Be a Friend of Practice, Be a Part of Singapore TheatreFor more information, please visit http://www.practice.org.sg/en/supportus/be-a-donor/The Theatre Practice (TTP) is the longest-standing professional bilingual theatre group in Singapore. In 1965, theatre doyen Kuo Pao Kun and dancer/choreographer Goh Lay Kuan founded Singapore Performing Arts School, The Theatre Practice’s earliest incarnation.As a non-profit arts institution, The Theatre Practice is proud to have countless friends and partners who journeyed with us along the way for more than five decades, sharing our passion for meaningful and quality theatre.It is only with your generous support that we are able to forge ahead with the greatest confidence. Your contribution, big or small, will definitely make a difference.And through our Friend of Practice programme, we intend to recognise your donation in a more meaningful way!For more information, please write to friends@practice.org.sg. 

It’s Friday night. Everyone is out painting the town red. A car in a secluded spot near a bar quietly holds a bloodied corpse. This looks like a murder, but nothing is as it seems.A high-ranking police officer, a dedicated educator and an award-winning entrepreneur cross paths in the bar. The chance encounter leads these three individuals down a rabbit hole that ends in blood. Was it a murder or a suicide? An act of self-defence or a retaliation to a rape?As everyone presents their testimony to the jury, the audience navigates the maze of unreliable accounts and conflicting evidence, and sifts its way through an influx of news footage and social commentary. You are left to decide what exactly happened. Can you discern fact from fiction? Can you really know the truth? A multilingual production directed by Zelda Tatiana Ng, co-written by Zelda Tatiana Ng and A Yagnya, and inspired by Rashōmon, Prism of Truth is a mixed-media participatory experience that takes the audience on a journey to examine and challenge the nature of truth. [Note: 《眾相》=《众相》. The traditional Chinese character of 眾 is a pictogram that depicts a pair of eyes looking at the crowd.] Admission for ages 13 and above. Recommended for 16 years and above.

Let's eat, drink and be merry at 'Haha Teahouse'! Have a sip of tea and munch on some snacks while catching a hilarious crosstalk performance put up by young crosstalk performers. They will keep you entertained with their hilarious routines, and have you burst out into laughter!Featuring cast such as theatre practitioners Audrey Luo, Sugie Phua, Rennard Ho and members of the National University of Singapore Chinese Society Crosstalk Club.

What does Detective Conan and Justice Bao have in common? Can the capable Sun Wukong with his endless transformations survive in the modern society? What can Jin Yong’s stories tell you about the philosophy of ‘three’?With a focus on the Empty Fort Strategy from the classic Chinese military directives Thirty-Six Stratagems, Storytellers’ Wisdom is a lighthearted crosstalk production that enacts the various chapters of Chinese culture and history through an engaging performance filled with clever dialogue and witty humour.An original creation by the renowned Comedians Workshop from Taiwan, Storytellers’ Wisdom features a selection of the group’s best works performed by established theatre practitioners including Feng Yi-Gang and Sung Shao-Ching. Discover humorous anecdotes about life told through stories from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Justice Bao, Sun Wukong and classics from famed Chinese martial arts novelist Jin Yong!About Comedians Workshop Established in 1988 by renowned crosstalk artists Feng Yi-Gang and Sung Shao-Ching, Comedians Workshop have been actively promoting appreciation for Chinese culture through witty dialogues and have been credited for modernising crosstalk presentations in Taiwan. Notable works presented include “Kuai Le Kuai Le”, “Sha Shi Ba Le” and “Mai Ju Zi De”.

