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2001 Reviews

January

Chang and Eng by ACTION Theatre (Matthew Lyon)
Shopping and Fucking by Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble (Eugene Tan)
The Vagina Monologues by The New Voice Company (Daniel Lim)
Forbidden Hollywood (Seow Yien Lein)
Family of Cross by Drama Box (Judy Tan)
[names changed to protect the innocent]: untitled shadowed retina ii by The Necessary Stage (Marcus Tan)

February

Butterflies Are Free by MediaCorp Studios (Daniel Teo)
O by Theatre Ox (Eugene Tan)
The Coffin Is Too Big for the Hole by Teater Mandiri and The Theatre Practice (Kenneth Kwok)
Ever After by the tammy l. wong dance company (Ma Shaoling)
A Perfect Love Affair by Mime Unlimited (Kenneth Kwok)
Rent by The Singapore Repertory Theatre (Adi Soon)
Rent by The Singapore Repertory Theatre (Daniel Teo)
Cookin' by Music and Movement and Unusual Productions Pte Ltd (Seow Yien Lein)
The Other by Five Arts Centre (Eugene Tan)
The Canterbury Tales by The Stage Club (Marcus Tan)
The Sex Education Party by The Necessary Stage (James Koh)

March

Sharing II - Soulless Souls by Frontier Danceland (Malcolm Tay)
Underground Works by Dance Dimension Project (Malcolm Tay)
Dido and Aeneas by Controluce Teatro d'Ombre (Matthew Lyon)
Lest the Demons Get to Me by TheatreWorks (Seow Yien Lein)
The Playboy of the Western World by Gaelic Storm and Caldwell Arts Entertainment (Matthew Lyon)
II by Peel Arts (Seow Yien Lein)
The Lady of Soul and Her Ultimate "S" Machine by TheatreWorks (Jeremy Samuel)
Undercover by TheatreWorks (Seow Yien Lein)
Freak Sons and Daughters by The Necessary Stage (Matthew Lyon)
Buddy the Musical (Daniel Lim)
Three Fat Virgins Unassembled by Fine Arts Productions and TheatreWorks (Daniel Teo)
Mergers and Accusations and Wills and Secession by TheatreWorks (Jeremy Samuel)
Mergers and Accusations and Wills and Secession by TheatreWorks (Seow Yien Lein)
Wayang Tempest by 3.14 Company and Dramaplus Arts (Kenneth Kwok)
Hungry by TheatreWorks (Seow Yien Lein)

April

Sparkleshark by Imaginarts (Seow Yien Lein)
Pan Island Expressway by TheatreWorks (Daniel Teo)
Watching the Clouds Go by by TheatreWorks (Jeremy Samuel)
Slava's Snowshow (Daniel Lim)
Half Century by TheatreWorks (Seow Yien Lein)
Half Century by TheatreWorks (Jeremy Samuel)
An Occasional Orchid by W!ld Rice (Seow Yien Lein)
Famfest 2001 by The Necessary Stage (Matthew Lyon)
Dreaming up a Prince by The Necessary Stage (Judy Tan)
The Eastern Line on My Palm by Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble (Jeremy Samuel)

May

The Silver River by TheatreWorks (Jeremy Samuel)
Club Tempest by 3.14 Company (Matthew Lyon)
Kundabuffer by Aporia Society (Jeremy Samuel)
Shakespeare's R & J by The Singapore Repertory Theatre (Daniel Teo)
Private Eyes by luna-id (Matthew Lyon)
Hedda Gabler by The Stage Club (Jeremy Samuel)
Carmen (Daniel Lim)
Lian Can Cook by Drama Box (Adele Tan)
Sparkleshark by Imaginarts (Arthur Kok)
1 Bed 3 Pillows (Double Bill 1) by ACTION Theatre (Adele Tan)

