August | furnitur.
An evocative piece about travelling and memories, journeys and sojourns, we invite you to embark on this trip with us and
may you find a little something to remember us by ...
Directed by: Sim Pern Yiau
Performed by: Melissa Leung Hiu Tuen (Hong Kong) & Zelda Ng
May | Happy
Adapted from Oscar Wilde's love letters, THE HAPPY PRINCE and SALOME, HAPPY explores the manipulations and emotional turmoil in the search for love and happiness.
The musical theatre opens with the trial of Oscar Wilde, where he was convicted for sodomy. Alone in his cell, feeling hurt and betrayed by the society that once loved him, Wilde questioned the notion of love in this conservative society.
Originally set in Ancient Rome, SALOME is a verse drama about lust, desire and anger. Now adapted to the present and set to the ruthless corporate world in the midst of a war, religious fervour and gender revolutions. SALOME is the step-daughter of a high profile corporate director, Herod, who profits from the war. A religious activist, Jokanan, condemns Herod. SALOME meets Jokanan and falls for him but Jokanan rejects her love. Angered and hurt, SALOME plots for his death...
THE HAPPY PRINCE is Oscar Wilde's most well loved fable about the Happy Prince who gives everything he has, and a wonderful and loyal swallow that sacrifices its life to accompany The Prince in his journey of selfless giving.
Conceptualised & Directed by: Kok Heng Leun
Original Music & Lyrics Written by: Huang Yun Ren (Eric Ng) and Xiao Han
Performed by: Li Xie, Danny Yeo, Johnny Ng (Huang Jia Qiang) & Koh Hui Ling
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August | Shithole
Based on a true story from a village in Indonesia, Shithole examines the consequences of our disregard for lost history and
tradition. The satire grapples with issues of survival, delving into the core of human nature.
A colorful mask work comedy.
Written & Directed by: Li Xie
Mask Designer/Maker: Li Xie
March | Constant Constipation
A black comedy. An urban fable. A friendship begins with 2 persons without knowing who each other really is - gender, age,
appearance... A wedding photographer was given a mission by the 2 persons. One is to capture the past memories for one person
and the other the future relationship for the other person.
Written & Directed by: Lee Shyh Jih
January | Liao Zhai (Hua Yi Festival by Esplanade - Chinese Festival of Arts)
Adapted from the famous Chinese collection of stories about ghosts and spirits. The play is set in today's global context
and explores the prejudices faced by women, Muslims and foreign talents by comparing them with the spirits. Like the
spirits, these groups have been shunned and looked down upon by the dominant group.
Written by: Pu Song Ling
Adapted & Directed by: Kok Heng Leun
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August | The vaginaLOGUE
A re-run of the sold out season in year 2000. New elements and the use of mask work was added.
Created by: Li Xie
Dramaturgy: Kok Heng Leun
May | Prison
A forum performance. Based on real-life stories created by inmates of Selarang Park drug rehabilitation centre.
Written, Directed & Facilitated by: Li Xie
May | SARS
An interactive performance at community venues exploring how the community perceives SARS, and relationships in the
community after the outbreak of the disease.
Written By: Li Xie
Directed & Facilitated by: Kok Heng Leun
March | Cloud Nine
Explores the lustful, perhaps bizarre, relationships amongst the members of a Chinese businessman's family in colonial and
modern Singapore.
Written by: Caryl Churchill
Translated by: Quah Sy Ren & Kok Heng Leun
Adapted & directed by: Kok Heng Leun
January | Searching for Spring II
Comprising mask work, a short play and forum performance; this piece is a miniature performance in celebration of the
Chinese Lunar New Year.
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December | Private Room
Reflects problems that every family faces, like adolescent and elderly problems. Based on true stories, and also a part of
the Living Theatre Project 2002.
Written & Directed by: Li Xie
Facilitators: Li Xie & Kok Heng Leun
November | Fugitives
An intimate study of the contemporary Singaporean nuclear family. Examines communication breakdowns, unspoken longings, and
love-hate relationships.
Written by: Alfian Bin Sa'at & Ng How Wee
Directors: Kok Heng Leun & Lee Shyh Jih
October | Spider & Tiger
A funny yet disturbing revelation of hot topics such as retrenchment and inflation etc at the time of the play.
Written & Directed by: Kok Heng Leun
July | boner
A delicious chamber performance about violence, memory, regret, love, suspense, murder and a tinge of tenderness.