Peter Pan in Serangoon GardensWith all the pressures of school and growing up in Singapore, Wendy and her brothers would rather be anywhere else than their stuffy bedroom in Serangoon Gardens. Enter Peter Pan, who promises to take them on an adventure of a lifetime!So up, up and away they go, journeying towards Neverland — an enchanted island where they never have to grow up. Along the way, they meet Ting Tong Bell’s fairy friends, bewitching mermaids and a motley crew of Lost Boys. But they soon discover the dangers lurking in Neverland... in the form of the Buaya-fearing Captain Hook and his fiendish gang of pirates!Directed by Ivan Heng, Peter Pan in Serangoon Gardens is a brand-new musical with a book by Thomas Lim, lyrics by Joel Tan and music by Julian Wong. Led by Pam Oei as Peter Pan and Siti Khalijah Zainal as Captain Hook, our incredible cast – comprising Singapore theatre’s brightest stars and the adorable First Stage Kids – will deliver a show that leaves you thinking Wonderful Thoughts and walking on air!Everyone can do with a little fairy dust in their lives over the holidays. So come with your family and loved ones to close out the year on a magical high!"A night of magic at the theatre… Just take the whole family!" - The Straits Times"One of local theatre's most enduring Christmas traditions." - Today"A perfect year-end treat!" - Popspoken

A hotel in Singapore is opened at the turn of the century, when the island is still a jewel in the British Empire. Each day, new faces appear and swiftly disappear – guests and staff alike. Every ten years, we check in to meet its residents: Cantonese nannies, Malay film stars, Japanese soldiers, transsexual sex workers, wedding guests, suspected terrorists. They live out the pivotal moments in their personal lives as empires die and new ones are born from their ashes.Even though the chambermaids clean up after them, readying the room for the next guests, traces of the past persist, and time reveals its cyclical nature. Ghosts communicate with the living, doubles are separated by decades, and a single moment of decision haunts the generations that come after.Spanning a century, and performed over five hours in nine languages, HOTEL is a multi-generational epic that explores the notions of nationhood, migration and identity against the backdrop of a shrinking world.“Impressively written and presented, HOTEL does not let up until checkout.” – The Australian“A five-star experience!” – The Straits Times“Exceptionally fearless and outstandingly original, Wild Rice’s Hotel will unquestionably go down in history as a Singapore theatre classic.” – PopspokenStarring Brendon Fernandez, Daniel Jenkins, Dwayne Lau, Ghafir Akbar, Gloria Ang, Ivan Heng, Jo Kukathas, Julie Wee, Lee Chee Keng, Lina Yu, Moo Siew Keh, Pam Oei, Sharda Harrison & Siti Khalijah Zainal

Two romeos bend the truth to spice up their love lives. Jack has invented a brother, Ernest, whom he uses to escape his dull country life and to woo the ravishing Gwendolyn. His best friend, Algernon, also decides to take the name ‘Ernest’ to cosy up to Jack’s beautiful ward, Cecily, in the country. But things spin hilariously out of control when their deceptions are discovered, threatening to spoil their romantic pursuits.Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is one of the world’s most popular comedies, boasting some of the funniest lines in the English language. In WILD RICE’s award-winning production, celebrated theatre and film director Glen Goei puts a joyous spin on this comic masterpiece by casting an all-male ensemble – revealing fresh insights into this classic tale about courtship, hidden identities and the foibles of high society.With a sensational international cast, dressed to the nines by renowned fashion doyen Frederick Lee and accompanied live by The Concordia Quartet, The Importance of Being Earnest promises to lift your spirits with an evening of sparkling wit, laughter and love.“WILD RICE has grasped The Importance of Being Earnest with both hands, and performed it at its extravagant best.” – Limelight Magazine, Australia“Strong camaraderie onstage with a peculiarly powerful mix of testosterone and coquettish teasing…” – The Straits Times“Visually ravishing and extremely compelling” – The Business TimesStarring Brendon Fernandez, Chua Enlai, Crispian Chan, Daniel York, Gavin Yap, Hossan Leong, Ivan Heng & Lim Kay Siu

In a Singapore where dialects have been losing relevance for generations, Grandmother Tongue traces a young man’s struggle to connect with his 84-year-old Teochew-speaking grandmother. He teaches her to use a mobile phone. He helps her buy her favourite brand of soya sauce. He visits her in hospital after a fall. Along the way, he begins to understand just what it means to spend decades in linguistic and cultural exile. Back by popular demand after two sell-out runs, Thomas Lim’s funny, insightful play examines the social costs of our mother-tongue language policy and the erasure of dialects in today’s Singapore. In ways both humorous and heartbreaking, Grandmother Tongue explores how our identities are bound up with the languages that we use and the ones that we lose.“Powerful…Brilliant…Superb!” – The Straits Times“A play which does more showing than telling – but speaks volumes nonetheless." – The Business Times“Boldly done in multiple languages, including dialects, Grandmother Tongue will have a soft spot in our hearts for a long time to come. – PopspokenStarring Jalyn Han, Rei Poh & Tan Shou Chen

