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Photograph: "Geylang People In The Net (1997)" Courtesy of The Theatre Practice 照片由实践剧场提供
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4 actors gather and they reflect on their journey through Theatre in the 1990s. With 20/20 hindsight, what did it mean to DO theatre in the 1990s? Why did they do what they do and more importantly, how? Without any rose-tinted glass, no misty water-coloured memories, these actors share their thoughts and ruminations. Guiding them is a young actor born in the 1990s, asking questions and also wondering – is the past really so perfect?
Conceptualised by Robin Loon and Casey Lim, and co-created with Nelson Chia, Oniatta Effendi, Serene Chen, Tan Kheng Hua and Lim Shi-An, The Vault: Past Perfect is a performance of pieces that draw on the personal archive, reflecting on the energy and legacy of Singapore theatre-making in the 1990s.
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Click below for a look at some of the productions the Past Perfect creators were involved in back in the 1990s!
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1990
Long Green Socks by TheatreWorks (Performer)
The Moon is Less Bright (The Retrospective) by TheatreWorks (Performer)
One Year Back Home (The Retrospective) by TheatreWorks (Performer)
1991
The Trojan Women by TheatreWorks (Performer)
Mad Forest by TheatreWorks (Performer, Costume Designer)
Trip to the South by TheatreWorks (Performer)
1992
Three Children by TheatreWorks (Performer)
Beauty World by TheatreWorks (Performer)
Private Parts by TheatreWorks (Video Performer)
1993
Mergers and Accusations by TheatreWorks (Performer)
Lao Jiu by TheatreWorks (Performer)
1994
Kampong Amber (Singapore Festival of Arts) by Glen Goei, Dick Lee and Catherine Lim (Performer)
Undercover by TheatreWorks (Performer)
Lao Jiu by TheatreWorks (Performer)
Longing by TheatreWorks (Collaborator, Performer)
1995
Three Fat Virgins Unassembled by TheatreWorks (Performer)
Wills and Secession by TheatreWorks (Performer)
Broken Birds: An Epic Longing by TheatreWorks (Performer)
1996
Who's Afraid of Chow Yuen Fatt? (Singapore Festival of Arts) by WOW International (Performer)
The Flying Circus Project by TheatreWorks (Participant)
Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral by TheatreWorks (Performer)
1997
Ballroom Dancing by TheatreWorks (Performer)
1998
Ah Kong's Birthday Party by Singapore Repertory Theatre (Performer)
1999
Guys and Dolls by Toy Factory Productions (Performer)
Haunted by TheatreWorks (Performer)
The Blue Room by Fiction Farm Productions (Performer)
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Tan Kheng Hua
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1994
Titoudao by Toy Factory Productions (Performer)
1995
The Coffin is Too Big For the Hole by The Theatre Practice (Performer)
The Mahabharata Part I: The Game of Dice by Asia-in-Theatre Research Circus (Performer)
1996
The Soldier and His Wife by The Theatre Practice (Performer)
Year Zero: The Historical Tragedy of Cambodia by Asia-in-Theatre Research Circus (Performer)
K by Toy Factory Productions (Performer)
1997
Lao Jiu by TheatreWorks (Performer)
1998
Family by The Theatre Practice (Performer)
1999
A Midsummer's Night Dream by The Theatre Practice (Performer)
Love a la Zen by The Theatre Practice (Performer)
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Nelson Chia
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1997
Geylang People in the Net by The Theatre Practice (Performer)
1998
Sunset Rise by The Theatre Practice (Performer)
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Oniatta Effendi
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1994
Kampong Amber (Singapore Festival of Arts) by Glen Goei, Dick Lee and Catherine Lim (Chorus)
1996
Invisibility by The Necessary Stage (Performer)
1997
The Teenage Textbook by The Necessary Stage (Performer)
Chang & Eng by ACTION Theatre (Performer)
Galileo [I feel the earth move] by The Necessary Stage (Performer)
Sea by The Necessary Stage (Performer)
Invisibility by The Necessary Stage (Performer)
1998
Hungry (Got to Go... Play Til Dawn) by TheatreWorks (Performer)
1999
