Dream Academy

Celebrating a decade of Sherlock Sam with a Musical Adaptation

Dream Academy, in partnership with Epigram Books, is thrilled to announce the world premiere of “Sherlock Sam: The Musical!”. This exciting new production is based on the beloved children’s book series by A.J. Low, set in the heart of Singapore.

Featuring an original script by acclaimed playwright Jo Tan and a score by renown Singaporean music director, Elaine Chan, “Sherlock Sam: The Musical!” brings the beloved characters of the Sherlock Sam series to life on stage. Audiences will join the greatest kid-detective in Singapore, his robot sidekick Watson, and his friends as they embark on an exciting adventure to solve a mystery at Fort Canning Park.

The live stage performance awakens imagination, and the captivating score will keep audiences of all ages glued to their seats. “Sherlock Sam: The Musical!” is a fun filled adventure for the whole family.

” We are excited to bring Sherlock Sam to the stage, evoking memories of my student days and the transformative power of theatre excursions.”

Selena Tan, Director of Dream Academy

A comedy cabaret revue

Singapore’s favourite succulent trio are back celebrating 20 years of Dim Sum Dollies!

Selena Tan (Crazy Rich Asians, Shotgun Wedding, Chang & Eng), Pam Oei (Faghag, Tartuffe, Hotel) and Jo Tan (Tiong Bahru Social Club, King, Tartuffe) will take to the Capitol stage this August.  Be there as the Dollies go full steam ahead.

25 November – 17 December 2021
Capitol Theatre

Do you know a single Task Force that you can count on? We do. It’s time to come together and cheer on the only Task Force we will ever need – The Multi-Comedian Task Force!

Under the guidance of their cock-sure directives and the bubbles that they blow which don’t burst so quickly, we will finally achieve Happy Ever Laughter in 2021. This is the Task Force we have all been waiting for – Their mission is clear, their direction will be bold, and their outfits will be… Steamed.

Every Task Force almost always contains at least one joker. This Task Force boasts nine of Singapore’s most highly qualified jokers – Gurmit Singh, Sebastian Tan aka Broadway Beng, Rishi Budhrani, Fakkah Fuzz, Jinx Yeo, Hafidz Rahman, Sharul Channa, Judee Tan aka Dr Teo Chew Moi, and Suhaimi Yusof!

It is time to stop feeling sheepish, and join our jokers at Capitol Theatre, as The Multi-Comedian Task Force is warranted to inject humour into everything they say or do. Their lightning wit and relentless punchlines will be hammered into you, and leave you needing to hoard toilet paper for all your orifices after! And this, in fact, is true – Laughter is highly contagious, so let the Multi-Comedian Task Force ensure that all Singaporeans and Sovereigns play their part to make laughter endemic in our society!

Meenah and Cheenah are back!

2GETHER GATHER!

12 – 22 May 2022
Capitol Theatre

It’s the post-pandemic theatrical gathering everyone has been hankering for. Last seen in 2019, these two besties are biting at their leads and readier than ever to tickle you a nationalistic red and white, with all shades of pink in between. Then, it was One Meenah, One Cheenah, One Singapore! Now, in this next instalment, get set for Meenah and Cheenah 2gether Gather!

Directed by Selena Tan, and written by Alfian Sa’at, Rishi Budhrani and Jo Tan, this is a brand new show, with brand new skits, brand new insights and brand new side-splitting laughs.

With wide-eyed cheeky grins from all the nostalgia and general mischief, the superlatively talented duo – Siti Khalijah and Judee Tan – return to reprise the roles of Meenah and Cheenah – with levity and love. This hysterical comedy duo will regale you with tales of their growing up years, of a time when everything was stress-free, worry-free, and most definitely Covid-free!

Exhausted from all the fear and loathing of the pandemic? Frustrated with the ever-changing rules and regulations? Need an escape from all the pivoting? Well then, come together at the Capitol Theatre to catch Meenah and Cheenah 2gether Gather!

Meenah and Cheenah 2gether Gather

Presented by Dream Academy

Co-presentor: IMC Live Global

Official Technical Production: ITC Systems Global and Eleven Productions

Official Venue Sponsor: Capitol Theatre Singapore

21 February – 10 March 2019
Capitol Theatre

“Two of theatre’s most gifted comedians, Siti Khalijah and Judee Tan, parody and pay homage to Malays & Chinese.” – Helmi Yusof, Business Times

Singapore’s new favourite duo is back by popular demand! After a successful debut with rave reviews, sold-out shows, and a Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards Best Actress nomination for Judee Tan as Cheenah, Meenah and Cheenah are back to make you laugh so hard your dentures may fly out! (True story!)

Best known for playing hilarious characters such as Dr. Teo Chew Moi (Happy Ever Laughter®, Dream Academy®) and Kim Bong Cha (The Noose, Mediacorp), Judee Tan teams up with the irrepressible two-time Life! Theatre Awards Best Actress winner Siti Khalijah Zainal once again to tickle audiences in this highly anticipated rerun of their hit debut.

If you missed the show in 2016, this is your chance to catch Meenah and Cheenah as their memorably outrageous characters in a series of well-loved sketches. Who can forget Hang Li Po and her handmaiden? Has the Pontianak’s evil laughter become more evil? Which Meenah dance track and Cheenah hit anthem will they add to their solo dance segments?

A celebration of Singapore’s multicultural landscape and unique sense of chapalang humour, join Meenah and Cheenah for a night of bellyaching laughter as they take you on a journey of relatable milestones and answer the burning questions you have always been to shy to ask: what to wear for Racial Harmony Day, Ramadan etiquette, and even the difference between Malay and Chinese spirits!

11 July – 29 July 2018
Capitol Theatre

Dream Academy®’s fourth season of the biggest local live standup comedy event, HAPPY EVER LAUGHTER® takes things to a whole new level with THE BATTLE

12 of Singapore’s best comedians are pit against each other on The Capitol Theatre stage as they pull no punches in a no-holds- barred full-chuckled fight to the rib-tickling end.