In a comfortable middle-class home, a family sits down to a celebratory dinner. But their evening is cut short by the unexpected arrival of an Inspector. He brings news of the tragic death of a young woman. As the Inspector investigates, tensions escalate – threatening to shatter the very foundations on which entire lives and identities are built. What crime has been committed here? Who is guilty? And who isn’t?Written with startling prescience by J.B. Priestley in 1945, An Inspector Calls is more relevant than ever today. A riveting clash of murder and morality, class and conscience, Priestley’s classic play asks its characters – and today’s audiences – to take a good, hard look at the troubling disparities in the world brought about by power, privilege and poverty.Join WILD RICE for this spectacular production of An Inspector Calls, which has been daringly reimagined by director Glen Goei and his top-notch creative team. What more is there to this play’s characters than meets the eye?“Agatha Christie meets The Twilight Zone” - Entertainment Weekly“This play should be compulsory for theatre-lovers” - British Theatre GuideStarring Benjamin Chow, Gavin Yap, Ghafir Akbar, Lim Kay Siu, Serene Cheng & Shu Yi Ching

The shortest of the Four Dreams, A Pair of Purple Hairpins is also the most evocative. Scholar Li Yi falls in love with famous courtesan Huo Xiaoyu and becomes man and wife. However, their relationship was persecuted by military official Lu, and the pair were separated. Huo is consumed with longing for Li. In a dream, she meets a chivalrous knight who is dressed in yellow robes and carries a fine sword. He gifts her with a pair of embroidered shoes (the Chinese pronunciation of shoes is a homonym of the Chinese word for harmony), and she sees this as a sign that the star-crossed couple will find their way back to each other.In reality, a happy ending would have been virtually impossible under the same circumstances. The knight in yellow robes is a symbol of resistance towards authoritarian power and expresses Tang’s hope of a better world.Cast: Li An, Shen YiliAbout Four Dreams in the Camellia Hall For every Kunqu performer, it is a dream to be a part of Four Dreams in the Camellia Hall. Written by influential Ming dynasty playwright Tang Xianzu, it is a collection of four outstanding classic operas regarded for its culture value and philosophical thoughts. Author Wang Siren, Tang’s contemporary, summarised the collection as chivalry (A Pair of Purple Hairpins), love (The Peony Pavilion), Buddhist meditation (A Dream Under the Southern Bough) and immortality (The Tale of Handan). These four dreams are the crystallisation of Tang’s experiences, insights and artistry, and have long been regarded as the benchmark of excellence for Kunqu works. Four centuries later, the incomparable brilliance of these Four Dreams still shines bright.To mark the 400th anniversary of Tang Xianzu’s passing in 2016, Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe began touring performances of Four Dreams in the Camellia Hall to various parts of the world. The performances were well-received regionally and internationally in major Chinese cities, as well as in USA, Czech Republic and Belgium.The Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe believes in respecting and revering tradition and is dedicated to the continuation and promotion of Kunqu. This is the spirit which the troupe adopted in their approach towards the production of the Four Dreams. A dream unfolds each evening, and over the course of four nights, the troupe weaves a cohesive experience for audiences through imaginative staging that brings alive the literary beauty of Tang’s words and the aesthetic essence of Kunqu.These works are performed by opera icons as well as younger performers who are given the opportunity to share the stage with Kunqu masters. The result is an elegant expression of Kunqu that is both precise and nuanced — a worthy homage to one of the oldest opera genres in the world.

