- TheatreWorks (Singapore)
TheatreWorks (Singapore) is an independent, non-profit theatre company in
Singapore . Its artistic director isOng Keng Sen .History
Established in
1985 , TheatreWorks has been instrumental in nurturing professional theatre skills in Singapore artists, and developing the Singapore arts through its various productions and developmental programmes. The company is known for promoting Singaporean writing, with various programmes such as the 24-Hour Playwriting Competition and Singapore Young Dramatists Award.The company encompasses a Singapore Wing and an International Wing.
Theatreworks' latest work [http://www.theatreworks.org.sg/singapore/diaspora/index.htm Diaspora] , commissioned by the Singapore Government for the 2006 IMF/ World Bank meetings, was reviewed negatively in the Singapore's main newspaper "
The Straits Times ". This led to Ong Keng Sen issuing a strong [http://www.theatreworks.org.sg/cover/pop_statement.htm statement] on media and press criticism of Singapore arts.Production (from 2002)
*"Machine" (2002)
*"Comrade Mayor" (2002)
*"Positive People" (2002)
*"Pulse. I am Alive" (2003)
*"Balance:Space.Time.Movement (2003)
*"Ma: Moment" (2004)
*"Shanty: Follow That Dream" (2004)
*"Marriage of Inconvenience" (2004)
*"Geisha"(2006)
*"Diaspora"(2006)
*"120" (2007)External links
* [http://www.theatreworks.org.sg/ TheatreWorks] (Singapore)
* [http://www.theabundance.cc/index.php/StealOurIdeas/article/the_post_diaspora_movie Review of Theatrework's Diaspora on StealOurIdeas]
* [http://substation.org/magazine/issue06/rw_Diaspora.html Criticism of Theatrework's Diaspora on Substation Magazine]
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