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A unique collaboration involving artists from Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Japan, Mobile deals with stories of women and men who are affected by movement and migration. As the world becomes more mobile, has it also become more foreign?

Mark is nervous. He has had unprotected sex, during one night of abandonment. Mark is very nervous. He is married, and his wife does not know about his indiscretion. As he confides in his best friend, he relieves that faithful night. Will he be strong enough to go for a HIV test? Will he be stronger and confess to his wife? Mark may not be able to find the right path without the help of the audience.

Dementia is not normal ageing. When Madam Wong begins her retirement, all she can think of is enjoying her golden years with rest and serenity, surrounded by family and friends. However, rest turns into restlessness as she starts to lose her short-term memory. Her dream of a peaceful life soon becomes a nightmare of remembering and forgetting.

Rosnah was created by Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma in 1995, featuring Aidli 'Alin' Mosbit. The monodrama, previously staged in Singapore and Melbourne, tells of a girl's journey to study against her parents' wishes. Alin directs emerging artist Siti Khalijah bte Zainal in this reprise commissioned for the Festival.

A layered and moving exploration of power, sexuality, spirituality and survival in the post traumatic world, this multimedia, multiracial and multinational romp is interwoven with the stories and emotional landscape of its characters.

Writing in response to 911, playwright Haresh Sharma excavates the tragedies that surfaced - dishonesties, power struggles, corruption and egos - which have made the world an elimination platform dominated by the powerful.

godeatgod is an intimate, personal and at times funny exposition about trying to live a better life; a take on censorship in the context of art; and an examination of love and grief

In light of the up-coming integrated resorts, Jackpot! uses gambling as a theme to explore the choices and struggles that face 16-year old Linda. Linda's family is falling apart because of her mother's extreme gambling as a theme to explore the choices and struggles that no one seems to hear or see Linda anymore. To make matters worse, her boyfriend has just left to study in Perth and communication between them is slowing down. With everything around her, spinning out of control, she decides she will place her savings on a football betting game. If she wins, she will have enough to buy a ticket to Perth and find out whether her boyfriend still wants to be with her, and if she loses, then that's it! Life can't get any worse anyway. What choice does she make? Where does she eventually place her bets?

1965 was a significant year in the history of Singapore. It was a year where Singapore experienced a spell of uncertainty and difficult decision making. It was the beginning of our birth as an independent nation. Set against this tumultuous backdrop is a story of friendship and loyalty. How much is one wiling to sacrifice for one's community?