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This play revolves around Kah Wei, a 15-year old girld, who will be sitting for her GCE 'O' Level examinations next year. The play starts with Chinese New Year where Kah Wei's relatives' constant nagging and unwanted advise force her to seek refuge in he room. The scenes that follow reveal the different aspects of Kah Wei's character--her relationships, her childhood, her coming to grips with the roles she must play and the various expectations she faces.

As the play progresss, we may find ourselves as Kah Wei does, questioning the dos and don'ts, the whys and hows, of life. Or, we may find ourselves questioning Kah Wei.

The Lanterns Project is a 1-month programme in March and is part of the 1994 Young People's Theatre.

Off Centre traces the friendship of two ex-mental patients, Saloma and Vinod, and the problems and hurdles they have to overcome, including social stigmas, prejudices and personal conflicts. the play uses effective techniques of flashbacks; moving the character in and out of their schizophrenic and normal selves to elicit their rational and emotional experiences.

Trishaw, a story of two people's obsessive love, strips layers of lies and deceits, to reveal the desperate need to possess or destroy. A chinese woman follows her taxi-driving husband in his old trishaw. Her concern for his safety is interrupted when a Caucasian man refuses to leave the trishaw. The unusual meeting between two people from two opposite worlds, triggers a series of events which forces them to confront each others' secret desires.

Trishaw, a story of two people's obsessive love, strips layers of lies and deceits, to reveal the desperate need to possess or destroy. A Chinese woman follows her taxi-driving husband in his old trishaw. Her concern for his safety is interrupted when a Caucasian man refuses to leave the trishaw. The unusual meeting between two people from two opposite worlds, triggers a series of events which forces them to confront each others' secret desires.

Kheng finds that her Father is too busy to share her problems or even her joys. Her good friend Michael will not take her problems seriously and just wants to have fun. Can Kheng get them to listen to her?

Kheng wants to go for a concert with her classmate Michael but fears that her mother will not allow her to stay out late. Under pressure, Kheng relents and Michael buys the tickets. When Kheng asks her mother, she is proven right as the latter disapproves of Michael and the expensive ticket price. Can Kheng negotiate with her mother?