Written by award-winning playwright Jean Tay, Smarty Pants and the Swordfish revolves around Nadim, a young kampong boy who unexpectedly saves the kindgom from a violent swordfish attack. As a group of students explore the circumstances leading to the boy's death at the hands of the jealous King Raja, they discover that there are many ways one can dissect and reimagine a story. Through a unique interactive theatre staging, our young audiences will be immersed in the story playing swordfishes, the sultan's a

Smarty Pants and the Swordfish (2019)

Director

Souvenir&nbsp;takes us back to 1964 where pianist Cosmé McMoon recounts the real-life musical career of one of History’s most unforgettable Opera Stars,&nbsp;Florence Foster Jenkins. She was an outlandish and wealthy socialite who believed in in the importance of sharing her “enchanting voice” with the world.

Unfortunately, the ugly truth is Jenkins&nbsp;couldn’t&nbsp;sing! This did not stop her and the unlikely duo went on to hold sensational recitals even producing a sold-out performance at Carnegie Ha

Souvenir (2018)

IN HER SHOES, written and performed by triple-threat show monkey extraordinaire, Kimberly Chan, is a sole-baring journey that touches those soft-spot conundrums of a being a woman. Together with award-winning Singaporean director Samantha Scott-Blackhall, Chan sets out to explore the trauma and jubilations of love, as she walks those beaten paths embodied by several pairs of shoes.

A developing piece of work looking to tour future international festivals, this piece also sees Chan collaborating with acco

In Her Shoes (2018)

A plane crashes on a deserted island.

The only survivors are a group of schoolboys. By day, it is a tropical paradise of&nbsp;sun and sea; but each night, their dreams are inhabited by a terrifying beast.&nbsp;Thrust into a teenage version of Hunger Games meets Survivor, the boys’ little&nbsp;island adventure quickly become a struggle for survival as superstition and immorality sees the community slide into a darkly sinister world.&nbsp;

It’s not too long before this well-behaved group develops a penc

Lord of the Flies (2016)

"There's only one thing I fear&nbsp;in life, my friend... One day the black will swallow the red.”

It is 1958. Mark Rothko, one of the most influential artists of the Abstract Expressionist Movement, is in his studio working on a major commission—&nbsp;known later as the infamous Seagram Murals—for the opening of The Four Seasons restaurant, in&nbsp;New York. It is his new assistant Ken‘s first day of&nbsp;work.

A man of fierce opinions and didactic conversation, Rothko fires questions at his nervous 

Red (2014)

When Seraphina brings Alistair, her ang moh boyfriend, to Singapore, he thinks they’re just having a cup of tea. Little does he know that he will be participating in his own wedding tea ceremony! But when the couple arrives, Sera makes a discovery so shocking its revelation would certainly stop the wedding! One by one, Xin Ru her sister, Alistair and Ma make the same discovery and for their own reasons, no one reveals. Absurd, funny and poignant,&nbsp;A Wedding, A Funeral &amp; Lucky, the Fish&nbsp;will sur

A Wedding, A Funeral & Lucky, the Fish (2014)

While awaiting her son’s release from jail, a single homeless mother finds an unlikely friend in the young, well-off but clinically depressed Mo. Set in an unidentified yet vaguely familiar locality, a place where rules are rules are rules are not made to be broken,&nbsp;Stand Behind the Yellow Line&nbsp;is a formally inventive and oddly lyrical play about the people who find themselves living outside the lines.


Stand Behind the Yellow Line (2014)

As March 8 was “Women’s Day”, SING’THEATRE celebrated it with the Asian Premiere of 8 WOMEN, a comedy written originally in French by Robert Thomas.

8 WOMEN was turned into a worldwide famous movie starring Catherine Deneuve and premiered in London in March 2011 at Southwark Playhouse - London with rave reviews.

Set in France in the 50’s, in a large country mansion a few days before Christmas, the man of the house is found murdered! But who could have “dunnit”?

Isolated from the rest of the village

8 Women (2013)

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Freud's Last Session (2012)

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Ma Goes Home (2010)

Perfecting Prata and Cravings (2010)

Shocks & SHIOK! (2009)

A new dramedy for tall men and women who love them.


