Picture by Selva K. Naidu Review of “Marudhy” Date: 24 August 2007 Time: 8pm Venue: National Gallery Theatre, Singapore National Museum By Sonny Lim 10 September 2007 Bharata-natyam, the great south Indian classical dance form, is essentially a solo dance form. It is true that it can often be choreographed for groups of dancers or …

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剧照由实践剧场提供 日期：2007年8月17日 时间：晚间8时正 地点：新加坡戏剧中心 蔡两俊 2007年8月18日 不管是商业演出，还是非商业演出，戏剧的主要目的是要感动观众。在娱乐观众时，不免要提醒他们一下人生道理。这两点，由香港编剧杜国威所写，新加坡实践剧场所呈献的主流商业演出〈天冷就回来〉－简称〈冷〉－就已经做到了。在艺术层次上，也仅是如此。但是，从另一个观点来看，目前在新加坡，〈冷〉是一个非常成功的制作。因为实践剧场已经开始运用主流商业剧场的模式，和新加坡英语剧场里的商业戏剧团体并列，用各种不同的行销策略，来吸引观众。在努力达到这个点的当儿，实践剧场的创作者们是否有被商业戏剧的需要所影响，往后会继续创作一般人所能接受的通俗戏剧呢？其实，也可以，因为这也只是艺术策略而已，和“先鸡后蛋或先蛋后鸡”的挣扎问题一样，难以得到答案。实践剧场同仁也知道这一点。他们的“勒紧腰带”系列演出就是一个好例子－艺术层次较为深沉的作品，都会在这里展演，且是免费供人欣赏的。The Tosca Project 就是一个令人期待的作品。

Picture by Action Theatre Date: 10 August 2007 Time: 8 pm Venue: The Room Upstairs, Action Theatre, 42, Waterloo Street. by Richard Chua 13 August 2007 Ovidia Yu’s Hitting (On) Women is a small piece of theatre about domestic violence in a lesbian relationship. A play on this aspect in a gay relationship is timely, …

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Picture by The Substation and Little Red Shop Date: 14 July 2007 Time: 3 pm and 8 pm Venue: The Substation Theatre by Ferlin Jayatissa 25 July 2007 chiaroscuro : The arrangement of light and dark elements in a pictorial work of art. (American Heritage Dictionary) and it is in essence true of this project. …

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Picture by World-In-Theatre Date: 14 July 2007 Time: 7.30 pm Venue: Studio Theatre, School of Performing Arts, NAFA by Ang Houfu 16 July 2007 Mishima: Women in Love is a double-bill of plays written by Yukio Mishima — Hanjo and Lady Aoi. A first-time collaboration between the World-in-Theatre and the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, …

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