W!LD RICE

W!LD RICE was founded in 2000 by Ivan Heng and is recognised as one of Singapore’s leading professional theatre companies.

Description

The company takes its inspiration from the multicultural societies that make up Singapore and modern Asia, celebrating their diverse cultures and performance styles.

W!LD RICE’s creative work is first and foremost a celebration of Singapore talent. By producing and touring "glocal" productions that are distinctively local in flavour and yet universal in vision and concerns, the company creates shared experiences for audiences in Singapore and around the World.

W!LD RICE’s programming for the main stage includes:

*New and original works
*New productions of the Singapore repertoire
*New interpretations of the World’s Classics

The company also makes contributions to the wider community through its following divisions:

*Chilli Padi, the Youth & Education division, which reaches out to school audiences
*First Stage, which nurtures young talents from the ages of 5 to 16
*Young & W!LD, which identifies and develops aspiring theatre professionals

Mission

W!LD RICE is committed to touring its shows internationally to raise the profile of Singapore theatre, to create an international awareness of its unique productions, and to engage its artists and collaborators in creative dialogues with the international arts community. Its distinctively Singaporean productions have won acclaim at major international arts festivals in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

ingapore Theatre Festival

In 2006, W!ld Rice was the principal inaugurator of the first Singapore Theatre Festival, held in August, a biannual month-long festival of Singapore-created plays. Joining W!ld Rice in the Festival were Theatreworks, Spell #7, Dramabox and The Theatre Practice.Non-theatre related activists who spoke at the forums included gay activist Alex Au and Workers' Party of Singapore Chair Sylvia Lim.

Productions

*2000
**"Emily of Emerald Hill"
*2001
**"Blithe Spirit"
**"The Woman In A Tree On The Hill"
**"An Occasional Orchid"
**"The Coffin Is Too Big For The Hole, No Parking On Odd Days"
*2002
**"Boeing Boeing"
**"Ang Tau Mui"
**"Animal Farm"
*2003
**"CINDEREL-LAH!"
**"The Eleanor Wong Trilogy - Invitation to Treat"
*2004
**"Landmarks: Asian Boys Vol.2"
**"For The Pleasure Of Seeing Her Again"
**"The Visit Of The Tai Tai"
**"Aladdin"
*2005
**"Second Link: The Singapore-Malaysia Text Exchange"
**"Oi! Sleeping Beauty"
**"Boeing Boeing"
*2006
**"Homesick"
**"The Silence of the Kittens"
**"The Campaign to Confer the Public Service Star on JBJ"
**"Second Link: The Singapore-Malaysia Text Exchange"
**"The Magic Fundoshi"
**"Jack and the Beansprout"
*2007
**"Blithe Spirit"
**"Happy Endings: Asian Boys Vol. 3"
**"Beauty World"

External links

* [http://www.wildrice.com.sg/ W!LD RICE] - Official website