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The Necessary Stage aims to create challenging indigenous and innovative theatre that touches the heart and mind. The company produces its own original works through either devising or traditional scripting, and its various branches aim to reach diverse audiences, from local community residents to arts aficionados.

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Reviews of Productions by The Necessary Stage

2008

Frozen Angels by the Necessary Stage (Ng Yi-Sheng)
Eclipse with 7:84 Theatre Company (Kenneth Kwok)

2007

Good People (Kenneth Kwok)
Survivor Singapore (Ng Yi-Sheng)
Off Centre (Amos Toh)

2006

The Seven-Month Itch (Amos Toh)
Fundamentally Happy (Amos Toh)
Mobile (Ng Yi-Sheng)
Rosnah
(Ng Yi-Sheng)

2005

Separation 40 (Ng Yi-Sheng)
Boxing Day: The Tsunami Project (Matthew Lyon)
What Big Bombs You Have!!! (Deanne Tan)

2004

godeatgod (Marcus Tan)
Mardi Gras (Matthew Lyon)
Mixed Blessings (Matthew Lyon)
Sing Song (Nadia Bte Ibrahim)
Such Sweet Sorrow (Kenneth Kwok)
Top or Bottom (Matthew Lyon)

2003

Lanterns (Musa Fazal)
Mardi Gras (Kenneth Kwok)
Oh Man! (Matthew Lyon)
Revelations (Fong Li Ling)

2002

BOTE: The Beginning of the End (Marcus Tan)
BOTE: The Beginning of the End (Matthew Lyon)
Close - In My Face (Marcus Tan)
godeatgod (Musa Fazal)
Peer Pleasure (Marcus Tan)
WWW (Daniel Teo)

2001

Abuse Suxxx!!! (Musa Fazal)
Dreaming up a Prince (Judy Tan)
Famfest 2001 (Matthew Lyon)
Freak Sons and Daughters (Matthew Lyon)
[names changed to protect the innocent]: untitled shadowed retina ii (Marcus Tan)
[names changed to protect the innocent]: sex valve durmientes (Matthew Lyon)
100 Years in Waiting (Jeremy Samuel)
Silent Song (Sherrie Lee)
Spoilt (Musa Fazal)

2000

Asian Boys Vol. 1 (Matthew Lyon)
Asian Boys Vol. 1 (James Koh)
City of Dreams (James Koh)
Is This Our Stop? (Amanda Koh)
Is This Our Stop? (Adele Tan)
Mixed Blessings (Kenneth Kwok)
[names changed to protect the innocent]: circus of fear (Amanda Koh)
[names changed to protect the innocent]: trans-media cockroach (Matthew Lyon)
Peer Pleasure (James Koh)
The Sex Education Party (James Koh)
This Chord and Others (Adele Tan)
3Some (Matthew Lyon)
Under the Last Dust (Kenneth Kwok)

1999

Brainstorm (Kenneth Kwok)
Completely with/out Character (Kenneth Kwok)
Peer Pleasure (James Koh)
24 Hours - A Musical (Melissa De Silva)

1997

Pillars (Sherrie Lee)


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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.