ACTION Theatre presents
SHOCKS & SHIOK!
A Singapore Halloween Double Bill
Vampire Monologues by Gary Ow
The Patient by Dennis Chew
October 22 to November 1, 2009
8pm daily plus 10.30pm on Fri & Sat
No performance on Mon
The Room Upstairs @ ACTION Theatre’s 42 Waterloo Street
Halloween in Singapore will never be the same again! ACTION Theatre proudly presents first-of-its-kind Halloween theatre - Singapore style! Hilarious, haunting and spine-chilling, SHOCKS & SHIOK! is a double bill of two original plays about Asian ghosts, Ang Moh Vampires and Singaporeans who happen to cross their paths! Featuring VAMPIRE MONOLOGUES by web developer Gary Ow and THE PATIENT by radio DJ Dennis Chew of Aunty Lucy fame, SHOCKS & SHIOK! is directed by Life! Theatre Award winner Samantha Scott-Blackhall and produced by ACTION Theatre’s artistic director Ekachai Uekrongtham. Starring Chermaine Ang (Everything But The Brain), Crispian Chan (The Importance Of Being Earnest, Claude Girardi (Manhood), Elizabeth Tan (Mama’s Wedding) and Lee Weng Kee (Army Daze). VAMPIRE MONOLOGUES A finalist and a big hit with the audience at Theatre Idols 2009, VAMPIRE MONOLOGUES tells a riotous tale about Bob, a Singapore bartender who willingly lets himself be turned into a vampire in the hope of becoming a top comedian! With the help of Victor, a charismatic but very cunning Vampire, Bob learns to master his newly acquired “vampiric” powers, relish in them and eventually discovers how much he’s willing to give up to get laughs from his audiences! THE PATIENT Inspired by a true story, THE PATIENT is a riveting and chilling play about an aged Singapore man and a rookie Shanghainese nurse. From his hospital bed, the grouchy old man claims that vicious ghosts are after his life. Whenever there’s blood in his urine, they appear. Is he lying to get the attention from the nurse, the only living soul left in this world who still bothers to listen to what he has to say? Or is he suffering for real? Praised for its well drawn characters and adept social commentary, this finalist from Theatre Idols 2009 is a Halloween must-see! SHOCKS & SHIOK! is part of REVELATIONS, ACTION Theatre's 2009/10 season of new voices and fresh insights. Artistic Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham. Resident Director: Samantha Scott-Blackhall. It is made possible with support from National Arts Council, Cosmoprof Makeup Academy, Trevvy, Lightspeed Technologies and Rodyk & Davidson. For more details, please visit www.action.org.sg, www.actiontheatre.blogspot.com. |
