Match in Singapore
Match ran in Singapore as part of a triple-bill organised by the Singapore Drama Educators Association (SDEA) last weekend - on Fri 15th Aug and Sun 17th Aug, to be exact. The venue was The Play Den in The Arts House, which sits 120 people.
What's particularly awesome about The Arts House is that it's situated in the old Parliament house of Singapore. Talk about very historically arty-farty. We even had a rehearsal in The Chamber, which is where they used to have their Parliamentary debates - there are seats with plaques with names of their old cabinet and their position! Heh some of us were jostling to get our photo taken in Lee Kuan Yew's seat.
The Play Den is an odd-shaped stage though - a thrust layout, but very thrust-ed. There are only 16 seats at the front, with 52 seats on either side; so the majority of the audience is on either side of you. They're well equipped though - very nice tech room overlooking the stage, with cameras pointed at the stage feeding monitors located backstage and at front-of-house. Check out the Virtual Tour on The Arts House's website.
The whole event was generally well-organised, with the singular exception of a miscommunication - we had to censor our show a bit for being too sexually explicit (and having a homosexual element too, if you can imagine). To be fair, they were concerned about the youth of their audience (younger teenagers) and their religious beliefs, and they were worried about what their chaperones / teachers / parents would have to say about our show. Which was introduced as done by "a professional, international theatre company" - wahey!
I had a great time working in Singapore, and I must say I was impressed. I'll readily admit that it was the first time I had a very positive experience of Singapore, and I'm very seriously contemplating the possibility of working there. Will be researching the possibility of casting there soon - online, if possible. Doesn't make sense to travel down regularly just to cast, fun as it may be.
Of course, the Saturday off meant a good walk on Orchard Road. Paradigm Infinitum is amazing, so many new games but not enough clones of myself to play them all all day every day. Bought Okko in the end, which is pretty damn cool. Still learning to play and working out the intricacies. Kinokuniya's awesome, as usual. That CD Shop has a great selection, especially their High Society compilations. Got introduced to the joys of MOS Burger, which I would never have tried unless someone recommended it - check out their Natsumi Fish burger, it's really delicious and healthy! Well, not counting their cheesy mayo-like sauce. But it's wrapped in lettuce instead of buns! Okay okay maybe not so healthy. But it's damn good.
Here's to more work in Singapore.
What's particularly awesome about The Arts House is that it's situated in the old Parliament house of Singapore. Talk about very historically arty-farty. We even had a rehearsal in The Chamber, which is where they used to have their Parliamentary debates - there are seats with plaques with names of their old cabinet and their position! Heh some of us were jostling to get our photo taken in Lee Kuan Yew's seat.The Play Den is an odd-shaped stage though - a thrust layout, but very thrust-ed. There are only 16 seats at the front, with 52 seats on either side; so the majority of the audience is on either side of you. They're well equipped though - very nice tech room overlooking the stage, with cameras pointed at the stage feeding monitors located backstage and at front-of-house. Check out the Virtual Tour on The Arts House's website.
The whole event was generally well-organised, with the singular exception of a miscommunication - we had to censor our show a bit for being too sexually explicit (and having a homosexual element too, if you can imagine). To be fair, they were concerned about the youth of their audience (younger teenagers) and their religious beliefs, and they were worried about what their chaperones / teachers / parents would have to say about our show. Which was introduced as done by "a professional, international theatre company" - wahey!
I had a great time working in Singapore, and I must say I was impressed. I'll readily admit that it was the first time I had a very positive experience of Singapore, and I'm very seriously contemplating the possibility of working there. Will be researching the possibility of casting there soon - online, if possible. Doesn't make sense to travel down regularly just to cast, fun as it may be.
Of course, the Saturday off meant a good walk on Orchard Road. Paradigm Infinitum is amazing, so many new games but not enough clones of myself to play them all all day every day. Bought Okko in the end, which is pretty damn cool. Still learning to play and working out the intricacies. Kinokuniya's awesome, as usual. That CD Shop has a great selection, especially their High Society compilations. Got introduced to the joys of MOS Burger, which I would never have tried unless someone recommended it - check out their Natsumi Fish burger, it's really delicious and healthy! Well, not counting their cheesy mayo-like sauce. But it's wrapped in lettuce instead of buns! Okay okay maybe not so healthy. But it's damn good.
Here's to more work in Singapore.
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