The Vault: (in)action
Schedule
Sat Apr 11 2026 at 02:30 pm to 09:30 pm
UTC+08:00Location
Black Box @ 42 Waterloo Street | Singapore, SG
About this Event
(in)action is a double bill of devised performances responding to The Campaign to Confer the Public Service Star on JBJ.
In 2006, Singapore’s lawyer-playwright, Eleanor Wong, wrote her last play - The Campaign To Confer The Public Service Star on JBJ. Staged in 2006 and 2007 by Wild Rice, the play follows two protagonists, David Lee and Clara Tang, as they navigate the bureaucratic intricacies, distinct political players, and politics of Singaporean politics. Wong’s play critiques institutional legitimacy, activism, and the consequences of political action.
Two decades on, 13 students from the National University of Singapore’s Theatre Studies TS3103 Theatre Lab examine the relevance of this play in today's Singapore. The performance-response consists of two works - Rare Specimens and Defamation – Begins With Me - that will make the familiar strange, and the strange familiar, by interrogating the position and urgency of political action today.
Join us on 11 April at the Black Box, 42 Waterloo Street, to experience this double bill - in action!
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The Vault: (in)action is presented by Centre 42 and NUS Theatre & Performance Studies. The Vault safe-keeps and remembers Singapore works dating back to our early theatre years, refreshes them through the responses of artists and collaborators, and retells them in a contemporary manner.
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Where is it happening?
Black Box @ 42 Waterloo Street, 42 Waterloo Street, Singapore, SingaporeEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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