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2000 Reviews

January

Mr Beng - The Trilingual Musical by Drama Box (James Koh)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by STAGES (Adele Tan)
U by Dance Dimension Project (Malcolm Tay)
White Sails over Blue Blue Sea by Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble (Daniel Teo)
Odyssey to the Sublime by Odyssey Dance Theatre (Malcolm Tay)
Pink by The small Theatre (Kenneth Kwok)
A Perfect Ganesh by The Singapore Repertory Theatre (Kenneth Kwok)
Looking for Love (James Koh)
Love Imprisonment by Intersection Music Lab (James Koh)

February

Remembering Jesus by tammy l. wong dance company (Malcolm Tay)
Maybe Knot by The Dream Academy (James Koh)
The Painted House by Asia-In-Theatre Research Centre (Matthew Lyon)
Shakespeare on Love by The Stage Club (James Koh)
Is This Our Stop? by The Necessary Stage (Amanda Koh)
Is This Our Stop? by The Necessary Stage (Adele Tan)
Madam What's Next? by The ETCeteras (Daniel Teo)
River of Life by Radical Performing Arts (Malcolm Tay)

March

W by Schism/ism (James Koh)
Fairytaleheart by Imaginarts (Daniel Teo)
Report Cuts by The Dream Academy (Kenneth Kwok)
This Chord and Others by The Necessary Stage (Adele Tan)
They Stumble That Run Fast by Singapore Broadway Playhouse (James Koh)
Closer by Fiction Farm (James Koh)
Prudential Children's First! by Act 3 (Matthew Lyon)
Peer Pleasure by The Necessary Stage (James Koh)
Nevermind by Singapore Broadway Playhouse (Matthew Lyon)
City of Dreams by The Necessary Stage (James Koh)
The Rape by Drama Box (James Koh)
Murder DIY by NUS Theatre Studies Programme (James Koh)
Chicago (Arthur Kok)
The Swimming Instructor by ACTION Theatre (Daniel Teo)
Love Valour Compassion by Layang Merah Theatre Group (James Koh)

April

New Dance Lab V - Face 2 Face by Frontier Danceland (Malcolm Tay)
The Vaginalogue by Drama Box (James Koh)
Titoudao by Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble (James Koh)
Buang Suay by Agni Kootthu (Eugene Tan)
I Do! I Do! by Chijmes and the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre of Florida (Adi Soon)
Temptations by Rainbow Theatre (Adi Soon)
Safe in These Arms by Glass Theatre (Adi Soon)
Temptations by Rainbow Theatre (Arthur Kok)
Safe in These Arms by Glass Theatre (Daniel Teo)

May

Emily of Emerald Hill by W!ld Rice (Adi Soon)
In the Eye of the Storm by Aporia Society (Clarence Chew)
3Some by The Necessary Stage (Matthew Lyon)
Abigail's Party by The Stage Club (Matthew Lyon)
Equus by Asia-in-Theatre Research Centre (Matthew Lyon)
Y-Junction by LASALLE-SIA Repertory Dance Company (Malcolm Tay)
Eleemosynary by luna-id (James Koh)
3 Chords and the Truth by Peel Arts (Matthew Lyon)
Evol by theatrExprezz (Eugene Tan)

June

The Magic Paintbrush by Imaginarts (James Koh)
Desdemona by TheatreWorks (Daniel Teo)
Sexing Three Millennia by City Contemporary Dance Company (Malcolm Tay)
Kuo Pao Kun Double Bill by The National Arts Council (James Koh)
Love in the Title by The Abbey Theatre (Adele Tan)
Tracking Time by doppio-paralleo (James Koh)
Alice in Wonderlessland by luna-id (Daniel Teo)
Kuo Pao Kun Double Bill (in Mandarin) by The National Arts Council (Adele Tan)
True Deep Blue by Tri Arts (James Koh)
Four Works by Singapore Dance Theatre (Malcolm Tay)
Jemima Puddle-Duck and Her Friends by Unicorn Theatre (Matthew Lyon)
Spring Day by Pappa Tarahumara (Ma Shaoling)
A Flight Delayed by Dramalab (Fiona Chow)
Painted Stories (Part 1) by ACTION Theatre (Daniel Teo)
Ashes by Performance Collective Asia (James Koh)
Ombra by Les Fura dels Baus (Kenneth Kwok)
One Breath Left by Theatre Ox (Eugene Tan)
D.A.V.E. (Digital Amplified Video Engine) by The National Arts Council (Adele Tan)
The Water Carriers by Theatre Talipot (Kenneth Kwok)
Subterrestrials by The Arts Fission Company
(Malcolm Tay)
The Woman in Black by Chameleon Productions (Adele Tan)
Hot Water by Robert Wilson (Daniel Teo)
Sloka by The Chandralekha Group (Malcolm Tay)
Painted Stories (Part 2) by ACTION Theatre (Arthur Kok)
A Tinted Edge by Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble (Arthur Kok)
Export File by Chunky Move (Ma Shaoling)

