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in collaboration with Esplanade, presents

Off Centre 
as part of 

Written by Haresh Sharma
Directed by Alvin Tan


First staged in 1993 to critical acclaim, Off Centre is recognised as a landmark play in the history of Singapore theatre, best remembered for bringing mental illness and its patients' plight to the attention of the media and general public in Singapore.

The play traces the friendship of Saloma and Vinod and the hurdles they have to overcome, including social stigmas, prejudices and personal conflicts.

Off Centre has also been selected by the Ministry of Education as the first Singapore play to be offered as a GCE 'O' Level literature text from 2007, and has been republished by The Necessary Stage.

"Marks a new maturity in Singapore Theatre" ~ The Straits Times, Life!


Matinees at 3pm:
9, 12-13, 15-17, 19-20 May

Evening shows at 8pm:
9-12, 18-19 May


$30 | $21* (Excludes $2 SISTIC ticketing fee)
* Concessions for students, NSF & senior citizens


Get your tickets now at all SISTIC authorised agents, online at www.sistic.com or via the SISTIC hotline at 6348 5555.

For more background information, click here!

Please read "THE LAW" (especially the section named PARTICIPATION) carefully before participating in this discussion.




Pinko! :P


In his hugely popular composition Common Orange Jasmine, Taiwanese lyricist Vincent Fang penned memorable similes such as "My lingering thoughts pile up like fallen leaves in the courtyard" and "The butterfly on the window sill is like the elegant stanza fluttering about".

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I've been waiting all week for this episode!


WELCOME BACK, KIDDOS! Enjoyed your March holidays?

What were some highlights? Recount one of them.

Common Jasmine Orange

A feast not just for FANatics. Available for browsing @Borders.

Yup, that's my 5-STAR-10-WORD REVIEW of Gorillaz's Rise of the Orge:




How do you write a fake biography of a fake band? With style, writer and Gorillaz touring drummer Browne and comic book illustrator Jamie Hewlett, along with the design collective Zombie Fresh Eaters, answer back lustily. Gorillaz are a music/art hybrid masterminded by Hewlett and Blur frontman Damon Albarn, a veritable cartoon supergroup made up of mountainous B-boy Russel Hobbs, Japanese girl guitarist Noodle, metal-worshipping bassist Murdoc, and hollow-eyed, angular vocalist 2D. They are a genuine pop sensation, with millions of albums of dub/hip-hop/punk sold and concerts mixing animation and live musicians. Rise covers all that but from the "perspective" of the band, with the human creators cast as bit players and the focus squarely on the rise, fall, and rise of four scrappy toonz. The book is equal parts graphic novel, design catalog, and spoof of Steven Davis's Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga, characteristics that easily make it the best-in-the-moment biography of snobs, and devotees of great British art pranks alike will devour it whole. Recommended for libraries of all stripes. 

Library Journal, November 15, 2006

http://www.amazon.com/Gorillaz-Rise-Ogre/dp/1594489319/sr=1-1/qid=1171856373/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-5009380-6616055?ie=UTF8&s=books

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Yet another cover...


"Warner Bros. sent Kloves a list of novels that the company was considering to adapt as films. It included the first Harry Potter novel, which intrigued him despite his usual indifference to these catalogs. He went on to write the screenplays for the first four films in the blockbuster series. After finishing the fourth adaptation, Kloves left to pursue his own project and currently is directing and writing The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, which is due for release in 2007. Harry Potter producer David Heyman revealed in an October 2005 press conference that Kloves would be returning to adapt Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — the sixth in the series."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kloves


If you were Steve, which actors and actresses would you cast as Christopher Boone, Ed Boone, Siobhan and Eileen Shears? Explain your choices. 

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Elephant Love Medley, Moulin Rouge

Goscinny's more than Asterix. Predictable at times, but good fun!

Yup, that's my 5-STAR-10-WORD REVIEW of Nicholas by René Goscinny & Jean-Jacques Sempé:




This classic book about a mischievous schoolboy and his friends, originally published in French in 1959, is now available in English. The expertly translated text is enlivened by artwork by a New Yorker cartoonist to create the unforgettable milieu of Nicholas and his rowdy friends. A collection of 19 escapades, the stories introduce the protagonist and his cohorts as they wreak havoc out of simple, everyday situations at school, on the playground, and at home. Pestering the substitute teacher, trying to adopt a lost dog, and quarreling over soccer positions (only to find there isn't even a ball) make for hilarious and timeless anecdotes that will have readers giggling. Adults will also appreciate Nicholas's childlike perception of each troublesome situation through his comments at the end of each adventure. These charming vignettes beg to be shared aloud in a classroom or library setting. A delightful choice for spicing up middle-grade collections and for exposing kids to stories from abroad.

Jennifer Cogan, Bucks County Free Library, Doylestown, PA 

http://www.amazon.com/Nicholas-Ren%C3%A9-Goscinny/dp/0714845299/sr=8-1/qid=1171853001/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-5009380-6616055?ie=UTF8&s=books

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WELCOME BACK CAMPERS! :D

So, what is your "relationship" with level camps like? Share a few highs (and lows too, if any) you experienced during the most recent camp you had attended. 

Say something nice, to celebrate the birth of this online journal. :D