June

Grizaille and the Rite of Spring by H. Art Chaos (Sherrie Lee)
The Woman in a Tree on the Hill by W!ld Rice (Jeremy Samuel)
In Spite of Wishing and Wanting by Ultima Vez (Sherrie Lee)
1 Bed 3 Pillows (Double Bill 2) by ACTION Theatre (Adele Tan)
100 Years in Waiting by The Necessary Stage and The Theatre Practice (Jeremy Samuel)
Leitmotiv by Les Deux Mondes (Judy Tan)
Leitmotiv by Les Deux Mondes (Marcus Tan)
One Breath Left by Theatre Ox (Eugene Tan)
Summer Song by tammy l. wong dance company (Ma Shaoling)
The Seventh Drawer by Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble (Arthur Kok)
The White Road by The SRT's Young Co. (Jeremy Samuel)
My Last Night in Sin by spell#7 (Eugene Tan)
Red by The Singapore Repertory Theatre (Jeremy Samuel)
Requiem by Ea Sola (Ma Shaoling)
White Songs by Drama Box (Sherrie Lee)
Romeo and Juliet by I Theatre and Imaginarts (Marcus Tan)

July

[names changed to protect the innocent]: sex valve durmientes by The Necessary Stage (Matthew Lyon)

August

Miss Saigon (Daniel Teo)
Miss Fit by The ETCeteras (Daniel Teo)
Silent Song by The Necessary Stage (Sherrie Lee)
Autumn Tomyam by ACTION Theatre (Daniel Teo)
Floating Mirror by Ecnad Project (Chan Kah Mei)
A Right Ritual by Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble (Jeremy Samuel)
Emily of Emerald Hill by W!ld Rice (Matthew Lyon)

September

Just a Piece of Meat by Frontier Danceland (Sherrie Lee)
The Coffin Is Too Big for the Hole and No Parking on Odd Days by W!ld Rice (Daniel Teo)
Diary of a F.A.S.T. Virgin by Peel Arts (Jeremy Samuel)
Magic of Love by Touch Entertainment (Arthur Kok)
Abuse Suxxx!!! by The Necessary Stage (Musa Fazal)
Character Study by Michelle Stortz (Lin Qifeng)
Character Study by Michelle Stortz (Yang Minn)
September September by tammy l. wong dance company (Ma Shaoling)
Dream of the Red Chamber by ACTION Theatre (Jeremy Samuel)

October

Servant of Two Masters by The Stage Club (Matthew Lyon)
Blithe Spirit by W!ld Rice (James Koh)

November

Die Faustus Die by The Substation (Sherrie Lee)
Barefoot in the Park by The Singapore Repertory Theatre (Daniel Teo)
Down the Road by luna-id (Musa Fazal)
Aesop Queried by The Theatre Practice (Adele Tan)
Constant Craving by NUS Theatre Studies Programme (Sherrie Lee)
The Second 42 Theatre Festival (Week 1) by ACTION Theatre (Daniel Teo)
Joined at the Head by luna-id (Matthew Lyon)
Love Bites by 3.14 Company (Adi Soon)
The Second 42 Theatre Festival (Week 2) by ACTION Theatre (Fiona Chow)
Light-Time-Open Space by Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal (Ma Shaoling)
Porgy and Bess by Peter Klein / Living Arts (Jeremy Samuel)
Drumming Dreams by In Source Theatre (Sherrie Lee)

December

The Second 42 Theatre Festival (Week 3) by ACTION Theatre (Jeremy Samuel)
Spoilt by The Necessary Stage (Musa Fazal)
The Second 42 Theatre Festival (Week 4) by ACTION Theatre (Daniel Teo)
Hark the Jingle Red-Nosed Chestnuts by I Theatre (Adi Soon)
2 Feet Above by The small Theatre (Sherrie Lee)
Sita by Asia-in-Theatre Research Centre (Kenneth Kwok)
Moonshine by Schism/ism (Adele Tan)
Crystal Boys 2 by Glass Theatre (Adele Tan)
Fantasy Creatures and Other Things by Ecnad Project (Ma Shaoling)


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Ratings out of 5, based on Practitioner's Vision / Reviewer's Response: ***** = Transcendent / Rapturous;
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