They will be trading punchlines. They will be tearing down each other’s cool and calm exteriors. They will be throwing all caution and niceness out of the ring.

Irene Ang, Koh Chieng Mun, Selena Tan, Sebastian Tan a.k.a. Broadway Beng®, Suhaimi Yusof and Kumar will be defending their egos and reputations against Alaric Tay, Judee Tan, Sharul Channa, Fakkah Fuzz, Preetipls and Rishi Budhrani.

Each and every one a household name, each is well-loved by their fans and huge followings who, trail them from show to show, club to club and city to city, THE BATTLE will bring out their natural comedic instincts and call forth their rapier-keen ripostes.

Which team will win the bragging rights to be the true representatives of the best in local comedy?

Nothing will be off-limits – searching for new PM, flooding in MRT, dwindling staff and readers at SPH, increasing GST and retiring in JB. No one and nothing will be spared when these sharp- tongued and quick-witted performers train their critical eyes on what is bothering and bewildering Singaporeans and their foreign friends these days.

So, if you’re looking for laughing aches from belly to brain, grab a ring-side seat, get close to the action and see for yourself who emerges victorious as THE BATTLE unfolds!

17 Feb – 5 Mar 2017
Esplanade Theatre

A brand new musical comedy written by Selena Tan,  about BAD girls who do GOOD.

Amanda Chin is a straight ‘A’s student, teacher’s pet, and loved by all. One day, she gets herself sent to detention, and has never been happier. She is intent on showing us that good girls are not all good, and that bad girls can do good. Amanda’s mother, Linda, (Serene Chen, Public Enemy) who seems very secretive these days, sparks off this intrigue.

The girls are led by Valerie Choo, Kimberly Chan, Melissa Gan, Natalie Yeap, Sharon Sum, Alyssa Lie, Munah Bagharib, and iNCH Chua.

All this while, the girls are surrounded by a hotchpotch of teachers: The Discipline Mistress of Pain (Neo Swee Lin, Phua Chu Kang’s Ah Ma), a hotshot know-it-all Principal (Darius Tan, Monkey Goes West), the School Counsellor in need of counselling (Sebastian Tan a.k.a Broadway Beng®) and the worldly-wise Malay & PE teacher (Suhaimi Yusof, The Noose).

Lyrics for Detention Katong were written by Selena Tan (Dim Sum Dollies & Sing Dollar), with a team of music composers headed by Elaine Chan (Dim Sum Dollies, Monkey Goes West & Sing Dollar), Sarah Cheng-De Winne (Brand New), Dave Tan (Electrico) and Benjamin Kheng (The Sam Willows).

As sure as the sun rises in the East, Katong is the hippest spot to be spotted in your teenage years. However, these years are also one of the most challenging in life. You go from Dimples to Pimples, Ponytails to Telling Tales, all while trying to be cool, or just pretending to follow the rules.

Come and celebrate a local rite of passage with tears, and with laughter.  Whether you are a teenager, a parent of a teenager, have ever wanted to strangle a teenager, or ever been a teenager… Go to SISTIC now and get your tickets. Don’t be Detained, be Entertained!

26 October – 6 November 2016
Esplanade Theatre

This October, SINGAPORE’S BEST COMEDIANS will have you in stitches as they take the stage in HAPPY EVER LAUGHTER: Standup Comedy Madness! Join them as they bring you an OVERDOSE OF LAUGHTER at the Esplanade.

11 of Singapore’s famously hilarious specialists will bring you medically certified COMEDY, guaranteed to get your heart rates up and your stress levels down! Put more Life in your MediShield, because nothing is sacred as our comic surgeons dissect everything from cracked trains, expat robbers and everything else our island offers.

Comedy Consultants on duty are: SUHAIMI YUSOF, PATRICIA MOK, KUMAR*, SEBASTIAN TAN, SITI KHALIJAH, JUDEE TAN, RISHI BUDHRANI, FAKKAH FUZZ, SHARUL CHANNA, DEE KOSH and HOSSAN LEONG.

HAPPY EVER LAUGHTER: Standup Comedy Madness! will spare no pain in bringing you the best in mad-dically certified LAUGHTER!

*For your Deepavali special, KUMAR will be replaced by SELENA TAN at both shows on 29 October 2016.

14 – 31 July 2016
Capitol Theatre

This July, Singapore’s beloved Broadway-singing, Hokkien-speaking, hamsum Ah Beng – SEBASTIAN TAN is back to celebrate with BROADWAY BENG: 10^th Anniversary Concert. Yes, 10 years of East meets West! You’ve seen him when he first jio you to a teeny tiny theatre at Robertson Walk and once again when he jiak liu lian at the Esplanade. Now, join him as he melts your heart with his si bei gao lat (4896) Ge-Tai voice, he will make you chio ka peng at his Broadway Beng–ness.

You think the Capitol Theatre is only for the atas? You’re RIGHT! Broadway Beng will be a red carpet Capitol sensation! You don’t have to jiak kantang to enjoy this show. There will be humour, nostalgia, lots of hokkien and show-tunes with his tok kong band and all-singing, all-dancing CHIO BUUS.

11 – 22 May 2016
Victoria Theatre

Dream Academy® presents a brand new show, MEENAH AND CHEENAH! Catch two of Singapore’s funniest ladies, Siti Khalijah (Best Of, The Noose, Model Citizens) and Judee Tan (Dr. Teo Chew Moi, The Noose), in their criss cross multicultural teh tarik bubble tea champalang nonsense!

The hysterical duo will take on a slew of instantly-recognisable Singaporean characters – a pair of secondary-school delinquents, the Makcik and her Ah Soh best friend and more! MEENAH AND CHEENAH will answer all the burning question you’ve had about well, Meenah and Cheenah! Written by Alfian Sa’at(Best Original Script, Life! Theatre Awards for Landmarks, Nadirah, Kakak Kau Punya Laki), this is one show you cannot miss!

