Philippe PangReview: pass•ages, conceptualised & directed by Sim Yan Ying “YY” and written by Jean Tay (or…It is literally impossible to be a woman. You are so beautiful, and so smart, and it kills me that you don’t think you’re good enough…12 min read·1 day ago----
Philippe PangReview: Hi, Can You Hear Me? by The Necessary Stage (or “heart.worm”)Two days after watching the third last show of the run, I waited at a traffic light with this question running through my mind:9 min read·Apr 4, 2024----
Philippe PangReview: The Chair by ITI 2023 Graduating Cohort(Lights up. The stage is empty, save for THE NARRATOR who sits in a wooden armchair, which is throne-like in its bearing but perhaps not in…11 min read·Sep 8, 2023----
Philippe PangMono no aware (物の哀れ)The greatest approximation to the human condition, and indeed, that of the human soul, is, to me, the light of a star a million light years…4 min read·Apr 27, 2023----
Philippe PangReview: No Particular Order by Joel Tan, dir. Sim Yan Ying “YY”I dedicate this review to my friend, YY, who was a friend to me, through a time of contemplation, struggle, sometimes unseen grief, but…8 min read·Apr 4, 2023----
Philippe PangReview: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by ITI 2022 Graduating CohortDear Oberon, King of Shadows, and Titania, Faerie Queene,7 min read·Nov 10, 2022----
Philippe Pangalmost home (or “The Tale of Tiberius, Andal Gunther”)a work written after watching almost home by The Theatre Practice6 min read·Sep 17, 2022----
Philippe PangReview: Selected Verses from in within over under beneath Therapy by Matter.less (or “I Sat”)(Preface: when I was asked to review this, I initially felt like my response to the show would have to be measured. Targeted. Each…5 min read·Sep 2, 2022----
Philippe PangReview: ASYLUM by ITI 2022 Graduating Cohort (or “These Ties That Bind”)“These lines we draw, these walls we build”.5 min read·May 31, 2022----
Philippe PangReview: The Vault: Rear View Mirrors by NUS Theatre Studies TS3103 Theatre Lab students (2021/22)…visceral /ˈvɪs(ə)r(ə)l/5 min read·May 5, 2022----