The down-and-out scholar Lu Sheng dreams of a life of fortune, power and women. He encounters the immortal Lu Dongbin who gifts him a porcelain pillow. That night, as Lu laid his head on the pillow, he dreams of becoming a top scholar and was married to a beautiful woman. In the dream, Lu experiences 50 years of highs and lows of fame as a high-ranking official, only to wake up to the stark reality that the yellow millet porridge that had been simmering away in a nearby shop before he fell asleep was still not cooked. He had crested heights of achievement and fallen from grace only in his dreams. Enlightened, Lu decides to follow the immortal Lu Dongbin and no longer covets worldly desires.Capturing the seamy side of officialdom in a feudal society, Tang Xianzu wrote the play a year after he retired as an official and returned to his hometown. The Tale of Handan is often regarded as the most remarkable literary masterpieces amongst the Four Dreams.Cast: Zhang Wei Wei, Chen LiAbout Four Dreams in the Camillia HallFor every Kunqu performer, it is a dream to be a part of Four Dreams in the Camellia Hall. Written by influential Ming dynasty playwright Tang Xianzu, it is a collection of four outstanding classic operas regarded for its culture value and philosophical thoughts. Author Wang Siren, Tang’s contemporary, summarised the collection as chivalry (A Pair of Purple Hairpins), love (The Peony Pavilion), Buddhist meditation (A Dream Under the Southern Bough) and immortality (The Tale of Handan). These four dreams are the crystallisation of Tang’s experiences, insights and artistry, and have long been regarded as the benchmark of excellence for Kunqu works. Four centuries later, the incomparable brilliance of these Four Dreams still shines bright.To mark the 400th anniversary of Tang Xianzu’s passing in 2016, Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe began touring performances of Four Dreams in the Camellia Hall to various parts of the world. The performances were well-received regionally and internationally in major Chinese cities, as well as in USA, Czech Republic and Belgium.The Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe believes in respecting and revering tradition and is dedicated to the continuation and promotion of Kunqu. This is the spirit which the troupe adopted in their approach towards the production of the Four Dreams. A dream unfolds each evening, and over the course of four nights, the troupe weaves a cohesive experience for audiences through imaginative staging that brings alive the literary beauty of Tang’s words and the aesthetic essence of Kunqu.These works are performed by opera icons as well as younger performers who are given the opportunity to share the stage with Kunqu masters. The result is an elegant expression of Kunqu that is both precise and nuanced — a worthy homage to one of the oldest opera genres in the world.

Du Liniang is the daughter of a high-ranking official. After dreaming of a young scholar she meets in a peony pavilion, Du wakes up and wastes away her life pinning for the scholar before passing away with a broken heart. Her devotion moves the underworld. Three years later, scholar Liu Mengmei chances upon Du’s portrait in the garden where she is buried beside the peony pavilion. Convinced that he has met Du before, a sense of romantic déjà vu fills him. His exhortations of love bring Du back to life and the lovers reunite for a happy ending,Regarded as one Tang Xianzu’s most celebrated work, The Peony Pavilion weaves a tale of love with the beauty of nature through the usage of lyrical metaphor. Cast: Li An, Shen YiliAbout Four Dreams in the Camellia Hall For every Kunqu performer, it is a dream to be a part of Four Dreams in the Camellia Hall. Written by influential Ming dynasty playwright Tang Xianzu, it is a collection of four outstanding classic operas regarded for its culture value and philosophical thoughts. Author Wang Siren, Tang’s contemporary, summarised the collection as chivalry (A Pair of Purple Hairpins), love (The Peony Pavilion), Buddhist meditation (A Dream Under the Southern Bough) and immortality (The Tale of Handan). These four dreams are the crystallisation of Tang’s experiences, insights and artistry, and have long been regarded as the benchmark of excellence for Kunqu works. Four centuries later, the incomparable brilliance of these Four Dreams still shines bright.To mark the 400th anniversary of Tang Xianzu’s passing in 2016, Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe began touring performances of Four Dreams in the Camellia Hall to various parts of the world. The performances were well-received regionally and internationally in major Chinese cities, as well as in USA, Czech Republic and Belgium.The Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe believes in respecting and revering tradition and is dedicated to the continuation and promotion of Kunqu. This is the spirit which the troupe adopted in their approach towards the production of the Four Dreams. A dream unfolds each evening, and over the course of four nights, the troupe weaves a cohesive experience for audiences through imaginative staging that brings alive the literary beauty of Tang’s words and the aesthetic essence of Kunqu.These works are performed by opera icons as well as younger performers who are given the opportunity to share the stage with Kunqu masters. The result is an elegant expression of Kunqu that is both precise and nuanced — a worthy homage to one of the oldest opera genres in the world.