10 – 19 December 2015
Esplanade Theatre

Crazy Christmas comes back with a BIG BANG! Well, it is Dream Academy’s 15th Birthday Bash after all, which means all our wacky Dream Academy characters will be there! Dim Sum Dollies, Broadway Beng, Kumar, Dr TCM TCM Judee Tan!!!! We will be celebrating with lots of cheekiness and good cheer! Be prepared to be tickled silly and come out feeling all Christmassy! Remember Pam Oei’s infamous Christmas wannabe Bat? Something tells us she’ll be back!

There will also be lots of BRAND NEW hilarious moments like the Dim Sum Dollies celebrating Christmas with post-election fervour as DEMOCRATIC REFORMED WORKERS, Kumar and his beloved groundnuts and the entire Crazy Christmas gang who will rock those Christmas tunes with amazing harmonies. So if you have any hesitation about catching this show, just shake it off, shake it off… and like Taylor, be Swift and get to SISTIC!

5 – 21 June 2015
Esplanade Theatre

Fresh from their daringly hilarious romp through Singapore’s recent history, the Dim Sum Dollies® travel EVEN FURTHER BACK IN TIME to when it all began.

Join icons of the real Pioneer(ing) Generation! Learn all about Sang Nila and his quest for real estate, Diva-licious Samsui Women, the Sin City Hustle of opium dens and brothels, and prematurely ejected Kamikaze Pilots.

From DVD Pirates and Missionary Nuns to pre-1965 Separation anxiety, the Dollies and their Chopstick will tease, sing and dance their way through more than 700 years of island history, in a whirlwind of sequins, feathers and 3-inch heels!

If you thought The History of Singapore Part 2 (Dec 2014) was cheeky, wait till you catch Part 1! Don’t miss this cabaret comedy of EPIC PROPORTIONS!

22 – 26 April 2015
Esplanade Theatre

Does Singapore have a SUPERHERO standing up for us? You bet your bottom CPF dollar we do! Just like our Singapore Flag has 5 Stars, our Singapore Champion’s name has 5 letters: K.U.M.A.R!!!!

As Uniquely Singapore as Your Singapore can get, KUMAR spends April 2015 being our STB… Singapore’s Top Bapok – STANDING UP FOR SINGAPORE! Celebrating Singapore’s journey from a swampy island of a few orang lauts to today’s bustling metropolis of millions, Kumar’ll make you roar with laughter as he tackles the red, the white, the stars and, of course, his Crescent Moon. Come laugh with KUMAR as you discover the true meaning of mari kita!

11 – 23 December 2014
Esplanade Theatre

The mischievously funny Dim Sum Dollies® are back with more delicious satire and a wickedly candid take on part 2 of The History of Singapore.

Singapore is almost 50 and it’s time to take stock: Who did what, when, how and to whom? Goodbye pre-­-1965 B.C. years (‘Before Crying’)! The Dollies are doing a new song and dance about our A.D. years (‘After Drying’… the tears of separation, that is).

To keep up with the LIGHTNING quick changes on our little island, the Dollies will make lightning quick costume changes, switching from icon to icon and completely redrawing the boundaries of comedy on the Esplanade stage!

The ‘Two is enough’ girls meet the Ribena kids
Kallang roars and Talentime scores
The Courtesy Lion takes on the Spitting Merlion
The Anson Bye-­-Bye-­-elections and the ISA Wave of detentions Great Singapore inventions – CPF, HDB, COE, GST and ERP The Singapore River clean-­-up and the Mas Selamat mess-up

There’s so much more to our history – just read between the lines!

From the A-­-Go-­-Go 1960s to the ‘Stomp’-­-ing 2000s, the Dollies lay claim to Singapore in their quest for a complete Monop…er… DOLLYPOLY!

Come discover the uncorrupted but somewhat uncorroborated truth with the Dim Sum Dollies, in The History of Singapore Part 2 – The Growing Up Years!

16 – 27 April 2014
Esplanade Theatre

This April, Singapore’s best Comedians take to the Esplanade stage with one aim only – to make everyone of us HAPPY with Laughter forEVER!  They are the who’s who in local comedy … all they have to do is open their mouths and you’ll be laughing your heart out.  Confirm Happiness index up and Blood Pressure down.  They’ll joke about everything under the sun – your mothers, the bus drivers, hawker centre ceilings, teenage girl feelings, elections, erections (of new buildings la), expensive plates, cheapskates, racial tensions, politician mansions, vexed preachers and match fixers!

Come catch Adrian Pang, Mark Lee, Sebastian Tan, Hossan Leong, Pam Oei, Selena Tan, Judee Tan, Siti Khalijah, Karen Tan, Zulkarnian Sadali, Fuzz, Rishi Budrani, and Kumar!

13 jokers to poke fun and bring laughter.  Talk about value for your hard earned dollar … Laugh out loud at Happy Ever Laughter!  It will be the best thing you have ever done for yourself, like EVER!

Madness mostly in English with some Malay, Mandarin and Dialect, subtitles will not be provided

The Last Five Years & Happy Robin
Dream Studio @ Henderson

The Last Five Years:
A captivating modern musical by Tony-award winning composer, Jason Robert Brown. This powerful love story is an exploration of a whirlwind five-year relationship between Cathy a struggling actress, and Jamie, a rising novelist, as they move backwards and forwards in time.

Happy Robin:
Robin Goh returns with his solo set that’s set to warm the cockles of your heart. There is nothing more intimate or more satisfying than sharing an evening with Robin as he sings his favourite songs. Sharing stories and music – that will make us fall in love with this Happy Robin.

11 – 22 December 2013
Esplanade Theatre

It’s that time of year when the world falls in love… Crazy in Love with Christmas! For this year’s Christmas bonus – the Dim Sum Dollies® will make their comeback! Selena Tan and Pam Oei welcome their newest Dolly, Denise Tan! They will be joined by other “Ting Tong Belles” – Petrina Kow, Mina Kaye, Glory Ngim, Seong Hui Xuan and Judee Tan. All the girls are coming together to sing, dance, laugh and love their hearts out. Only girls? Ok… ok so Sebastian Tan manages to crash this party as a “Broadway Beng®” and Kumar’s always game for a little elvish fun, so you know you’re in for a fantastic time! From trishaw sleigh rides to Frosty’s pet gripes, from girly crushes to Candy Crushers, from Jingle Bells to Ting Tong Belles – it’s the year-end favourite that’s sure to get you singing and laughing all the way Ho! Ho! Home from the Esplanade. Oh! And did we mention? We’ll throw in the sultry sounds of Vocaluptuous for some yuletide joy!

