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2005 Reviews

January

Roman Tam & The 3 Bears by ACTION Theatre (Musa Fazal)
Roman Tam & The 3 Bears by ACTION Theatre (Matthew Lyon)
Romusha by Agni Kootthu (Nadia Bte Ibrahim)

February

Love in a Doggy Bag by McMuiMui Dansemble (Malcolm Tay)
Dangerous Liaisons by Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble (Fong Li Ling)

March

Near Life Experience by Ballet Preljocaj (Ma Shaoling)
Adolf by Pip Utton Theatre Company (Nadia Bte Ibrahim)
SCHOENBERG......Prismed by Shane Thio and Kuo Jing Hong (Deanne Tan)
What Big Bombs You Have!!! by The Necessary Stage (Deanne Tan)
Errorism - Flowers of Evil by Zai Kuning and Li Xie (Matthew Lyon)
White Men with Weapons by Actor's Co-op (Musa Fazal)
Bouncers by Centre Stage Productions (Nadia Bte Ibrahim)

April

Freud and Dora by Subramaniam V (Nadia Bte Ibrahim)
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by The Finger Players (Matthew Lyon)
Boeing Boeing by W!ld Rice (Deanne Tan)
Porcelain by Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble (Matthew Lyon)
Two Women for One Ghost and La Musica by World-in-Theatre (Kenneth Kwok)
Skylight by Escape Theatre Limited (Musa Fazal)
Duets by spell#7 (Kenneth Kwok)

May

It Takes Two by Dream Academy (Nadia Bte Ibrahim)
Boxing Day: The Tsunami Project by The Necessary Stage (Matthew Lyon)
Twelfth Night or What You Will by The Stage Club (Matthew Lyon)
Amber by National Theatre Company of China (Deanne Tan)

June

Spirits by Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble (Matthew Lyon)
The Al-Hamlet Summit by The Sulayman Al-Bassam Theatre Company (Fong Li Ling)
Lovepuke by TheatreWorks (Kenneth Kwok)
Theremin - Ether Music and World History by Hotel Pro Forma (Deanne Tan)
Still Flight and 3 Women by The Substation (Kenneth Kwok)
Impenjarament by Teater Ekamatra (Matthew Lyon)

July

The Male Instinct by Moonshadow Stories (Nadia Bte ibrahim)
The Admiral's Odyssey by ACTION Theatre (Musa Fazal)
The Real Inspector Hound by Buds Youth Theatre (Fong Li Ling)
Talking Heads by The Stage Club (Kenneth Kwok)

August

Betrayal by The Singapore Repertory Theatre (Matthew Lyon)

September

Second Link by W!ld Rice (Ng Yi-Sheng)
Solo and Paper Doll by Padmini Chettur (Malcolm Tay)
Separation 40 by Dramalab and The Necessary Stage (Ng Yi-Sheng)
Quills by luna-id (Matthew Lyon)

October

This Side Up by Ramesh Meyyappan in conjunction with Spike Theatre (Matthew Lyon)
Animal Vegetable Mineral by Cake Theatre (Musa Fazal)
Twisted by The Finger Players (Matthew Lyon)
The Next Wave 2005: Quintessence by NUS Dance Ensemble (Malcolm Tay)

November

Modern Dance for Beginners by Escape Theatre Limited (Deanne Tan)

December

A Twist of Fate by The Singapore Repertory Theatre (Musa Fazal)
A Broadway Christmas Carol by the Arts House (Nadia Bte Ibrahim)
The Nutcracker by Singapore Dance Theatre (Malcolm Tay)


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