Depressed and laying in a drunken slumber under the old pagoda tree, a discharged army official Chun Yufen dreams that he visits the kingdom of ants. In his dream, he marries the princess and is appointed to an illustrious position in the kingdom. He achieves numerous successes and becomes an influential figure. Unfortunately, upon the passing of his wife, his power and arrogance turned him into the target of much jealousy, and he was ultimately sent into exile. Waking from his dream, Yufen realises that all his accomplishments were an illusion. A priest performs a religious ceremony to help the soul of his deceased wife find peace, and he chooses to seek enlightenment from Buddhism.Disillusioned by the corruption of the imperial court, it is said that despondent drunkard Yufen embodied the author’s own struggles with worldly ambition.Cast: Luo Chen Xue, Wei LiAbout Four Dreams in the Camellia Hall For every Kunqu performer, it is a dream to be a part of Four Dreams in the Camellia Hall. Written by influential Ming dynasty playwright Tang Xianzu, it is a collection of four outstanding classic operas regarded for its culture value and philosophical thoughts. Author Wang Siren, Tang’s contemporary, summarised the collection as chivalry (A Pair of Purple Hairpins), love (The Peony Pavilion), Buddhist meditation (A Dream Under the Southern Bough) and immortality (The Tale of Handan). These four dreams are the crystallisation of Tang’s experiences, insights and artistry, and have long been regarded as the benchmark of excellence for Kunqu works. Four centuries later, the incomparable brilliance of these Four Dreams still shines bright.To mark the 400th anniversary of Tang Xianzu’s passing in 2016, Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe began touring performances of Four Dreams in the Camellia Hall to various parts of the world. The performances were well-received regionally and internationally in major Chinese cities, as well as in USA, Czech Republic and Belgium.The Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe believes in respecting and revering tradition and is dedicated to the continuation and promotion of Kunqu. This is the spirit which the troupe adopted in their approach towards the production of the Four Dreams. A dream unfolds each evening, and over the course of four nights, the troupe weaves a cohesive experience for audiences through imaginative staging that brings alive the literary beauty of Tang’s words and the aesthetic essence of Kunqu.These works are performed by opera icons as well as younger performers who are given the opportunity to share the stage with Kunqu masters. The result is an elegant expression of Kunqu that is both precise and nuanced — a worthy homage to one of the oldest opera genres in the world.

When we lose our way between the past and the present, can we still dream? Can we still love?When the one you love no longer remembers you, can you still care for them?An accomplished author is diagnosed with dementia. He only remembers the events of the bestseller book he wrote about being a father to his youngest son. The youngest son in the book has now matured into a professional, seeking his footing in the corporate world and trying to make a mark for himself instead of living in his well-known dad’s shadow and being labelled as just the boy in the book. As his father’s memory fades, the son has to learn to care for his father, even though his father cannot remember him any longer. Through recollections of happier times from his childhood written in the book, the son eventually regains the capacity to love and dream.Adapted from the heartwarming essay collection My Little Boys by Taiwanese writer Luo Yijun, and featuring a talented cast led by award-winning thespian Lee Tien-Chu, The Long Goodbye takes us into the heartbreaking world of a father with dementia and his family.Following the successful run of The Way Of Zhuang Zi at Huayi 2019, gain a little dose of positivity and cement your bonds with your family through this moving theatre production at Huayi 2020 with Story Works’ The Long Goodbye, which has touched thousands of audiences across Taiwan since 2018.#pleaseremembermeThe role of the son will be played by Lan Jun Tian and Wu Ting Chien.7 & 9 Feb: Wu Ting Chien | 8 Feb: Lan Jun Tian About Story Works Story Works was established in December 2013, with a focus on innovative theatre and original play productions. Apart from cultivating theatre professionals, the theatre company also develops a vibrant educational programme to attract young talent and spark imagination. With its dedication to become the best platform for Taiwan’s young theatre professionals on and off stage, Story Works seeks to bring entertaining and thought-provoking plays to every corner in Taiwan and beyond.Since its establishment, Story Works has produced and presented 10 original plays. The company’s mission is to recapture the joy and sorrow and represent the beauty of moments to the audience.

