Productions
2017 - Singapore
Those Who Can't, Teach
SYNOPSIS
The Necessary Stage celebrates its 30th anniversary with the return of Those Who Can’t, Teach!
First staged in 1990 and subsequently in 2010 to full houses at the Singapore Arts Festival, Those Who Can’t, Teach is a Singaporean theatre classic by Cultural Medallion winners Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma.
Set in a secondary school, the play looks at the madcap lives of teachers and students—with often hilarious results. As the teachers struggle daily to 'nurture and groom', the students prefer to hang out and chill. In the meantime, they all have to deal with the dreaded 'parents'.
With upskirting and texting, teaching and politicking, school has never been the same. Join the rambunctious cast of characters as they struggle to prove that Those Who CAN, Teach.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
- Director
- Alvin Tan
- Playwright
- Haresh Sharma
- Cast
- Ghafir Akbar
Joshua Lim
Karen Tan
Lian Sutton
Siti Khalijah Zainal - Costume Designer
- Max Tan & Yuan Zhiying (MAX.TAN)
- Lighting Designer
- Yo Shao Ann
- Set Designer
- Wong Chee Wai
- Production Manager
- Azyyati Alias
- Technical Manager
- Ben Ong
Huang Xiangbin - Stage Manager
- Samantha Chia
- Assistant Stage Manager
- Karen Miyuki
- Production Crew
- Abdul Ameer Bin Syed Abdul Ghani
Loo An Ni - Production Crew - Intern
- Jovetta Tan (Jovy)
- Surtitlist - Intern
- Fan Yixi
- Hair and Makeup
- Haslina Ismail
- Dresser
- Nur Hazirah
- Dresser - Intern
- Abdulgapul Sharifa Flynn Nahsra
Melissa Peh - Set Dresser
- Loo An Ni
- Sound Engineer
- Aldon Chua
- Sound Operator
- Muhammad Sufiyan B Adam
- Illustrator
- James Tan
- Creative and Art Direction
- Qu'est-ce Que C'est Design
SCRIPT
Published by Epigram BooksPREVIEWS
- 03 Feb 2017
- 170203 - The Business TImes - A play that salutes teachers
- 01 Mar 2017
- 17003 - Elle Magazine - Elle Culture - #5 minutes with Siti Khalijah Zainal
- 03 Feb 2017
- 170203 - channelnewsasia.com - Students teachers in spotlight as Singapore theatre goes back to school
- 11 Feb 2017
- 170211 - channelnewsasia.com-Cross boundary artists Shes into Chinese ink painting hes into Malay silat
- 23 Nov 2016
- 161123 - 938 Live Culture Cafe with Justine Moss, Karen Tan and Alvin Tan
- 08 May 2017
- 170508 - Suria - Manja - EP10
REVIEWS
- 13 Mar 2017
- 170313 - Campus Magazine - [REVIEW] Those Who Can’t, Teach; by The Necessary Stage _ Campus Magazine
- 13 Mar 2017
- 170313 -sassymamasg.com - Theatre Review_ 'Those Who Can't, Teach' from the Necessary Stage
- 18 Mar 2017
- 170318 - Crystalwords - Those Who Cant Teach
- 25 Mar 2017
- 170325 - The Seven Pillars of Wisdom - Normal
- 11 Mar 2017
- 170311 - The Straits Times Life! - Perfect for the young, despite its age
- 17 Mar 2017
- 170317 - The Business TImes Lifestyle- Teacher-student comedy scores an A
REMARKS
A restaging of Those Who Can't, Teach (2010)
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