24 Hours - A Musical by The Necessary Stage (Performer)
Pan Island Expressway by TheatreWorks (Performer)
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Serene Chen
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1990
Army Daze (The Retrospective) by TheatreWorks (Performer)
M Butterfly (Singapore Festival of Arts) by TheatreWorks (Production Manager)
1991
Love Bites (Writers' Lab) by TheatreWorks (Playwright)
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (Writers' Lab) by TheatreWorks (Playwright)
1992
Bernard's Story (Theatre Carnival on the Hill) by TheatreWorks (Stage Manager, Festival Administration)
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder by TheatreWorks (Playwright)
1993
Rhapsody (Writers' Lab) by TheatreWorks (Playwright)
Us in Singapore by TheatreWorks (Collaborator)
Watching the Clouds Go By by TheatreWorks (Playwright)
1994
Longing by TheatreWorks (Dramaturg, Playwright)
1995
Writers' Lab - Lab Report 7 by TheatreWorks (Artistic Director)
Mortal Sins by TheatreWorks (Collateral Designer)
Broken Birds: An Epic Longing by TheatreWorks (Librettist, Playwright)
1996
Six of the Best by TheatreWorks (Dramaturg)
Ginnie's Favourite Colour (SPH Festival of New Writing) by TheatreWorks (Director, Festival Director)
1997
Workhorse Afloat by TheatreWorks (Playwright, Performer)
Destinies of Flowers in the Mirror by TheatreWorks (Playwright)
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Robin Loon
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1991
One Year Back Home (The Retrospective) by TheatreWorks (Performer)
The Lift by ACTION Theatre (Performer)
1992
Bernard's Story (Theatre Carnival on the Hill) by TheatreWorks (Performer)
Prelude to a Kiss by ACTION Theatre (Performer)
The Complete Space Traveler's Guide by TheatreWorks (Performer)
1993
Lao Jiu by TheatreWorks (Performer)
Under the Bed by TheatreWorks (Performer)
Dirty Laundry by TheatreWorks (Performer)
1994
Lao Jiu by TheatreWorks (Performer)
A Night Out With Michael Chiang - Love & Belachan, Beauty Box & Heaven II by TheatreWorks (Performer)
Undercover by TheatreWorks (Performer)
Longing by TheatreWorks (Collaborator, Performer)
1995
Broken Birds: An Epic Longing by TheatreWorks (Performer)
Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral (Festival of Asian Performing Arts) by TheatreWorks (Performer, Projection Designer)
1996
Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral by TheatreWorks (Performer, Projection Designer)
The Yang Family by TheatreWorks (Collaborator, Performer)
The Flying Circus Project by TheatreWorks (Participant)
The Buried (SPH Festival of New Writing) by TheatreWorks (Director)
Teochew Porridge by ACTION Theatre (Director)
1997
Lao Jiu by TheatreWorks (Director)
1998
Beauty World by TheatreWorks (Assistant Stage Director)
Beauty World by TheatreWorks (Director)
A.I. by TheatreWorks (Sound Designer)
The Flying Circus Project by TheatreWorks (Participant)
Angel Waiting (Got to Go... Play Till Dawn) by TheatreWorks (Director)
Exhumation (Got to Go... Play Till Dawn) by TheatreWorks (Concept, Director)
Hungry (Got to Go... Play Till Dawn) by TheatreWorks (Director)
Water Ghosts (Got to Go... Play Till Dawn) by TheatreWorks (Director)
1999
Pan Island Expressway by TheatreWorks (Director)
Haunted by TheatreWorks (Director)
On Mercury's Wings by TheatreWorks (Director, Set Designer)
My Lonely Tarts by TheatreWorks (Director)
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Casey Lim
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The Vault: Past Perfect is part of Centre 42's group show SIFA-X: there is no future in nostalgia, in collaboration with Singapore International Festival of Arts.
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Lim Shi-An, Nelson Chia, Oniatta Effendi and Serene Chen read an excerpt from Galileo (I Feel the Earth Move), 1997. View more at: Centre 42 Facebook
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Black Box @ 42 Waterloo Street
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Rating: Advisory 16 (Some Mature Content)
Do note that the Black Box venue is located on Level 2, and is only accessible by stairs.
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