HIGHLIGHTS

The Peculiar Tra La (14–16 Mar)

In March, ITI welcomed representatives from the U.S. Embassy Singapore and Suntec Singapore, as well as many members of the arts community, to the first graduation production of the 2019 cohort, The Peculiar Tra La. Directed by local theatre veteran Ang Gey Pin and devised with the graduating actor-students, The Peculiar Tra La was a playful yet philosophical exploration of stories and identity.

Audience member Malathi Das had this to say about the show: "The constant movement, visual and mental acrobatics of language, form and ideas guaranteed never a dull moment. Riveting and thought-provoking! Glad I came." More reactions from audience members can be read here.

Photo credit: Bernie Ng

Dialogue on Noh and student showing (6 Mar)

Members of the arts community were invited to ITI's Noh presentation at the Malay Heritage Centre, the culmination of ITI students' nine weeks of training under Noh master teachers from the Kanze school, Kanze Yoshimasa and Kuwata Takashi.

The presentation by ITI students and visiting students from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) was followed by a dialogue session between the master teachers and audience members, facilitated by ITI Director T. Sasitharan and translated by A. Yagnya.

An audience member remarked on the presentation, "Very impressive, and I was so touched by the students' commitment to a completely new form of art. Thank you for a great night."

Our sincere thanks to JCCI Singapore Foundation Limited, in association with Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Singapore, for supporting the Noh term.

NEWS

• The cohort of 2018 reprised their first graduation production, Ibsen's When We Dead Awaken, directed by Sankar Venkateswaran ('06), at Bharat Rang Mahotsav in New Delhi.
• Zizi Hau ('18) and Seng Soo Ming ('08) toured KAKAK (Pitapat Theatre), an adaptation of Jean Genet's The Maids, to the International Theatre Festival of Kerala.
• Grace Kalaiselvi and Lina Yu ('14) performed in precise purpose of being broken at the M1 Fringe Festival. Grace also directed her original work, Goddesses Of Words.
• Tan Weiying ('17) and Yazid Jalil ('15) performed in Shadows IN The Walls (GroundZ-0), written and directed by Zelda Tatiana Ng ('03) for Light to Night Festival.
• Zelda Tatiana Ng ('03) directed her original play Always On My Mind, starring Lina Yu ('14), as part of double bill Always Every Time (GroundZ-0).
• Al-Matin Yatim ('15) performed in Super Mermaid, a Singapore-Scotland collaboration, at Manipulate Festival in Edinburgh.

UPCOMING