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Lanterns Never Go Out revolves around Kah Wei, a 15-year-old girl who finds that being a teenager with new roles and new expectations is not easy. When her ideals and reality do not match, she wishes to return to her childhood of goldfish lanterns and comics. As the play progresses, we find ourselves questioning the dos and don'ts, the whys and hows. Or we may find ourselves questioning Kah Wei.

This is a stylised play that revolves around Wendy, Lisa, Velu and James, a group of teenagers in search of themselves and in the process discovers facades, walls, masks and shells that people use to protect themselves with. As the play progresses, we may find ourselves sympathising with them or we might find ourselves blaming them for not being totally honest but hiding behind those facades, walls, masks and shells. 

Rigor Mortis deals with the lives of three people sharing an apartment. Alex invites his girlfriend Ashanti to move in with him and his best friend Francis, hoping that everyone will get along, that everything will be fine. There is fun and gaiety and there is trouble and tension and finally, there is Rigor Mortis. This play examines ordinary people in ordinary circumstances.

It's a familiar situation. Alex Teo, a young determined salesman, knocks on the door of Mrs Katherine Leong's flat. He's here to sell, to make his commission. Her money is worth his time. Never mind her idiosyncrasies, she's a customer. After all, "sales is like that." Mrs Leong doesn't disappoint. She buys it all. With the right kind of persuasion, she parts willingly with her cash. His time is worth more than her money. As it goes, in all familiar situations, nothing that's worth anything comes easy. Katherine, delivers more than Alex bargained for. And Alex, true to all salesmen, promises more than he can give.

Lanterns Never Go Out revolves around Kah Wei, a 15-year-old girl who finds that being a teenager with new roles and new expectations is not easy. When her ideals and reality do not match, she wishes to return to her childhood of goldfish lanterns and comics. As the play progresses, we find ourselves questioning the dos and don'ts, the whys and hows. Or we may find ourselves questioning Kah Wei.

Lanterns Never Go Out revolves around Kah Wei, a 15-year-old girl who finds that being a teenager with new roles and new expectations is not easy. When her ideals and reality do not match, she wishes to return to her childhood of goldfish lanterns and comics. As the play progresses, we find ourselves questioning the dos and don'ts, the whys and hows. Or we may find ourselves questioning Kah Wei.