"We've had one yes. But what about second breakfast?"
The year is 2019. It's a late Monday night in the month of July. Somewhere in China, a bat flies. Here in Singapore, 2BCo's dramaturg, Dominic Nah and director, Adeeb Fazah get on their xxth phone call to talk about The Singapore Trilogy, unbeknownst to the fact that things would change drastically in the coming …
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After a double bill staging of two new works in 2017, The Second Breakfast Company is back yet again with a new play by yet another young playwright - 20 year old Isaiah Christopher Lee. Isaiah's The Old Woman and the Ox was one of the plays that was selected in an open call early last …
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Hi everyone! Just a little update from us at The Second Breakfast Company. Thank you everyone who came to see us in Love Bites, which took place at Centre 42's Late Night Texting! We had a lot of fun putting up the show, and hope YOU had as much fun watching. We would also like …
On our final Moon-Talk, we'll be looking at the higher end of the SES spectrum with Shop-keep Kim Chuan played by Ivan Choong and professional tiger-aunt Chee Hoon played by Qotn van.s.y. Pictured above: 武松打虎 (Chinese folktale of a hero fighting off a demon tiger) What is the brighter moon for you? Chee Hoon/ Qotn: Maintaining …
A 2-Part Reflection on the Dramaturgical Journey of The Moon Is Less Bright Written by Nah Dominic Part 2 3 | First Month of Rehearsals, or Early Experiments on Goh's Text Entering into our first month of rehearsals, the directors and I still had not made a decision on the extent we were going to …
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On Today's Moon-Talk, we get to the lovely ladies of the younger generation, coming from very different worlds is city-girl Choo Leng played by Cheryl Tan and fiery revolutionary Lian, played by Lynn Chia. Pictured above: Choo Leng/Cheryl Tan (left) and Lian/Lynn Chia (right) What is the brighter moon for you? Choo Leng/Cheryl Tan: If ‘brighter’ necessitates …
Hello, Moon-Talks is back for Volume 2, returning today with the 2 most eligible bachelors of the proletariat. The Farm Boys; Older brother Ah Seng played by Benjamin Koh and the more reserved Ah Huat played by Fadhil Daud. Pictured above: (From left; Ah Huat/Fadhil Daud, Ah Seng/ Benjamin Koh) What is the brighter moon …
Hello everybody, the resident Intern is back from chasing the characters in Moon, paparazzi-style. After some next-level bugging of the cast and characters, Ivan is proud to present: Moon-Talks; Questions about Moon that are as essential as a Second Breakfast. Today in our first Moon-Talk we will begin with the old farmers, Kim Hong played …
A 2-Part Reflection on the Dramaturgical Journey of The Moon Is Less Bright Written by Nah Dominic 1 | Dr. Robin Loon’s Challenge It was inside the Manulife Centre Starbucks one December afternoon where Dr. Robin Loon casually threw down the gauntlet to us: make your mark on this play. I challenge you to make …
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In all honesty, Smeagol was supposed to write this post 2 weeks ago as a "the first WEEK of rehearsals" but instead he got busy fighting the procrastination monster and here we are. Still, writing this post during our break in rehearsals offers a good change of pace and chance for reflection. Apologies for the …
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