Black Boards, White Walls (1997)

A school by any other name would be the same. Where do you go to learn when people push you too hard? Are black boards and white walls any different? Not for Hadi, Linda and Raj, who have been brought together from one over-demanding classroom to another, from school as we know it, to a mental institution. 

Raj, the Liquid Paper guy, Linda the Toilet Paper girl, and Hadi, the - uh, just Hadi.

With no more Taka, Centrepoint, Swatch or friendship bands, how do three teenagers from different social and racial backgrounds survive? 

Cast: Mohamed Fita Helmi bin Tahir, Regan Tan, Sivakkumaram s/o Govindasamy, Hajar Ashikin Aiksan, Constance Png 

Director: Bryan Tan
Playwright: Alfian Sa'at

Stage Manager: Chong Tze Chien
Asst Stage Manager: Natalie Lim
Technical Manager: Samuel Wee
Asst Technical Manager: Sulynn Dawn Curren 

Set Design: Hella Chan
Set Assistant: Purpink Chung, Eve Tan
Set Construction: Condec Interior Construction

Lighting Design: Yo Shao Ann
Sound Design: Ian Cheong, Nicholas Watt

Wardrobe Manager: Farah Talib
Lighting Board Operator: Foo Cirong
Sound Operators: Goh Kim Chai, James Eyu
Stage Crew: Vivian Lee, Ong Geok Hua 

(Source: The Necessary Stage Programme)

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