Manhood (2009)

ACTION Theatre proudly presents one of the most exciting new plays to have emerged from Singapore theatre scene in years. Winner of Best Play Award at Theatre Idols 2009, Streetwalkers&nbsp;by playwright Yak Aik Wee is a hard-hitting and heartfelt play about three men of different age groups and social strata. Their separate lives become intertwined through accidental and deliberate encounters in the dark alleys of Chinatown's Ann Siang Hill.

Lost Boy. Saviour. Manipulator?

Ben is a lost teenager look

Streetwalkers (2009)

The days of writing letters to one another slowly becomes a thing of the past as mobile phones and the internet make communication between individuals as easy as "logging-in". But in the evolution from pen and paper to keyboard and screen, have we compromised the way we express ourselves? Can we be just as romantic? Heartfelt? Honest?

Take a peek into the love of yesteryear and consider this... Whilst times have changed, perhaps Love remains the same.


Singapore Love Letters (2009)

Das Experiment: Black Box (2008)

Adaptation

It is the year 2058. Singapore is reeling from an unprecedented attack: buildings have been flattened, tens of thousands of people have been killed. In fact, nearly everything in this once pristine and technologically advanced city-state has been destroyed.

A day after the disaster, Major General Abdul Aziz has taken over the reins of power in a military coup. A colony of intrepid survivors, led by activist Jessie Soon and pastor Simon Sitoh, have pooled their resources to rebuild Singapore.

Sifting t

Apocalypse: LIVE! (2008)

Mama's Wedding (2008)

I wonder sometimes if a writer enjoys his solitude too much.

All the company that he needs is a pen and paper, and he creates a dialogue with himself in many guises and alteregos.

Lately, I have wondered if I thrive on that too much.

Not being in the throes of being in a relationship, I sneer at, tickled by and (usually by the end of it all) empathise with my friends and love ones in their fights, breakups and everything in between in and out of relationships. Being an unwitting witness to their em

Real Men Fake Orgasms (2007)

Hitting (On) Women (2007)

It's Becky Watkins' turn to stand up in class tomorrow and deliver her big career day speech, but she is a bundle of nerves and hasn't got a clue what to say. The problem is, Becky suffers from an acute case of the 'I-don't-knowseys'. Here to help Becky find her confidence is her house cat and imaginary personal advisor, Professor. This Professor holds a PhD in Child Psychology from Cambridge Catnip College and has a delightful knack for coaching 'I-think-I-can-ism' to the shy and the timid. Together with h

I Think I Can (2007)

Everything But The Brain was first staged on 27 January 2005 by ACTION Theatre. The Premiere production was directed by Krishen Jit. The original cast members were Gerald Chew, Pamela Oei, Koh Chieng Mun, Brendon Fernandez, Chermaine Ang and Filomar Tariao.


Everything But The Brain (2007)

Lord of the Flies (2007)

Production Designer

Death and the Maiden (2006)

Modern Dance for Beginners (2005)

Quills (2005)

Sometimes the things you want most are just out of reach.

The action takes place in Kyra's studio apartment in North London.
The time is the present.


Skylight (2005)

Set Designer

Dead Certain (2004)

Based on a well-loved Chinese folktale,&nbsp;The Quest for the Paper Gifts tells the tale of a Mandarin and his three daughters. Under the influence of his evil Magistrate, the Mandarin sends his daughters on a quest for three impossible gifts as pledged of filial love. If they fail, they would be banished from the land forever... This exciting and colourful story encourages much audience participation in solving the riddle of the three gifts and examining important issues like justice and true love.

Joi

The Quest for the Paper Gifts (2003)

Things are changing in Kevin's world. A newly-returned grad with a newly-retired Dad and a grandma who has acquired an&nbsp;ang moh&nbsp;ghost lover. And what about the lovely Melissa who would like a commitment while housing prices are favourable? Will Kevin prove a Stayer or a Quitter?


Samantha Scott-Blackhall

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