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APOCALYPSE: LIVE!

OPENING Wednesday 20 August

It is the year 2058. Singapore is reeling from a mysterious rain of fire. Buildings have been flattened; scores of people have been killed. In fact, nearly everything in this once pristine and technologically advanced city-state has been destroyed....

Apocalypse: LIVE! is written by Ken Kwek, a former Straits Times political journalist, who won four awards at the recent Short and Sweet Festival and directed by powerhouse Samantha Scott-Blackhall (Everything But The Brain, The Physicists). Its superb cast stars Brendon Fernandez (Boeing Boeing), Gene Sha Rudyn (Jack & The Bean-Sprout!, Oi! Sleeping Beauty!!) and Janice Koh (Proof - Life! Theatre Awards Best Actress).

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News

 FEATURE ARTICLE IN INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE

"OCBC Festival: Taking a closer look at life in Singapore" 

By Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop | International Herald Tribune

Published Aug 13, 2008

SINGAPORE: The year is 2058 and Singapore is reeling from a mysterious rain of fire that has destroyed nearly all the nation's buildings and killed thousands of people, including all key members of the cabinet and 67 members of Parliament. An ethnic Malay general has seized the reins of power.

This futuristic scenario, reported through the eyes of a broadcast journalist, is the backdrop of "Apocalypse: LIVE!" a debut play by Ken Kwek, and part of the three-week OCBC Singapore Theatre Festival that ends Aug. 24. Behind the tongue-in-cheek approach, which pokes fun at the press and the public's concern with bread-and-butter issues, the play also touches on questions about race in Singapore and how fear and political compromises are tested under an autocratic leadership.

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FEATURE ARTICLE IN SPH The Straits Times Life!

"DOOMSDAY SINGAPORE"

Monday, 18 August 2008
Politics comes to the fore as Singapore starts from scratch after a disaster

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FEATURE ARTICLE IN SPH The Straits Times Life! 

"THE DEVINE MISS D"
Monday, 11 August 2008

Claire Devine calls on girl power to play Sir Stamford Raffles' wife

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FEATURE ARTICLE IN NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE

"SINGAPORE'S DISCOMFORT ZONE"

Four directors discuss the evolving role of theater in exploring sensitive issues like sex, race and politics.

By George Wehrfritz and Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop | NEWSWEEK

Published Aug 2, 2008

From the magazine issue dated Aug 11, 2008 

From their digs in a row house in Singapore's historic Little India, W!ld Rice founding director Ivan Heng and his team are plotting their next provocation. On Aug. 6, the theater troupe will open its second Singapore Theatre Festival, a biannual event launched in 2006 to coincide with the city-state's national-day celebrations, where they plan to "make public a lot of conversations we've been having in private," says Heng. Those conversations touch on race, sexuality and even politics—topics censors sanitize in Singapore's newspapers, films and television programming.

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"Back with a Bank"
SPH The Straits Times Life!
Friday, 30 May 2008

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Festival Activities

COMING UP THIS WEEK!...

FEEDBACK FRIDAYS

Performances on Friday nights will be followed by a talk-back session in the Theatre. You feedback plays a critical part of the development of new plays. This is your opportunity to question, offer constructive criticism, and to talk about your experience of the play, with the playwright and director, and with other members of the audience.

This week's Feedback Friday sessions are for:

Apocalypse: LIVE!
Own Time Own Target
Blood Binds: Bondage & Just Late

THE ART & LIFE SESSIONS

Session 3
LIFE: To Build A **** Society: Uncharted Territories, Untested Waters
ART: Apocalypse: LIVE!
Date: Saturday, 23 August 2008
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
ADMISSION IS FREE!

In the future, an environmentally-conscious Singapore will be a multiparty democracy, supported by a free press and a vibrant civil society. In a worldwide poll, Singaporeans are reported as the happiest people in Asia. We can dream, can’t we? We speak to some young people about their wishlist for Singapore’s future.  

Panelists:
Laremy Lee - Playwright, Own Time Own Target
Choo Zheng Xi - Editor, The Online Citizen, http://theonlinecitizen.com
Bernise Ang - Founder, SYINC – a network of Youth in Singapore for social change
Seelan Pillay - Artist and Social Activist

Moderator: Ken Kwek - Playwright, Apocalypse: LIVE!

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