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Survivor Singapore

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各位同学:如果你们有兴趣而不介意再花多一点钱的话,我大力推荐这个英语戏剧。这是必要剧场的边缘艺术节 Fringe Festival 的主要戏剧节目。艺术节还有其他的节目,请到他们的网站看一看: www.singaporefringe.com Survivor Singapore The Necessary Stage & CAKE Theatrical Productions (Singapore) 30.01.07 – 01.02.07, 8pm 31.01.07 & 01.02.07, 3pm 90 minutes with no interval Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel $33 & $28 (Standard) $1 8 (Concession) http://www.necessary.org/ www.caketheatre.com A group of students have been given the task of creating projects that ‘think outside the box’. They wrack their brains to find what they can do that will really MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Instead of going on field trips learning to make ketupat or performing a multi-racial dance, they decide to create projects that will make young Singaporeans VALUE LIFE and not take their comforts for granted. They decide to create Survivor Singapore. But… have they gone too far to prove a point? A must-see for every teenager, Survivor Singapore written by Haresh Sharma and directed by Natalie Hennedige, tou

Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land

Source: NYT (1/5/07): http://www.nytimes.com/iht/2007/01/05/theater/IHT-05blossom.html Acclaim in China for 'Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land' By SHEILA MELVIN From International Herald Tribune BEIJING 'Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land" by the playwright and director Stan Lai (Lai Shengchuan) is an iconic play in contemporary Chinese theater. Here on the mainland it has been performed hundreds of times since its 1986 premiere by Lai's Taipei-based Performance Workshop and is now a standard of university theatrical troupes. The 1992 film version is widely available on DVD, as are taped versions of live performances. Both the play and the movie are included in a snazzy 17-disc boxed set of Lai's works that bears his photo and signature and retails widely for only $12. There's only one problem - up until now, not a single one of these performances or video recordings has been made with Lai's permission. It is thus only fitting that "Secret Love in P