10 – 27 October 2013
Drama Centre Theatre

This October, Sebastian Tan is back as Singapore’s Beloved Broadway singing, “Hokkien-Spiaking”, “Hamsum” Ah Beng. He’s going to make you ooh and aah at his velvety “Ge Tai” singing voice and laugh until you “peng” (“collapse”) with his unique brand of humour.

In the last 7 years, Broadway Beng® has “pia” (strike) with you, “chio” (laugh) with you and “jio” (invited) you from a small theatre in Robertson Walk until he “Jiak Liu Lian” (eat durian) with you at the Esplanade.

This year, Broadway Beng is Benging you Back to Basics at the Drama Centre. He’ll be sharing his heart with his fellow heartlanders. Talking about life with mother, his father and his aunties and uncles, about the price of pork and the rise of his cock – humour, he’ll show us how to make life easier in busy Singapore and trust him, there’s only one way … LAUGHING YOUR HEART OUT!

He’s FUNNY, he’s LOCAL and he’s OLD SCHOOL COCKADOODADOO … AND he’s also benging sexy back! In these tough times in Singapore, Broadway Beng is more Beng for your Buck! So come join us and Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!

27 – 31 March 2013
Esplanade Theatre

Hot shot, macho, strong, burly, fierce, garang, solid, grunting, ball-scratching, hunter-gathering provider – of laughs! In a word: KUMAR! No one man in Singapore has had such a wide-reaching impact on our society. He’s blazed trails dressed as a female while never ever denying he is truly MALE. What makes a MAN a MAN? Only Kumar can answer that with wicked humour and side-splitting laughs. This is One Round of Stand up Comedy heaven you can’t afford to miss! Ding Ding!

What makes a man a man? Listen to Kumar –

He’ll talk

He’ll walk

He’ll “wah lao eh” not give a fuck about whether or not you squirm in your seat or laugh till you piss about his take on men’s clothes or taking off men‘s clothes. He’ll talk about “MAN” fashion with passion and how everything “also action”.

28 November – 9 December 2012
Esplanade Theatre

Crazy Christmas is an annual MUST-SEE! Catch this year’s star studded cast with a great big band and a bevy of dancing gals we like to call the Merry Miss-el’toes. Crazy Christmas gets bigger, better and brighter every year as Singapore’s finest entertainers together with the likes of Marilyn Monroe, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and good ole’ Charlie Chaplin bringing you song, dance, laughter and love. This year, we celebrate movie magic as the Silver Screen meets Silver Bells! Apart from our favourite entertainers like Hossan Leong, Selena Tan and Kumar, Crazy Christmas 2012 introduces NEWBIES like Judee Tan, Adrian Pang and a chorus of eight dancing girls – our very own Merry Miss-el’toes. This year, we are pushing the humour meter! Catch the family friendly version with Hossan Leong from 28 Nov – 2 December, or the naughty R18 version with Kumar from 4 December – 9 December!

20 August – 16 September 2012
Drama Centre Theatre

Hossan Leong, our Captain of Comedy, takes on all things HOLIDAY! (think Madonna Hossan often does). NEW STAND UP COMEDY, NEW CHARACTERS AND LOTS OF NEW LAUGHS! When it comes to comedy that will get you flying high, Hossan spares nothing – he won’t even share his lunch with the Lion in the Safari. Life’s a beach and our boy will even throw in the beach-towel and tinkle some naughty tunes on a Steinway for that fine get-a-way! Don’t make him send you a “wish you were here!” postcard from the edge of comedy heaven.You’ll laugh so hard, you may need a vacation after your escapade with this one of a kind Ha Ha Ha HA-liday!”

27 June – 8 July 2012
Esplanade Theatre

Once upon a time, there lived five million people on one tiny Red Dot. There were broken-down trains, broken-through floodgates and recently-broke ministers (not!) all screaming for some relief. Where could anyone find HAPPINESS? Look no further! This June/July there’s going to be a laugh-down-the aisle Hilarious Rumble that will blow away all our Hum-drum Grumbles. Singapore’s TOP COMEDIANS will run amok at the Esplanade as they take on all things Singaporean in their pursuit of your Happiness! In a city where it’s getting too costly to even fall sick, here’s a shot of a miracle cure for all our frustrating ailments.

Laughter IS the best medicine especially when Michelle Chong (the Noose), Gurmit Singh (PCK), Najip Ali (Asia Bagus and Sing Dollar), Sebastian Tan (aka the Broadway Beng®), Moses Lim (Under One Roof), Selena Tan (Dim Sum Dollies®), Chua Enlai (the Noose), Judee Tan (the Noose), Siti Khalijah Zainal (The Hossan Leong Show), internet sensations Hirzi & Munah and the one and only KUMAR are doling out the much needed jabs in standup comedy madness! You don’t want to miss the chance to be laughing all the way to good health and great Happiness. Come and you’ll be sure to find your Happy Ever Laughter®!

16-19 February 2012
Esplanade Theatre

Missed the Race? Don’t panic. We’ll give you a second chance to catch the hilarious Kumar in his Amazing Race! Better put on your running shoes and get to SISTIC before this Race is over again! You don’t want to miss Kumar as he sprouts all things Indian. From Taj Mahal Heroes to the Invention of the Number Zero. From the All-Embracing Karma Sutra to the All-Encompassing Centre Mustafa. From Ayurvedic Cures to Bollywood Scores. From Moneylender Loans to Call Centre Phones. From Old Ramayana Tales to New Turban Males! Is there anything that’s not from Motherland India? Everything will be revealed tongue-in-cheek by cheeky Kumar in a sari, always making you laugh and never needing to be saying sorry. Sharing riotous real-life stories and jokes on growing up Indian here in faraway Singapore, where being only 8% of the population means sometimes being the “ah-bu-ne-ne” used by many to scare children into behaving properly. How like that?!!! Well, came and see for yourself how one Queen stands up for 1.2 billion Indians all over the planet. How else but with bellies-full of laughter.

