The Singapore Theatre Festival in the summer of 2008 was one of the season’s definite highlights, and major events. It was also one of the most successful festival seasons on record. The festival ran from August 6 through the 24th of that year, and many intriguing and progressive productions surprised, entertained, and inspired audiences. Guests who were in town during August of last year and stayed at one of the Singapore luxury hotels were certainly lucky to enjoy the performances presented that year.
Some of the remarkable offerings from that festival include The Swordfish, then The Concubine, I am Queen and Tree/House. In addition to great theatre and performance, other activities presented at the festival included free forums on Art and Life Sessions. The Swordfish, then The Concubine has been reconized for its great humor relating to mythology and political themes it contains. The satrie has a unique way of addressing contemporary political issues with history. I am Queen is set in the 50s and deals with some extremely traumatic situations and events. Tree/House is an incrible two part play that deals with the concept of memory, and the retention of a collective history in imesh in a technolgical world that remembers for us and may erase personal and collective identity and memory.
The Art and Life Sessions were free to the public and dealt with various themes such as race, the performance of race and potential controversies. The question of a Singaporean specific race was asked and discussed. There were other paneled discussions, and one of them dealt with society’s unsung heroes and other was about the art and craft of playwrighting and the playwright’s purpose. Another of the discussions dealt with a potential future of environmentally concsious and preserving citizens. This brought into question concept of free press, democratic views and what the future might possess. All of these workshop panels were intended to demonstrate the connection between art and life.
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