This is a surveillance state.The Organisation reigns supreme over the governance of the known world. Led by Cao Shuang, it controls the basic free will of all men using technology as its weapon—impelling everyone to wear a specially-programmed headset that instructs, controls and eavesdrops. A new law is implemented, forbidding artistic endeavours like music, entertainment, poetry or prose. Acts of disobedience lead to immediate arrest, imprisonment without trial, or worse—execution.Everyone obeys, with the exception of The Organisation’s arch-nemeses, seven revolutionaries who are artists by nature — Ji Kang, Ruan Ji, Shan Tao, Xiang Xiu, Liu Ling, Ruan Xian and Wang Rong. Placated neither by the lure of wealth nor the promise of power, their resistance soon captures the attention of their cagey government. Under the watchful eyes of The Organisation’s Head of Surveillance, Ma Siyi, the painter loses possession of his brush, the poet is prohibited from writing, the dancer no longer moves freely and the musician is forbidden to compose. Unbeknownst to all, Ma is planning to wield absolute control over the entirety of human civilisation through body-implanted microchips.Can the seven break free and liberate mankind from the grasp of The Organisation? In this dystopic era, can they trust each other enough to work together towards a common good?Inspired by the real-life historical figures of the Seven Sages, this new and riveting work traces the artists’ tireless and relentless search for the elusive bamboo grove, an oasis of freedom for humanity. Can the arts ultimately be the force that saves mankind?7 Sages of the Bamboo Grove is an Esplanade commission, directed by Goh Boon Teck, co-written by Goh Boon Teck and Koh Teng Liang, starring Sharon Au, Nelson Chia, Tang Shao Wei and Loh Jun Hong, and presented in conjunction with Toy Factory Productions’ 30th Anniversary celebrations.

An audaciously funny piece of dance-theatre, choreographer Crystal Pite and writer Jonathon Young present a stunningly original take on Nikolai Gogol’s farcical play about deception and mistaken identity, taking apart the archetypal comic plot while unleashing the potent relationship between language and the body. Hailed for her work with Nederlands Dans Theater, Paris Opera Ballet and The Royal Ballet of London, Crystal Pite is one of the most sought-after choreographers in dance today. As the artistic director of Vancouver-based dance company Kidd Pivot, she displays her knack for combining dance, visual arts and theatre to create dazzling productions. Together with her long-time collaborator, theatre artist Jonathon Young, Pite takes audiences on an electrifying ride in this witty yet introspective adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s comedy of errors from 1823, The Inspector General (Revizor in Russian). Revisor begins with a quirky retelling of a mediocre and vain clerk who gets mistaken for a lofty government inspector by the residents of a corrupt little town - a tragic-comic blunder that leads to the downfall of this self-preserving community. Eight Kidd Pivot dancers embody the inane characters in Gogol’s well-known satire, lip-syncing to Young’s script and a recorded dialogue by some of Canada’s finest actors. The physical comedy warps, loops and morphs with Pite’s hypnotic choreography, driven by a soundscape of text and haunting music. Set against today’s strange panorama of fake news and misinformation, Revisor reveals itself to be a strikingly timely work - a powerful narrative in movement told with panache by two of today’s most daring artists.

