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What's the difference?

Three friends of three different races decide to combine Chinese New Year, Hari Raya and Deepavali all into one festival and celebrate them all together.

"We will call it New Raya Deepavali! Or Hari Chinese Deepavali! Or Deepavali Raya Year!"

First they go through the process of sharing with each other their customs and then they decide to start visiting each other's families to share in their customs.

As they bring their friends to their homes, they soon discover what their culture's have in common but also realise the divides that have been built up between the different races over time. They discover their parents' own racial and cultural prejudice and they even manage to discover some of its roots, including Singapore's racial riots, and the Japanese occupation.

Brought back by demand this play first toured Singapore schools in 2001, 'What's The Difference?' has proven to be a wonderful way to open discussion about racial and cultural harmony as it explores difficult questions through the innocence and honesty of a child's eyes. The play is filled with colourful and endearing characters and stories inspired by real life historical accounts of Singapore's history. 
2004
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Singapore
 

Productions

What's the difference?

Three friends of three different races decide to combine Chinese New Year, Hari Raya and Deepavali all into one festival and celebrate them all together.

"We will call it New Raya Deepavali! Or Hari Chinese Deepavali! Or Deepavali Raya Year!"

First they go through the process of sharing with each other their customs and then they decide to start visiting each other's families to share in their customs.

As they bring their friends to their homes, they soon discover what their culture's have in common but also realise the divides that have been built up between the different races over time. They discover their parents' own racial and cultural prejudice and they even manage to discover some of its roots, including Singapore's racial riots, and the Japanese occupation.

Brought back by demand this play first toured Singapore schools in 2001, 'What's The Difference?' has proven to be a wonderful way to open discussion about racial and cultural harmony as it explores difficult questions through the innocence and honesty of a child's eyes. The play is filled with colourful and endearing characters and stories inspired by real life historical accounts of Singapore's history. 
2004
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Singapore

Productions

What About Me?

What About Me? is about Kheng, who is torn between her responsibilities and her dreams. When she realizes she does not have the time or energy to follow her heart and join the Talent Time, because her school, her mother and her best friend are pulling her in different directions, Kheng realizes she wants to place her own needs above theirs for a change.
2003
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Singapore
 

Staging

WWW

Stop the Press. She is not Wonder Woman. She is only a Thai hooker. She can't save the world. All hell is breaking loose. The world is on the brink of World War III. The world needs superheroes. An american boy is abducted. An ex-beggar holds him hostage. His parents demand justice, compensation and salvation. But the superheroes in Thailand are not Clark Kents, Bruce Waynes or Diana Princes. They are gigolos, hookers and drags. Who will save the boy? Who will save his parents? Who will save the Supermen, Batmen and Wonder Women? Who is saving who?
2002
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Singapore
 

Productions

WWW

Stop the Press. She is not Wonder Woman. She is only a Thai hooker. She can't save the world. All hell is breaking loose. The world is on the brink of World War III. The world needs superheroes. An american boy is abducted. An ex-beggar holds him hostage. His parents demand justice, compensation and salvation. But the superheroes in Thailand are not Clark Kents, Bruce Waynes or Diana Princes. They are gigolos, hookers and drags. Who will save the boy? Who will save his parents? Who will save the Supermen, Batmen and Wonder Women? Who is saving who?
2002
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Singapore
 

Productions

WRAP

This is a short film of about 20 mins. It is narrative, following a day in the life of a middle-aged woman who is a housewife. The day ends tragically. The film elaborates on the daily rituals of housekeeping, which correlates in some way with the woman's relationship with her family.
2001
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Singapore

Productions

Waiting

In Waiting, we watch three waiters going through ups and downs together. As we journey with them, we realise that they are a kind of family as well. The work place is like a family. We spend lots of time at work and over time, we experience each others' idiosyncrasies, work-styles and attitudes. With some acceptance and understanding, we come round to having to deal with each other. Time and a listening ear can be all that matters when we need some attention and appreciation.
2001
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Singapore

Staging

What's the difference?

What's the difference? aims to help students understand and respect difference. Some children already have prejudices and discriminate against others who are of a different colour, size or gender from themselves at a young age.

The pay hopes to enable students to reflect on how these prejudices are formed and to question their validity. It also hopes to encourage students to examine their own thought and decision making process and to provide them with alternative perspectives.
2000
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Singapore

Productions

What's the difference?

What's the difference? aims to help students understand and respect difference. Some children already have prejudices and discriminate against others who are of a different colour, size or gender from themselves at a young age.

The pay hopes to enable students to reflect on how these prejudices are formed and to question their validity. It also hopes to encourage students to examine their own thought and decision making process and to provide them with alternative perspectives.
2000
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Singapore

Productions

Waiting (Imagined Boundaries)

Medium: Strip lights with running text
Dimensions: Variable

Speed seems to have taken over; we count the seconds between each minute, which will get us there quicker: cab, bus or MRT? We are efficient usually and when others are not, we can wait our turn watching TV screens where Mr. Bean reruns hopefully numbs us to the amount of time we are wasting. We have access to infinite websites around the world at mind-blowing speed, we are global, but first I wait for the lift, the salesgirl, the moment when ERP is not in use.
2000
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Singapore

Productions

Wong Kar Wai in Singapore?

An inter-disciplinary multimedia examination of Wong Kar Wai's films about loneliness in a cosmopolitan society.
1998
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Singapore
 

Staging

Walking Into Doors

A no-punches-pulled, in-your-face expose of violence in the Singapore home that is fun to watch. Think of Chaplin's comedies: funny vignettes which drive home the message that being poor is painful.
1998
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Singapore
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