14 – 23 December 2011
Esplanade Theatre

We’re pulling out all the stops this Christmas, as Crazy Christmas™ pulls into the Esplanade with the Dim Sum Dollies® (Selena Tan, Pam Oei & Emma Yong), Kumar, Broadway Beng® (Sebastian Tan), Robin Goh, Denise Tan, John Lee, George Chan, Singapore’s Premier A Cappella group, Vocaluptuous, and a swinging 10-piece Band! It will be oozing good ole’ Hollywood charm as Singapore’s finest comedians and crooners glide glamorously onto the Esplanade stage.  Expect a hint of Judy Garland, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra and Lucille Ball, with a Singaporean twist, of course! This BRAND NEW musical comedy celebration will have you humming along to old and new Christmas favourites and tapping away to gleeful song and dance numbers no one can resist.We can’t think of a better way to get into that Christmas spirit of LOVE, JOY and FRIENDSHIP, than with Singapore’s most talented group of friends, sharing music and laughter. With the Queen of Comedy, Kumar, sharing the stage with the Dim Sum Dollies, this will be a Christmas to remember!

8 – 25 September 2011
Drama Centre Theatre

Singaporeans! Come one come all! It’s Episode Three and 3rd time’s the charm as the charming all-Singaporean sensation, Hossan Leong, returns with BRAND NEW SKITS, BRAND NEW STAND UPS, and BRAND NEW LAUGHS!

All the drama of the General Election 2011 but with more tongue in cheeks and fewer tears on faces! But not just that, everything Singaporeans love will get that Hossan Leong twist and shout. From Ironing bored Chefs to Haunted Housing issues. There’ll even be new game show segments that we can all relate to like “So you think you can Dance…Tahan?”

Well, we know what you cannot tahan. You sure cannot tahan NOT to catch Hossan Leong, Chua Enlai, Judee Tan, Siti Khalijah, and DJ Shigeki in this latest episode of epic comic proportions. Directed one more time by George Chan, we’re all in for a treat.

29 July – 7 August 2011
Esplanade Theatre

Once Upon A Time, there lived a Baker and his Wife, who wished for a child, Jack wished to keep his pet cow, Cinderella wished to go to the King’s Festival, and Little Red Riding Hood was on her way to Grandmother’s house… ‘Into The Woods’ is a funny, moving and visually stunning story of fairy tale characters discovering that true happiness is hard to find. Is ‘Happy Ever After’ the end or is it just the beginning? As the characters journey in the woods driven by their deepest desires, they cheat, sabotage and charm one another to get ahead. But when life deals out hard lessons, they find comfort in friendship, even forming an alliance against a common enemy. ‘Into the Woods’ is an award-winning Broadway musical about growing up, parent-child relationships, marriage, morality and community. Profound in its simplicity and full of exciting, unexpected twists, it is a magical musical treat that will enchant the child and move the adult.

22 – 25 February 2011
Esplanade Theatre

KUMAR, Queen of local Comedy is also King of an Amazing Race. For only 5 sidesplitting shows at the Esplanade Theatre, come soak up all things indian. From Taj Mahal Heroes to the Invention of the Number Zero. From the All-Embracing Karma Sutra to the All-Encompassing Centre Mustafa. From Aryuvedic Cures to Bollywood Scores. From Moneylender Loans to Call Centre Phones. From Old Ramayana Tales to New Turban Males! Is there anything that’s not from Motherland India? Everything will be revealed tongue-in-cheek by cheeky Kumar in a sari, always making you laugh and never nedding to be saying sorry. Sharing riotous real-life stories and jokes on growing up Indian here in faraway Singapore, where being only 8% of the population means sometimes being the “ah-bu-ne-ne” used by many to scare children into behaving properly. How like that?!!! Well, come and see for yourself how one Queen stands up for 1.2 billion Indians all over the planet. How else but with bellies-full of laughter. Sure confirm cannot miss. It’s time to LAUGH! LAUGH! LAUGH!

2 – 19 December 2010
Drama Centre Theatre

This quirky Christmas show returns with MORE cheeky renditions of popular tunes and hilarious stand-up comedy bursting with local flavour! Laugh, sing-a-long and reminisce with Singapore’s top entertainers – Selena Tan, Pam Oei, Hossan Leong*, Sebastian Tan*, Denise Tan, George Chan, RJ Rosales, John Lee, Karen Tan, Robin Goh, Michaela Therese and vocal ensemble Vocaluptuous – as they unwrap and unravel their wildest Christmas fantasies to put you in the mood. Let the Merry Making begin! Fans of Drag Queen Diva, KUMAR, are also in for an early Christmas treat! Kumar will make a special appearance in 4 ‘Adults Only, No-Hold-Barred’ shows. Let the QUEEN render you ga-ga with her raunchy tongue-lashing and probing mistletoe! If you want to bring the kids, there’s always the Family-Friendly version of Crazy Christmas® 2010 – no Kumar, but still lots of heartwarming, festive fun for the entire clan! *Hossan Leong & Sebastian Tan perform on different days.

23 September – 9 October 2010
Drama Centre Theatre

HOT OFF THE PRESS! Recipe for Prized National Dish DISAPPEARS! Bibik Lily Lim forced to create a new, all-inclusive National Dish that can be enjoyed by people of all ages, races and religions. SINGAPORE’S most infamous Nonya, Bibik Lily Lim, contacted the authorities late last night when she discovered that the recipe for a prized national dish had gone missing. It is such a heavily-guarded secret that it cannot be named in this report. Not one to cry over spilt belacan, this Bibik is determined that the show must go on. She is currently in an undisclosed location, ‘tombok-ing’ her life away, creating a brand new recipe for you! “Mampus! The recipe was in my family for seven generations! Now my unborn grandchildren will never get to enjoy this sedap dish with their multi-racial friends.”

