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2002 Reviews

January

Asia-Europe Dance Forum Part 1 by The Asia-Europe Foundation and the Goethe Institut (Ma Shaoling)
Asia-Europe Dance Forum Part 2 by The Asia-Europe Foundation and the Goethe Institut (Malcolm Tay)
Re:Mix by The SRT's Young Co. (Adi Soon)
Beautiful Thing (in Mandarin) by Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble (Jeremy Samuel)
Fool for Love by Glass Theatre (Jeremy Samuel)
Mammon, Inc. by ACTION Theatre (Jeremy Samuel)
Belly of The Carp by 3.14 Company (Matthew Lyon)
Judah Ben-Hur by Epic Entertainment (Arthur Kok)

February

Beautiful Day by Drama Box (Adele Tan)
Let Me Fly by FaithWorks (James Koh)
Beautiful Thing by Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble (Jeremy Samuel)
Of Mice and Men by I Theatre (Marcus Tan)
Rain by tammy l. wong dance company (Ma Shaoling)
Alegria by Cirque du Soleil (Matthew Lyon)
Alegria by Cirque du Soleil (Arthur Kok)

March

Peer Pleasure by The Necessary Stage (Marcus Tan)
K by Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble (Jeremy Samuel)
Machine by TheatreWorks (Matthew Lyon)
Stop Kiss by Livid Room Productions (James Koh)

April

One Flea Spare by luna-id (Kenneth Kwok)
Passages by LASALLE-SIA Repertory Dance Company (Ma Shaoling)
A Doll's House by Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble (Jeremy Samuel)
Autumn Tomyam by ACTION Theatre (Jeremy Samuel)
One Hot Light by Peel Arts (Daniel Lim)
Animal Farm by W!ld Rice (Jeremy Samuel)
BOTE: The Beginning of the End by The Necessary Stage (Matthew Lyon)

May

BOTE: The Beginning of the End by The Necessary Stage (Marcus Tan)
The Island by The Theatre Practice (Adele Tan)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) by DBS Theatre Fantasy (Arthur Kok)
Honk by The Singapore Repertory Theatre (Jeremy Samuel)
7x7 by spell#7 (Kenneth Kwok)
The Last Coarse Acting Show by The Stage Club (Matthew Lyon)
The Ramayana by Asia-In-Theatre Research Centre (Kenneth Kwok)

June

Missing in Tall Pillars by Ecnad Project (Malcolm Tay)
Fruitplays by ACTION Theatre (Kenneth Kwok)
Opal-D by nomadi productions (Ma Shaoling)
Mines by Agni Kootthu (Kenneth Kwok)
Mixed Bill by Royal Winnipeg Ballet (Malcolm Tay)

July

Fame by Jacobsen Entertainment and IMG (Daniel Teo)
Ang Tau Mui by W!ld Rice (Jeremy Samuel)
Brokenville by I Theatre (Jeremy Samuel)
Dance Like a Man by Primetime Theatre and Teamwork Productions (Jeremy Samuel)

August

godeatgod by The Necessary Stage (Musa Fazal)
Art by The Singapore Repertory Theatre (Daniel Teo)
Vincent by Ralph Pavone Productions (Jeremy Samuel)
Oleanna by The Theatre Practice (Adele Tan)
Prospero's Children by The SRT's Little Company (Kenneth Kwok)
Mistero Buffo and A Woman Alone by Ramesh Meyyappan (Kenneth Kwok)
Alice in Wonderland by El Teatro Negro De Praga De Jiri Srnec (Jeremy Samuel)

September

The Next Wave 2002: Remembrance of a Decade by NUS Dance Ensemble (Malcolm Tay)
Cinderella Dreams by Mime Unlimited (Fong Li Ling)
Various Gangsters by spell#7 (Sherrie Lee)
Comrade Mayor by TheatreWorks (Kenneth Kwok)
Bibiks Behind Bars by The Peranakan Association (Jeremy Samuel)
Fireface by Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble (Jeremy Samuel)
Squeeze and Squeezability by ACTION Theatre (Matthew Lyon)
Close - In My Face by The Necessary Stage (Marcus Tan)

October

Boeing Boeing by W!ld Rice (Kenneth Kwok)
Six Degrees of Separation by The Stage Club (Kenneth Kwok)
APB Inspire Fest - Double Takes by The SRT's Young Co. (Fong Li Ling)
The Crucible by NUS Theatre Studies Programme (Marcus Tan)
Anaphaza by Batsheva Dance Company (Ma Shaoling)

November

Raise the Red Lantern by The National Ballet of China (Malcolm Tay)
Lonely Planet by luna-id (Matthew Lyon)
Christmas and the Gargoyle Who Wouldn't Say Thank You by The SRT's Little Company (Fong Li Ling)
Footy Molls by HotCurrie Theatre (Kheng Siew Hua)
Comic Potential by Fiction Farm (Matthew Lyon)
Proof by ACTION Theatre (Daniel Teo)
Dance 10 by Frontier Danceland (Malcolm Tay)
The Songs of Nôtre Dame De Paris by The Alliance Française (Adi Soon)
Fugitives by Drama Box (Adi Soon)

December

WWW by The Necessary Stage (Daniel Teo)
Beautiful Losers by spell#7 (Jeremy Samuel)
Legend Alive by Practice Performing Arts Centre Ltd and The Esplanade (Kenneth Kwok)
The Search for Asilo by FaithWorks and Central Singapore CDC (Fong Li Ling)


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