Written by: Quah Sy Ren
Director: Jeff Chen
June | White Songs
Final presentation of The Blanc Space in Singapore Arts Festival 2002.
Written by: Li Xie
Director: Kok Heng Leun
April | Have You Beaten?
A part of the Living Theatre Project, Have You Beaten? explores the issue of family violence and various relationships
in a family. Also an interactive performance brought to community venues.
Written by: Li Xie
Director/Facilitator: Kok Heng Leun
January | Beautiful Day
Two good friends, after going through an earthquake in Singapore and searching for Yamaguchi Momoe in Japan
respectively, make some discoveries about themselves and their surroundings.
Written by: Lee Shyh Jih
Directed by: Lim Wee Bin
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November | Have You Eaten?
The company's first interactive community production, about the issue of retrenchment and its aftermath.
Written by: Kok Heng Leun
Directed by: Kok Heng Leun & Lee Shyh Jih
Facilitated by: Kok Heng Leun & Li Xie
July | White Songs - the first presentation of The Blanc Space
The first work-in-progress presentation by the participants of "The Blanc Space", marking the culmination of nine
months of theatrical training.
Written by: Li Xie
Directed by: Kok Heng Leun
May | Lian Can Cook
The company's first community production, about domestic violence and a woman's relationship with her husband and son.
Created by: Li Xie
Dramaturgy: Kok Heng Leun
January | Family of Cross
An exploratory and quirky improvised production that consisted of five short plays.
Conceptualised/Directed by: Zelda Tatiana Ng & Sim Pern Yiau
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October | News Theatre
A tongue-in-cheek satire and parody of the happenings in a newsroom.
Conceptualised by: Kok Heng Leun
September | Invisibility
A modern-day fable about the quest for the art of invisibility in urban society.
Written by: Quah Sy Ren
Adapted/Directed by: Sim Pern Yiau
August | Steel
A one-man monologue about a person fighting against an opposing will in the form of technology, machines, the city and
the state.
Written/Directed by: Amaxophobia
July | Top of the World and Skin
A doublebill where one play is about the death of a pet dog that changed its owner's life and the other is about the
need for human touch.
Top of the World
Story by: Zelda Tatiana Ng
Written/Directed by: Kok Heng Leun
Skin
Written by: Nerve
Directed by: Vein
May | The Rape
A portrayal of the lifestyle of youth and pub culture through events that happened to a group of teenagers on a night
out at a pub.
Written by: Purpink Chung
Directed by: Lee Shyh Jih & Lim Wee Bin
April | THE vaginaLOGUE
A one-woman monodrama based on research, interviews, storytelling and performance; about how women view the vagina as
well as how society perceives it.
Created by: Li Xie
Dramaturgy: Kok Heng Leun
January | Mr Beng - A Trilingual Musical
A re-run of its sold-out premiere in the Singapore Arts Festival 1999.
Book by: Otto Fong
Adapted/Directed by: Kok Heng Leun
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December | Banana Blues
A contemporary play about four characters' search for something elusive in their lives.
Written by: Lee Shyh Jih
Directed by: Sim Pern Yiau
September | Timeless Kitchen
A doublebill of "Borrowed Time", adapted from Paul Monette's novel and "Kitchen", adapted from Banana Yoshimoto's
novel.
Borrowed Time
Book by: Paul Monette
Adapted by: Chua Shen Zi & Lawrence Ong
Directed by: Jackie Liu
Kitchen
Book by: Banana Yoshimoto
Adapted by: Rachel Lim
Directed by: Tan Chong Boon
June | Mr Beng - A Musical Comedy, Singapore Arts Festival
A musical about a Mr Beng who learns independence and self-acceptance.
Book by: Otto Fong
Adapted/Directed by: Kok Heng Leun
May | Sour Relationship
The first Mandarin play in Singapore to deal with the issue of women and women's bodies in a direct way.
Written by: Li Xie
Directed by: Kok Heng Leun
February | Searching for Spring
A small Lunar New Year presentation at Drama Box's studio theatre.
Written by: Li Xie
Directed by: Kok Heng Leun
January | I Remember 99
A 'play-within-a-play', about love, waiting and memories.
Written by: Lee Shyh Jih
Directed by: Kok Heng Leun
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November | Leng-Geh-Mng
Singapore's first full-length pugilistic production that parodied the stereotypical pugilistic movies.
Written by: Lee Shyh Jih & Li Xie
Directed by: Kok Heng Leun
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