LA COMEDY LIVE is thrilled to announce that one of India’s leading standup comedians, Sapan Verma, is set to perform his latest standup show ‘Once Sapan A Time’ in Singapore on 20 March 2020, Friday, at The SingPost Auditorium!“Hilarious. Outstanding. Profound.”This is just some of the praise Sapan is hoping you shower him with after watching this show.What’s the show about, you ask?Well, ‘Once Sapan A Time’ sounds pretty narcissistic and has a pun in it, and nothing else describes the show (and his life) better than the combination of those two.What’s in it for you, you ask?There’s better jokes, sharper observations and greater storytelling in this hour-long set. He’ll also wear a pair of cool sneakers, if you’re into that shit. What’s in it for him, you ask?Your validation and dough, both of which will make him content temporarily until he starts whining about the meaning of life again. Ugh. Look man, if you’ve had to read till here to make up your mind, you’re a bit messed up as a person. I mean I’m no one to judge, I’m just the description box. You do you, boo! All I’m saying is that stop reading this in a black person’s voice and secondly, just go watch the damn show! This is Sapan’s second standup special, he’s touring after three years and you’ll put a smile on a comedian’s face by being in the audience. Who knows, it might even be hilarious, outstanding, profound.ABOUT THE ARTISTSapan Verma is one of India’s most popular English stand-up comedians and also the co-founder of the East India Comedy, one of India’s leading comedy collectives. He has done over 700 live shows in the last five years, all over India and also in North America, Paris, Barcelona, Dubai, Singapore and China. He was also a regular presenter on NDTV Prime’s news comedy show The Bottom Line. In 2016, he released his Amazon Prime Video comedy special, Obsessive Comedic Disorder, and can often be spotted making puns. He has been part of a panel of judges in Comicstaan, a nine episode series, to mentor and find India’s next comic sensation! This year, he created and hosted the one-of-a-kind show One Mic Stand, where he got the biggest names in comedy to mentor five popular celebrities performing stand-up comedy in front of a live audience for the first time.

An imaginative tour de force, A Dream Under The Southern Bough: Existence is the final installation of this fantastical tale of love and dreams by Singaporean company, Toy Factory. Written more than 400 years ago, A Dream Under The Southern Bough is renowned Ming Dynasty writer Tang Xianzu’s play about naval officer Chun Yu Fen, who plunges into a dream world he never knew existed, after falling asleep under a bough tree. Ambitiously adapted for the contemporary stage, A Dream Under The Southern Bough: Existence is the triumphant culmination of an epic trilogy by Singapore’s Toy Factory. Depicting an extravagant dream across two decades, reminisce on the wonders of The Beginning, and the heady beauty of Reverie, as Existence unfolds with all its bold and ambitious glory. Chun Yu Fen is now living the perfect life in the Ant Kingdom. He excels in governing the Southern Bough and lives blissfully with his wife, the Kingdom’s princess and their children. But trouble soon arrives in paradise, as a series of tragic events threaten to unravel everything he loves - the arrival of a romantic rival, a violent invasion, the loss of his troops in crossfire, and the death of his wife. Disillusioned and heartbroken, Chun drowns himself in work and drunken merry-making. But his indulgences soon take their toll. As Chun neglects his official duties, much to the chagrin of the King, he finds himself banished from the Ant Kingdom. As dream and reality collide, Chun abruptly wakes up from his twenty-year dream to discover time has barely passed. Retracing the paths he crossed decades ago, he realises dreams are but a mere reflection of reality – a broken world filled with love, sorrow and calamity. Despite the passage of a mere few minutes, Chun realises he has spent an entire lifetime in his slumber, traversing the blurred lines between dreams and reality…

The award-winning ensembles of Singapore’s Nine Years Theatre and the SITI Company of New York join hands to present this multi-lingual retelling of Anton Chekhov’s classic play Three Sisters. Three Sisters, by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, stands as one of the most outstanding plays of his career. Olga, Masha, and Irina - the titular sisters - fritter away their lives in a provincial town, while they dream of returning to Moscow, the cosmopolitan city where they grew up. Chronicling their tangled relationships, ordinary frustrations and search for meaning, Three Sisters opens a moving window into the human condition, and reveals Chekhov’s profound understanding of universal themes. In this new rendering of this classic play, Singapore Mandarin theatre company Nine Years Theatre (NYT) joins hands with the SITI Company of New York - backed by a talented multi-lingual cast and co-directed by NYT’s Nelson Chia and SITI’s Barney O’Hanlon - to re-tell an utterly human story of survival in a changing world. Don’t miss this timeless play that reveals the absurdity, courage and tenderness of the human condition - now seen through the eyes of contrasting cultures, languages, and the actors’ powerful physicality.

Jim Fingal is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. John D’Agata is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy—an essay that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact check D’Agata’s essay, the two come head to head in a comedic yet gripping battle over facts versus truth.Featuring Ghafir Akbar (Shakespeare in the Park – Julius Caesar and Guards at the Taj), Janice Koh (Hand to God) and Jamil Schulze.