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BIG FOOL LEE
By TOY FACTORY PRODUCTION LTD.
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(Music Drama in Mandarin & Cantonese)
Big Fool Lee is about a legendary storyteller, Lei Dai Soh who left an impact on many generations in Singapore with his exceptional charisma. It is an enchanting journey of Lei Dai Soh, from his days of fame to the day he sadly retired from radio.
Lei Dai Soh, an icon whom many might have heard but not know of, had gone through major setbacks in life. He suffered from depression after losing his brother to World War II, but he picked himself up and continued to glow in his story-telling career. He mesmerised his audience with a voice so magnetic. He triggered the imagination of many with his unique ability in narrating numerous legends and tales. He later married his wife who was diagnosed with mental illness. He then struggled in a battle with the Speak Mandarin Campaign and was eventually phased out by the introduction of television. This extraordinary man held on to his passion for arts till the day he died. Lei Dai Soh is certainly an honorable icon for his passion, love and respect for arts, life and charity.
Big Fool Lee is written by Koh Teng Liang and directed by Peter Sau. Jeffrey Low plays Lei Dai Soh and the cast includes Leelian Chua, Nelson Chia, Koh Wan Ching, Darius Tan, Gordon Choy and Qin Zhan Bao.
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251
By TOY FACTORY PRODUCTION LTD
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(English Play)
A chance encounter on a plane from Los Angeles bound for Singapore unravels a web of complicity between a yuppie IT programmer and an unnamed Friend. As the plane takes flight, we are also taken on a journey through the world of Grace Quek aka Annabel Chong. The narrative re-enacts, constructs and re-constructs seminal moments in Grace/Annabel’s life with regards to her family, friends and society at large. In particular, it allows us an insight into her otherwise unknown life as daughter, friend and lover. It also sheds light on crucial epochs of her life that were to shape her daring exploits – namely her fascination with performance art, her relationship with her family and friends and her gang rape.
251 leaves room to question the possibility of understanding Grace and the phenomenon of Annabel and aims to expose our national psyche and our attitudes towards adult films, alternative lifestyles, sex, creativity and individuality. More crucially, it challenges the definitions of a “national hero”. What are the OB markers? If Khoo Swee Chiow is a National Hero having beaten the odds and broken records, can Annabel Chong be considered one too? Or is she merely a renegade and an exception to the rule or is she symptomatic of our wanting to break free from our society’s seemingly conservative Confucian values? Is she Reckless Rebel or Radical Pioneer? Porn Princess or Media Maverick? National Pride or National Shame?
251 is directed by Toy Factory’s Associate Director Loretta Chen and written by Ng Yi-sheng. Leading the provocatively talented cast is well known theatre and TV personality Cynthia Lee Macquarrie as Annabel Chong, 251 also stars Cheryl Miles, Amy Cheng, Lee Weng Kee and Paul Lucas.
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TITOUDAO
By TOY FACTORY PRODUCTION LTD.
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(Multi-lingual Drama ~ Re-stage)
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.
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