July

A-the-Bird by Dance Dimension Project (Ma Shaoling)
[names changed to protect the innocent]: circus of fear by The Necessary Stage (Amanda Koh)
American Stories by The Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company (Malcolm Tay)
Steel Skin by Drama Box (James Koh and Daniel Teo)
Fabulous at 40 by Caldwell Arts Entertainment (James Koh)
Marcello's New Clothes by Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble (Eugene Tan)
Siddhartha the Musical (Adi Soon)
Viva Viagra by ACTION Theatre (Matthew Lyon)

August

Fresh from the Oven by Dance Dimension Project (Malcolm Tay)
Wash Cut and Blow by Paparazzi Productions (James Koh)
Chang and Eng Concert in the Park by ACTION Theatre (Matthew Lyon)
Postcards from Persephone by Livid Room Productions (James Koh)
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Caldwell Arts Entertainment (Daniel Teo)
The Importance of Being Ernest by Speechwork Productions (Adi Soon)
The Next Wave 2000 by NUS Dance Ensemble (Malcolm Tay)
The Spirits Play by TheatreWorks (Marcus Tan)
Mixed Blessings by The Necessary Stage (Kenneth Kwok)
Oleanna by The Singapore Repertory Theatre (Marcus Tan)
Synergy! Live in Concert! by NUS Dance Synergy (Malcolm Tay)

September

SH:U:SH by The ETCeteras (Adrian Wong)
[names changed to protect the innocent]: trans-media cockroach by The Necessary Stage (Matthew Lyon)
Sharing I - The Coloured Ladies by Frontier Danceland (Malcolm Tay)
Invisibility by Drama Box (Adele Tan)
W;t by ACTION Theatre (Daniel Teo)
American Ballet Theatre (Ma Shaoling)
Alarms and Excursions by The Stage Club (Matthew Lyon)

October

Candoco Dance Company (Malcolm Tay)
Double Happiness by spell#7 and Bodies In Flight (Adele Tan)
The Sock by Ad Hoc Productions and luna-id (James Koh)
The Iliad: Greek Mythology in Kathakali by Swadhin Productions (Marcus Tan)
Alice in Wonderland by The Stage Club (Seow Yien Lein)
The Tai Tais by NUS Theatre Studies Programme (Matthew Lyon)
Triple Bill by HotCurrie Theatre (Kenneth Kwok)
Mee Pok Man by Fiction Farm (Eugene Tan)
Under the Last Dust by The Necessary Stage (Kenneth Kwok)
The Theory of Everything by The Singapore Repertory Theatre (Marcus Tan)
News Theatre by Drama Box (Judy Tan)

November

Riverdance - The Show by The Liffey Company (Arthur Kok)
Allee Der Kosmonauten by Berlin Schaubühne (Malcolm Tay)
Chameleon by Chameleon Productions (James Koh)
Chameleon by Chameleon Productions (Seow Yien Lein)
Tall Tales by Imaginarts and Jade Apple (Matthew Lyon)
Drama 101 (Adi Soon)
Asian Boys Vol. 1 by The Necessary Stage (Matthew Lyon)

December

Asian Boys Vol. 1 by The Necessary Stage (James Koh)
Sampak Engtay by The Theatre Practice (Daniel Lim)
The New Adventures of Little Prince by Dance Dimension Project (Malcolm Tay)
The New Adventures of Little Prince by Dance Dimension Project (Marcus Tan)
The Tower of Silence by Aporia Society (Seow Yien Lein)
The Tower of Silence
by Aporia Society (Matthew Lyon)
Amahl and the Night Visitors by The Golden Apple Theatre Company ( Seow Yien Lein)


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Ratings out of 5, based on Practitioner's Vision / Reviewer's Response: ***** = Transcendent / Rapturous;
**** = Crystal / Appreciative; *** = Transmitted / Thoughtful; ** = Vague / Unsatisfied; * = Uncommunicated / Mystified.