What Is It?.

Questions discussed during the session included the following:
What is the scope and purpose of Drama Education in the 21st century? How does it address the needs of students preparing to join the workforce in the coming decades? What are the skills and knowledges that Drama provides and builds? What is the difference between Drama as a subject, pedagogy and as a co-curricular activity? What is it all about? What is it NOT about?

The session was moderated by Kenneth Kwok.
2014
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Singapore
 

Productions

Poor Thing

A unique production involving social media interaction, Poor Thing will invite audiences 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 will be posted online which audiences can view and comment on. Poor Thing challenges you to explore what drives road rage in Singapore.
2014
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Singapore
 

Staging

Poor Thing

A unique production involving social media interaction, Poor Thing will invite audiences 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 will be posted online which audiences can view and comment on. Poor Thing challenges you to explore what drives road rage in Singapore.
2014
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Singapore

Productions

Best Of

Award-winning actress Siti Khalijah takes centre-stage in this brand new one-woman show specially created for her by Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma.

Best Of looks at issues of the day through collective stories and personal reflection.

“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
2014
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Malaysia

Staging

Best Of

Award-winning actress Siti Khalijah takes centre-stage in this brand new one-woman show specially created for her by Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma.

Best Of looks at issues of the day through collective stories and personal reflection.

“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
2014
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Malaysia
 

Productions

Void Deck

Seniors take centre stage! Join us as we present an afternoon of interactive theatre where you, the audience, get to participate. Two topical issues will be covered in this forum theatre production, The first is divorce amongst seniors. In recent times, more couples are seeking divorces in their old age. Why is this the case? The second is abandonment of the elderly. Why do some families leave their elderly family members at the void deck while they are away to work? How can we help them?

The format of forum theatre includes a performance of the play; followed by audience interaction.
2014
 -
Singapore
 

Productions

The Other Woman

Seniors take centre stage! Join us as we present an afternoon of interactive theatre where you, the audience, get to participate. Two topical issues will be covered in this forum theatre production, The first is divorce amongst seniors. In recent times, more couples are seeking divorces in their old age. Why is this the case? The second is abandonment of the elderly. Why do some families leave their elderly family members at the void deck while they are away to work? How can we help them?

The format of forum theatre includes a performance of the play; followed by audience interaction.
2014
 -
Singapore
 

Staging

Take Me or Leave Me!

Seniors take centre stage! Join us as we present an afternoon of interactive theatre where you, the audience, get to participate. Two topical issues will be covered in this forum theatre production, The first is divorce amongst seniors. In recent times, more couples are seeking divorces in their old age. Why is this the case? The second is abandonment of the elderly. Why do some families leave their elderly family members at the void deck while they are away to work? How can we help them?

The format of forum theatre includes a performance of the play; followed by audience interaction.
2014
 -
Singapore
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