Also starring… Hossan Leong, Singapore’s funny-man, returns to the Drama Centre with a BRAND NEW episode of his ‘machiam-TV’ talkshow. He will be joined by nutty lunatics Karen Tan (Oi! Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and The Beast), Judee Tan (Broadway Beng®, Beauty World) and Chua Enlai (Sayang Sayang, Vlee Conference), who are absolutely shameless when it comes to making you laugh.

4 – 7 March 2010
Esplanade Theatre

KUMAR: STRIPPED BARE & STANDING UP returns to the Esplanade Theatre BY POPULAR DEMAND! The outrageously funny Kumar sold out his 5-show run at the Esplanade last year before the shows even started and when he finally hit the stage, everyone was squealing with laughter! Uncontrollable madness! After 17 years in the “funny-biz”, Kumar, the undisputed Drag-Queen of local comedy stripped off more than just the skin-tight panty hose and turned his “no-holds-barred” wicked sense of humour onto himself. Nothing is sacred as he shares the hilarious (yet moving) stories of his growing up years with his Dad, how he was discovered in a dress after Boom Boom Room and his many escapades during Basic Military Training. There is nothing basic about this show which incorporates a wonderful “mini-docu” and culminates in Kumar showing off his dancing skills with Singapore’s best known tabla-man, Maniam. It is theatre-magic not to be missed!

3 – 12 December 2009
Esplanade Theatre

The wait is over! Sebastian Tan a.k.a. Broadway Beng® returns with a supersize comedy cabaret at THE ESPLANADE! It’s time to Jiak Liu Lian! (Eat Durian!) What does the Queen of England have in common with the Broadway Beng? Which musical will he ‘Hokkien-nize’? Why is Beng fashion always so ‘orbit’ (off-beat)? Come watch the show and find out! From the line-dancing auntie at the community centre to the stylo-mylo, laptop-toting yuppie, audiences have been entertained by Broadway Beng’s misadventures as a Hokkien-speaking, Broadway-singing, true-blue Beng from ‘Ang Swa’ (Redhill). This fourth installment promises more glitz, more glamour and more side-splitting laughter as Broadway Beng takes on the Liu Lian… er, we mean, The Esplanade, with his 8 all-singing, all-dancing ‘Chio Buus’ (Beautiful ladies) and ‘Tok Kong’ Ge Tai band!

1-11 October 2009
Drama Centre Theatre

Watch out Jay Leno! Step aside Ellen! Oprah who? Hossan Leong, Singapore’s very own funny boy, returns to the stage with his very own “TV” talk show. A TV talk show on stage?! That’s because he gets to pull out all the stops and ignore the TV censors. Naughty…Naughty… This show will have you rolling in the aisles as this all-singing comedian injects his wit and musical talents to bear on current affairs like the Economic Crunch, H1N1 virus and the very latest on Mas Selamat, so you’ll be AWARE of happenings on our little but complex island. Come expecting all your favourite talk show segments like silly games and “International guest star” interviews. We hear Mariah Scarey is even making an appearance! Supported by the Wacky Chua Enlai (Sayang Sayang), the Zany Celine Rosa Tan (Snow White & The Seven Dwarves) and the Crazy Karen Tan (Sleepless Town), Hossan will give you a show that will blow you and your worries away! Warning: A show so funny, it hurts! (Don’ch say we neh say)

23 July – 8 August 2009
Esplanade Theatre

The financial crisis is in full swing, but life goes on in the Red Light District as in any other business district. That is, until a mysterious bag of Half A Million SING DOLLARS appears… A Cruise Ship Gambler (Lim Kay Siu), a Beef Hor-Fun Hawker (Sebastian Tan), a Retrenched Banker (Hossan Leong), a Tiger Beer Aunty (Selena Tan), a Chinese Prostitute (Emma Yong), a Moonlighting Maid (Pam Oei), a Bangladeshi Dishwasher (Kumar) and a Cleaning Makcik (Najip Ali)…are thrown into a hilarious cat-and-mouse game, full of $abotage, $urprises and $heer Luck!

Featuring Singapore’s best-loved actors and comedians, SING DOLLAR! is a brand-new musical comedy sparkling with wit, spectacular song and dance numbers and poignant expressions of love in these hard times. Bank on laughter this year. Catch this money-mad, mish-mash of characters dreaming big, scheming hard and chaSing dollars! During this economic crunch, SING DOLLAR! will hit all your HIGH NOTES!

19 – 21 March 2009
Esplanade Theatre

A brand new stand-up comedy with all fresh material! The undisputed Drag Queen of local comedy strips off more than just her skin-tight pantyhose. After 17 years in the biz, Kumar turns his ‘no-holds-barred” wicked sense of humour onto himself! Regardless of Race, Language or Religion, Singapore’s Drag Diva will blow your economic woes away as he exposes the naked truth of his life in drag. Whether he’s talking about his first crush on a teacher, buying his first pair of size-11 Manolo Blahnik stilettos or describing his stint at the Basic Military Training, Kumar is sure to entertain with his signature wit and long, lightning-quick tongue. Like Eddie Murphy taking on Radio City Music Hall or Jerry Seinfeld at Carnegie Hall, our very own KUMAR will bring down the Hallowed Halls of the Esplanade Theatre. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to laugh with the Queen or you’ll find that life is really a drag.

15 – 22 December 2008
Suntec Convention Centre Theatre

Take the Dim Sum Dollies®: Selena, Pam and Emma, throw in our home-boy Hossan Leong and add to that wacky wok, singing thespians like Petrina Kow (last heard on Radio 91.3), Michaela Therese (My Favourite Things), Robin Goh (Asian Boys Vol.3), John Lee (A Crazy Christmas 2007), Neo Swee Lin (Phua Chu Kang) and Lim Kay SIu (Kallang Roar) and we’ve got one amazing concert coming your way! We’ve also heard that Broadway Beng®, Sebastian Tan, is plotting to crash this Christmas party, performing his trademark Hokkien song! Yup, it’s going to be Another Crazy Christmas! Last year’s Crazy Christmas left audiences yearning for more. So, this Crazy bunch is back to spice up your holiday season with their sexy voices in tight harmonies and to tickle that funny bone so you can go “HO! HO! HO!” this December right through to the New Year! With a live band, lots of singing and a great big Christmas tree, the brightest stars of the theatre are set to light up your holidays with an explosive alakazam!

