The Orange Playground Lab #5

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.

This Lab aims to explore new theatrical forms by inviting artists to respond to TNS devising methodology. It also explores new ways social-engaged works can be presented by playing with character, narrative, theme and structure. There is a focus on alternative stories, histories and narratives that are eclipsed, invisible or absent.