SPIRITS is a Singapore Arts Festival’s commission in 2005 and was invited to perform in Veliky Novgorod’s King Festival 2009 in Russia.
It tells a tragic story of 5 Chinese women performed by 5 leading male Chinese Opera actors. Despised and condemned by history, this gripping drama revisits the tragic stories of five infamous beauties whose lives were intertwined with the destinies of empires spanning 5,000 years of Chinese history.

Journey with them and unfold their heartbreaking stories brought about by lust, desire and foolishness.

"Opera lover or not, there was plenty to see, hear and think about in this aesthetically dense and polished production" - The Flying Inkpot

Pre-screening guest speakers:

	Playwright Koh Teng Liang
	Director Goh Boon Teck
	Cast Gordon Choy

Screening Date & Time: Thursday, 5 August 2010, 3pm

A multi-lingual music drama set in the 1940s on the life of a Hokkien street opera actress, Madam Oon Ah Chiam, Titoudao traces her struggles against all odds to become a renowned wayang (Street Opera) star in Singapore and Malaysia. Through her colourful life story, we see the societal and economical changes in Singapore. It is a moving account of the struggles of a petite Chinese woman set against the progression of an ever developing island city. A heartwarming play that is poignant yet hilarious, it makes you burst into peals of laughter at one moment and weep the next.

The star studded cast includes Singapore's stage and television luminaries Pam Oei, Beatrice Chia-Richmond, Sebastian Tan, Karen Tan, Chua En Lai, Aidli 'Alin' Mosbit, Gordon Choy and newcomer Judy Tan. Written and directed by Toy Factory's Chief Artistic Director Goh Boon Teck whom won Best Original Script for Titoudao at the inaugural Life! Theatre Awards in 2001, this play also swept other major awards including Play of the Year, Best Production Design, Best Supporting Actor and Best Actress whom Pam Oei won for her role as Titoudao.
“Heartbreakingly touching, indeed it is!” - 8 Days

Pre-screening guest speakers:

	Cast Aldli Mosbit
	Cast Karen Tan
	Cast Chua En Lai

Screening Date & Time: Thursday, 5 August 2010, 8pm

李大傻 - BIG FOOL LEE

Lei Dai Soh, an iconic figure in Singapore's broadcasting history. His voice was the food for many souls in 1960s and 1970s Singapore. Big Fool Lee is a play which leads you into the eventful life on air and off air of Lei Dai Soh. Please join us to salute our nation's culture hero for his passion in life and the Art.

"Along with Titoudao, it is continuing evidence of Toy Factory's skill for sustaining a vital dialogue between an ancient art form and contemporary culture" - The Flying Inkpot

Pre-screening guest speakers:

	Playwright Koh Teng Liang
	Director Darius Tan
	Cast Gordon Choy

Screening Date & Time：Friday, 6 August 2010, 3pm

FIRST LIGHT

If the entire world is a stage, what scene would you offer as a last encore?
Trapped in a limbo between existences, seven deceased Singaporeans are reading their own obituaries. A postman, a teacher, a grassroots leader, a businesswoman, an actress, a taxi-driver and his wife, seven elderly strangers with little in common in Life; now find themselves together as they face the greatest adventure of their lives - Death. Before this wait is over, they must each revisit, relive, re-enact the most significant moment in their life. Only then can they move on.

Pre-screening guest speakers:

	Playwright/Director Nelson Chia
	Cast Jalyn Han
	Cast Lim Kay Siu

Screening Date & Time: Friday, 6 August 2010, 8pm

In an era where people seek hope, the lines between fantasy and reality are often blurred. This being particularly true of 12-year-old Nora Mowwend as she dreams up Sleepless Town’s heroes in a make-believe world as antidote to a troubled life. A high energy original musical starring Julia Abueva, Karen Tan, Chua EnLai, Elena Wang and Mark Richmond.

"Sleepless Town succeeds in the most important task any performance has: to be remembered." - Artzine Singapore

Pre-screening guest speakers:

	Director Beatrice Chia-Richmond
	Cast Karen Tan
	Cast Julia Abueva

Screening Date & Time: Saturday, 7 August 2010, 3pm

Set in a respectable household in the Qing Dynasty, 5 daughters come forth on the eve of their father's 60th birthday. For the 5 ladies, whose personalities sparkle as irresistibly as flower diamonds, their twin mission is clear - to prepare the most delicately complex feast of crabs for their patriarch, as well as the setting up of an all-women poetry club.

As each of them conjures up their inner recipe, the 5 ladies assemble their intelligence, talents and grace nakedly on the table for this exchange of emotions and quick-witted verse. Words are pickled, skewered and boiled; wit is seared and charred; expressions stirred and steamed to perfection as each daughter reveals her menu of love.

In their eventful attempts, the inner worlds of spiritually beautiful Chinese poems are peeled and revealed layer by layer. The Crab Flower Club is a delicious examination on the excitingly calligraphic world of sensitivity and simmering feelings. Experience this feast of crabs, flowers and literature.

“Buoyed by an effortlessly written script and the steady cadence of director Goh Boon Teck’s hand, it was like waiting for a mouth-watering dish that did not disappoint.” - TODAY

Pre-screening guest speakers:

	Playwright/Director Goh Boon Teck
	Cast Janice Koh
	Cast Patricia Toh

Screening Date & Time：Saturday, 7 August 2010, 8pm