Name: Headline Acts 2 | SIFA-X 2023
Start: 2023-05-28T15:00:00+08:00
End: 2023-05-28T17:00:00+08:00
Location: Black Box @ 42 Waterloo Street

Headline Acts 2     |    SIFA-X 2023

Centre 42 is a non-profit arts organisation with IPC status committed to the creation, documentation and promotion of text-based works for the Singapore stage. As a theatre development space and intermediary, we incubate original writings for the stage, support the development of artists and new works, and develop and maintain a functional archive documenting the histories and processes of Singapore theatre.For more information on Centre 42’s programmes and initiatives, please visitwww.centre42.sg. Centre 42 is developed in collaboration with the National Arts Council (NAC), and officially opened in 2014. We are supported by the NAC for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2023.

Centre 42

"Acts 2" features four short works by Very Shy Gurl by fendy, Wisely Chow, Ivan Choong and Melizarani T Selva

Black Box @ 42 Waterloo Street

SIFA-X: there is no future in nostalgia

How do we reckon with this country's propensity to forget? Centre 42 grapples with these questions & more through deep cuts from the theatre archive, a series of new plays responding to the uses & abuses of nostalgia, and a jam on headlines from the 90s.

Soak in an afternoon of new short works by writers who responded to headlines from the year 1993! For this special SIFA edition of Headline Acts, part of Centre 42's group show SIFA-X: there is no future in nostalgia, we are turning our attention to that special dynamic between new and old, past and future. There are two sessions of Headline Acts with a diverse platter of plays servedA﻿cts 2 feature the works of Very Shy Gurl by fendy, Wisely Chow, Ivan Choong and Melizarani T Selva:<ul><li>Motherland by Very Shy Gurl by fendy</li></ul>Two unknown soldiers deeply in love and with different loyalties contemplate the inevitable when the night sky in the distance starts to burn red.<ul><li>The Chilli Powder Sisters by Melizarani T. Selva</li></ul>Armed with chilli powder and an aching desire to leave Singapore, two sisters hatch a plot to rob a woman at their HDB while arguing about the best ways to spend the bounty — on a dowry or or a degree.<ul><li>All Kinds of Time by Wisely Chow</li></ul>A wedding is interrupted, and time folds onto itself.<ul><li>An Examination by Ivan Choong</li></ul>A loss of test papers that were differing opportunities for two young lives. It leads to examinations with unexpected findings.One performance only: Sunday 28 May @ 3pm-﻿-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A﻿cts 1 feature the works of Jean Tay, Irsyad Dawood, Isaac Lim and Kay Lynn Er. <a href="https://Acts1-sifaxc42.eventbrite.sg" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click here to read the synopses and book your ticket for Acts 1.</a>One performance only: Saturday 27 May @ 8pm

Our {communityGuidelinesLink} describe the sort of content we prohibit on Eventbrite. If you suspect an event may be in violation, you can report it to us so we can investigate.

To report other categories of prohibited or illegal content, submit {link}

Headline Acts 2 | SIFA-X 2023

More events from Centre 42

Discover more events from Centre 42, from Arts to other experiences you might love.

Headline Acts 2 | SIFA-X 2023

More events from Centre 42

Discover more events from Centre 42, from Arts to other experiences you might love.

You might also like...

Browse more events with different dates, prices, and formats to find your next great experience.