17 – 20 July 2008
Esplanade Recital Studio

This happy Robin’s Singing and Swinging…be bop-a-bopping and tip-tap-a-tapping along. Singapore’s very own Sinatra, Robin Goh (from Chang & Eng, Aladdin and Asian Boys Vol. 3) sings and dances with style, with passion, with soul. When happy Robin belts it out with his horns section and serenades you with his wistful strings, you’ll be whizzed off on a musical journey, from Jazz to Blues to Swing! Don’t miss this chance to catch a Robin with a big band and a great, big, PINK heart! Coming out at a theatre near you.

27 – 28 June 2008
Esplanade Recital Studio

You’ve heard of Billy Joel, Elton John and Barry Manilow? Well, brace yourself for Singapore’s very own! He can tickle those little notes on that ebony & ivory and tease any audience into submission. From pop to jazz to broadway to classical, Hossan Leong oozes musical talent like no other. Watch out liberace fans, it’ll be a musical feast on a baby grand!

30 April – 18 May 2008
Drama Centre Theatre

Sebastian Tan a.k.a. Singapore’s beloved Broadway Beng®, returns to the Drama Centre this MAY with a brand new show! Ko-yo, handi-plast. Ge Tai, Broadway. Ah Beng from Ang Swa (Redhill), sophisticated man of the cosmopolitan world. Wah Lau! What happens when all these extremes meet!? Ki Siao! Sure havoc wan! Join Broadway Beng as he regales you with brand new tales of the East and West personality clash in his life, leaving him crazier and more Obiang than ever! Who says theatre is only for the atas people? You don’t have to jiak kentang (eat potato) to watch this show! Re-united with his Chio-Buus and his four piece Ge Tai band, this Beng is all set to make you laugh until your pants drop, with his ah Beng jokes, Broadway tunes and Hokkien songs! Pssst… Remember to bring your uncle, auntie, mudder, fudder, brother, sister, ah-gong, ah-ma! Dun pai-seh okay?

26 – 29 March 2008
Esplanade Recital Studio

Hot off the Dim Sum Dollies®’ steaming trolley, Selena steps out on her own to share with you her favourite music! This Singular Sensation entertains with a big voice and a big heart. Cheeky to the core, she’ll offer great songs – from pop to musicals, from rock to folk, from jazz to swing. Of course, everything Selena comes with a sly wink and a chuckle or two thrown in! 60 minutes of Selena and her music will be SINGularly Sensational and certainly not to be missed!

21 – 28 February 2008
Esplanade Theatre

This “landmark production for Singapore comedy” is back by popular demand after a SOLD OUT run in July 2007! The Dim Sum Dollies® present their hilarious version of The History of Singapore! The Dollies spice up history with show tunes, pop songs and wicked social commentary, as they take on Sang Nila Utama, Samsui Women, Japanese Solders, Convent Girls and more! Er…was that a red lightning bolt in the distance? From Relak Island to getting kicked out of Malaysia, this is one History you’ll have to see for yourself! A must-watch for every Singaporean! And if you’re visiting our little isle, this is the perfect Insider’s Guide! Your last chance EVER to catch this Cabaret Comedy of Epic Proportions!

28 November – 9 December 2007
Drama Centre Theatre

Come join Selena Tan, Pam Oei, Emma Yong, Tan Kheng Hua, Denise Tan, Sebastian Tan, Hossan Leong, Robin Goh, Lim Yu Beng, John Lee and Lim Kay Siu for A Crazy Christmas®! With a line-up that reads like the who’s who in the theatre scene, this year-end celebration is not to be missed. These Theatre Thespians will soak up the Christmas spirit and sprout it out in water-tight harmonies that will make the Merlion blush. You have to be there to share in the sprinkles of tinkles on that baby grand, that 4 piece band and all 11 delicious voices. If you think it’s just going to be the same old carols, then Oh Carol! … You are mistaken! Jazz, Rock, Broadway, Folk old songs, new songs, pop songs, torch songs… Is there anything our happy band of singers won’t do?

As Orchard Road does its traditional light up, be sure to catch the brightest lights shining at the Drama Centre. A rousing round of applause to celebrate a year of joy, friendship, music and love. It’ll definitely put you in the mood for a Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year! As our Hokkien Santa, Sebastian Tan, puts it “Ho! Ho! Ho!”

5 – 7 October 2007
Esplanade Theatre

Come steal away with Singapore’s Rightful Royal… KUMAR THE QUEEN! She’s out to conquer the world for the Queendom of Singapore! She’s packed her Royal Carry-On humour, her dainty size 11 glass slippers and her Killer Queen Bee Hive wigs. She’ll tease and tantalise with her trail of dazzling sequins and tickly feather boas! But beware of her High Kicking and Dirty Dancing Grrr-khas, her Razor Sharp Tongue and Luscious Lip-Synching Lips! Laugh yourself to submission as this Divine Ruler Boom Booms her way to shouts of ecstasy at our King of Fruits, The Royal Durian (…The Eplanade, lah)!

5 – 15 July 2007
Esplanade Theatre

The History of Singapore is set to incite riotous laughter. This is one History you’ll want to see repeat-edly! Forget your dusty text books and jump straight into the soap opera lives you never knew existed. Super Samsui Women meet Scary Peranakan Matriarchs! Sang Nila Utama rubs shoulders with Sir Stamford Raffles! Hainanese Chefs whip up killer pork chops, while clueless British soldiers decide where to aim their big guns! From Cavemen to mosquito-beating ang mohs, to getting kicked out of Malaysia – there’s a tear-jerking ballad or show-stopping tune at every turn! An all-new cabaret comedy of epic proportions! History will never be the same again.

