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Thespis has been busy with so many things and we apologise if we haven’t been very active on this website.

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And for MORE exciting news, we are presenting at Singapore Arts Festival 2011! Yes! Do join (and like) our Facebook page to find out more about the project we are doing and be updated on the year-long process!

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See you at our next show!

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THESPIS PRESENTS

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A doublebill of theatre and dance pieces

A double bill of devised dance and theatre pieces

“Second Nature” & “The Silly Little Girl and the Funny Old Tree

that is not Funny Old Girl and Silly Little Tree.”

Date: 28th and 29th March 2009

Time: 8pm

Venue: Republic Polytechnic Cultural Centre Laboratory

Tickets at $18 Each.

Contact ISAAC at 98160360 or isaac.sim@nus.edu.sg for the purchase of tickets.

Second Nature

Second Nature was created for and first staged during the 2009 NUS Arts Festival in response to the festival’s theme, ‘Arts and Environment.’ Choreographed by Kiran Kumar is a devised dance piece derived from a collaborative process between three different performers: two dancers from different dance traditions and training and an actor who has none. It finds resonances of issues pertinent to environment – of conservation, preservation, regeneration, sustainability and pollution within the nature of dance. By exploring the interaction and crossing of boundaries between personal environments; environments of accumulated, acquired behaviour, that with frequent repetition, seep so deep into personal memory as to seem traditional, innate, second nature.

The Silly Little Girl and the Funny Old Tree that is not Funny Old Girl and Silly Little Tree

A work-in-progress very loosely based on Kuo Pao Kun’s, “Silly Little Girl and Funny Old Tree.” You will experience awkward moments that the performers will face as they put together directors’ choices and conventions with limited resources to stage this play. No matter what, the ‘show must go on!’ Experience then the snippets of Singapore theatre history as they venture into the possibilities of putting up the show that will be uniquely Singapore.

DEVISED THEATRE WORKSHOP

conducted by THESPIS-Theatre Studies Society
Date: 22nd Sep 08. Monday.
Venue: LT13
Time: 1pm-4pm
 
Devised Theatre Workshop: is misleading. Let us take three hours to think of how theatre can be devised in a workshop. Or, how theatre is devised. Or, how you can workshop devised theatre. Or how devised is theatre. Or let us just play games – with theatre, on theatre, without theatre, about theatre? You decide.
 
But if you want instructions:
 
1. Be yourself – if you can.
2. Eat before you come.
3. Dress comfy. You’re going to move…differently.
4. Bring your glasses or contacts.
5. Bring yourself
6. Bring your favourite random item. Preferably a personal one with some childhood memory of it.
7. Bring a story book
 
NOTE: Please do read the play ‘The Silly Little Girl and The Funny Old Tree’ by Kuo Pao Kun before attending the workshop. The text may be found in the Central Library.   
 
The workshop will be facilitated by Alvin Lim, a NUS postgrad student and Thespis member.
 
We also request that you email your attendance to thespis.tssoc@gmail.com
visit http://nusthespis.wordpress.com   for information about the society.

 
If you have yet to join Thespis or missed our welcome tea, the workshop is a great oppurtunity for you to meet us and find out abit more about our activities. This will be our last open event as membership will be a requirement to attend future Thespis events so hope to see you there!

Thespis Welcome Tea

THESPIS – THE NUS THEATRE STUDIES SOCIETY

presents

HUSH!

A play by Year 3 Theatre Studies Students

 

THESPIS WELCOME TEA

SEPTEMBER 11 2008

THURSDAY

LT13

5-6PM

 

THESPIS invites you to join us!

Come for our welcome tea and find out more about us and our upcoming activities. We will also be hosting a performance of HUSH!,a play that was well-received at the recent CELEBRATE DRAMA festival.

THESPIS is led by students of the Theatre Studies Department, but is open to all who share an interest for Theatre and its process.

We are a platform for budding practitioners, enthusiasts and the curious to learn, grow, develop and experiment.

Some of our activities for the new term include workshops, dramatised readings as well as another public performance, following up on last year’s successful sold-out run of Walking Into Doors.

Call NIM at 90047242 or email thespis.tssoc@gmail.com for any clarifications or enquiries.

Visit http://nusthespis.wordpress.com for updates on future Thespis events.

See you at our welcome tea!

 

HUSH! is a devised performance that experiments with personal secrets. Borrowing from the concept of PostSecret, the highly charged performance will provide the audience a cathartic experience while ensuring their own secrets are kept hushed.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

The Ridge Interview with Doors cast and director

Walking Into Doors–A Play by NUS Thespis

Walking Into Doors
a play by Haresh Sharma
directed by Eleine Ng, NUS TS MA student

presented by members of Thespis, featuring TS graduates-turned-practitioners Dwayne Lau & Isabella Chiam.

Hailed as one of Haresh Sharma’s best works, Walking into Doors is an in-your-face exposé of violence in the Singapore home that is intriguing to watch. The thought-provoking and evocative play is composed of humorous and at times ironic vignettes which drives home the message about abuse.

Venue: The Laboratory (level 2) at City Space, Old School, 11B Mount Sophia (behind Cathay; near Dhoby Ghaut MRT)

Dates/ Time: Friday 29 Feb at 8pm and
Saturday 1 March 2008 at 3pm & 8pm

(please dress comfortably)

Tickets: $16

For tickets:

Email thespis.tssoc@gmail.com,

call Jean at 9754 4659 or Sharon at 9857 1429
or
visit our ticketing booth at NUS FASS AS1 walkway on Tues 19 Feb & Thurs 21 Feb (10am to 5pm).

*The two beneficiaries of this production are: Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE), and Centre for Promoting Alteratives to Violence (PAVe).

In addition, we are honoured to have representatives from PAVe to conduct a Q&A session after each performance.

More about our beneficiaries & sponsors:

http://aware.org.sg/

http://www.pavecentre.org.sg/

http://www.cityspace.sg/

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facebook workshop 13 December 07

cast & crew call

In preparation for our upcoming production in the early half of 2008, we’d like to invite all who are keen to come for cast audition and crew briefing and send your CV (including what your prior experience (if any) in the relevant aspect of production is, and why you would like to take on this role) by Monday 10 December to thespis.tssoc@gmail.com :

More details about the play will be revealed to you during the briefing. Anyone who would like to be involved in the production would have to sign up as a Thespis member.

If you have any further enquiry, do email us at thespis.tssoc@gmail.com.

Voice Workshop on 19th December

Dear all,

Thespis is holding another workshop in December – a voice workshop designed to introduce participants to good speaking skills, and the basics of vocal projection and expression. This workshop is suitable for all, whether you are interested in acting or would simply like to improve your class presentations! The workshop will be facilitated by Year 3 Theatre Studies student Anjana Srinivasan.

Details

Date: 19 December 2007
Day: Wednesday
Time: 1pm to 4pm
Venue: FASS LT13
Cost: Free
Attire: Please come in comfortable attire that you can move around in and will not restrict breathing

You are welcome to bring your friends, but please note that non-Thespis members will have to sign up with us in order to attend the workshop.

Please confirm your attendance by emailing thespis.tssoc@gmail.com.

All the best to those having exams!