Late-Night Texting 2019

DOUBLE TAKES features three 30-minute performances inspired by iconic plays from three different decades of Singapore theatre, developed by next-generation theatre-makers from the NUS Theatre Studies programme. Each work was previously presented as part of Centre 42’s VAULT programme, which invites artists to create contemporary responses to classic Singapore plays.

IMDA RATING: ADVISORY 16 (SOME MATURE CONTENT)

ROOM TO BREATHE presents dramatised readings of two full-length plays birthed from Centre 42’s playwriting incubation programme.

DATING SIM (BETA) is a 30-minute participatory theatrical experience that takes the form of an interactive dating simulation game come to life, allowing the audience a closer examination of their agency and prejudices in modern dating and relationships.

In a not-so-distant future, the worldwide conglomerate ARC controls everything from cradle to grave. To boost fertility rates, ARC is beta-testing Mate-Match, an algorithm designed to find perfect matches for everyone. Groups of beta-testers will participate in a dating simulation where they’ll be asked to make choices collectively.

IMDA RATING: ADVISORY (SOME MATURE CONTENT & COARSE LANGUAGE)
 

VERSO / RECTO is a 30-minute double-bill of performative responses to three poems by Southeast Asian writers. See how Main Tulis Group’s and Pink Gajah Theatre’s distinctive styles breathe life into these works. The three poems were curated by BooksActually.

IMDA RATING: GENERAL
 

Singapore Indian narratives take centre stage in KITCHEN MASALA, a series of 10-minute plays that feature stories about family and relationships centred around the Singaporean Indian identity inspired by the writers’ own personal experiences.
 

A catastrophic solar flare has devastated the earth. Amongst the handful of survivors, a woman in Singapore scavenges books from the rubble and opens the last remaining bookstore on earth. Welcome to THE WORLD’S LONELIEST BOOKSTORE.

Amidst detritus and solitude, join in discussions of Singapore and Southeast Asian literature with other surviving authors. Later on in the night, our intrepid bookseller will regale you with tales of the apocalypse, survival, and her iron-clad will to set up a bookstore in a world where few book lovers persist.

COFFEE BANDITS is Singapore’s only coffee specialty food truck. Besides coffee, they serve food and pride themselves on great service. They have been fueling hungry texters since our first edition of LATE-NIGHT TEXTING and this year is no exception.