3 – 12 May 2007
Drama Centre Theatre

It’s time again to catch the “Next big thing in Singapore comedy…” (Straits Times, Life!) Last year, Sebastian Tan brought the house down with his Engrish speaking, Hokkien singing Broadway Beng® and you laughed until Lao Jio (leaky bladder). So, because we love to hear you laughing… we bring him BAAAACCK! Your Broadway Beng returns to stage with a brand new show. This time even more Tok Kong (prestigious) than before.

This year he goes to the Drama Centre, got 4 piece Ge Tai band, 40 square metre stage, 4 000 light bulbs and 40 000 minutes of rehearsal. Don’t see this talk cock king no up! This year, he will prepare you for social change. How to integrate with your integrated resort? Let the Broadway Beng show you. After all, who has the years of experience in all things gambling – and we don’t just mean the Chinese New Year kind hor. This “Ai Pia Jia Eh Yah” (must fight then can win) Choe Ah Beng (smelly Chinese boy) wants to tell you something: “Life is a gamble and you always have to bet BIG! Then after the BIG betting, you close your eyes tight tight, sing a Broadway song, maybe from Less Miserables, and pray to Ti Kong (Heavenly Father)…say “Plureeez Ti Kong don’t let me lose until Tng Kor (take off trousers)! But if in case I lose, let me have clean underwear!”

What’s more? This year, the Broadway Beng will still have his very very talented, very very good hearted, somewhat pretty Chio Buus! (Denise Tan “Little Shop of Horrors”, Jacky Pereira “Forbidden City” and Leigh MacDonald “Forbidden City”) Watch out hor…these Chio Buus will bat their eye lashes, sing their good-hearted hearts out and stiletto high kick you until you Song Song Ki Jurong (happy happy go Jurong)! CANNOT MISS!

31 January – 10 February 2007
Drama Centre Theatre

Hossan Leong, the funniest “SPLIT” personality in Singapore, takes stand-up comedy to Riotous New Heights. Catch it! It’s New! It’s Funny! It’s Bizarre…and DEFINITELY INSANE! Watch out Singapore! Hossan Leong is the uncivil servant in charge of the newest Ministry department. He’s been tasked with luring foreign talent to our fair shores. Where will he begin? Some glamour perhaps as he tries his best to convince Personalities from all over the world to come set up home in Singapore! When his time is running out and he has nothing to show for, a little screw in his little head comes loose and he turns Absolutely Schizo! In a desperate attempt to convince his boss and himself that he has not failed, he starts to morph into some of the entertainment scene’s most popular ex-cons… I mean, icons!

One moment he’s down and out Barry Moneylow auditioning for the National Day Parade. Next, he’s Whitney Whoseturn lamenting her marriage woes as she waits in line at immigration. Blink, and he’s back as Kenny Rogered Chicken, waxing lyrical about country music and Hainanese kampong chicken, then poof! It’s Hossan as Prints! The artist formerly known as a symbol, trying out a new career in graphics for Singapore’s many campaigns of course!

2 – 23 November 2006
Victoria Theatre

The Dim Sum Dollies® star in their VERY FIRST off-broadway hit musical! Written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, the Academy Award winning pair who brought you Disney’s musical hits, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin! A blood-thirsty mutant evil orchid threatens to seduce our souls and take over the world! Nerdy florist Seymour (Hossan Leong) and his ditzy girlfriend Audrey (Denise Tan) prepare to fight this battle between good and evil with a little help from our kay-poh-chee story-tellers (Dim Sum Dollies).

10 – 19 August 2006
DBS Arts Centre, Home of SRT

For a limited run only, our Broadway Beng® returns with his critically acclaimed madcap musical stand up comedy. Local humour delivered in true blue Ah-Beng “Hokkien-Engrish”! You saw Sebastian Tan “Bring the house down” (Straits Times) in KaraUok and in “a nuanced performance as Ah Beng” (TODAY) in the recently produced Army Daze. Well, you must catch this UK Miss Saigon star now as he “yo ah yo ah” with his very “tok kong” back up singers/ dancers/ ktv girls, the Chio Buus! Starring Donna Daniels, Denise Tan and Jackie Pereira! There’ll be lots and lots of side-splitting humour, big showtunes and heartwrenching Hokkien songs. “Laugh until siao! You donch wan me?”

2 – 7 February 2006
DBS Arts Centre, Home of SRT

Watch out Singapore! Sebastian Tan, our very own musical theatre star, returns from a highly successful run of Miss Saigon (UK) to be your Broadway Beng®! Of his smashing UK experience, Sebastian quips “I learnt a lot about how the English don’t know to ‘lim teh’ or ‘lim jiu’ or talk properly to ‘lim peh’!” He just loves to be back home. Back to his roots as a born-and-bred-in-Redhill, Chow Ah Beng! and he is dying to tell us all about it.

Before he left for the UK, Sebastian “…brought down the house…” (Straits Times) in KaraUok! Well, expect no less this time round. Come enjoy his hokkien inspired humour as he ponders the difference between all things East and West. Come listen to his silky smooth “I’m a Ge Tai God” crooning voice as he rips into those Show Tunes. You also won’t want to miss his Sexy Singing Trio: “The Chio Bu’s”! Starring former Power 98 DJ Denise Tan, Leigh MacDonald “Forbidden City” and Jacky Pereira “Sleeping Beauty”. He’s living proof that you CAN take the Chinese Helicopter out of Miss Saigon!

5 – 20 August 2005
Esplanade Theatre

Think you can’t laugh any harder than you did at last year’s box office smash The Revenge of the Dim Sum Dollies®? Well, our irresponsible threesome is back with a surprising, all-new musical cabaret show that will prove once and for all that they are SINGAPORE’S MOST WANTED! Watch out! they’re leading a Velvet Cabaret Revolution!

3 – 14 May 2006
Victoria Theatre

Singapore’s Funniest Girl meets Singapore’s Zaniest Boy and sparks are going to FLY! Selena Tan and Hossan Leong pair up for the first time in this not to be missed stand up comedy bonanza. All through history, there’ve been famous duos making us laugh – Miss Piggy and Kermit, Ah Pui and Ah San even Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. But, right here, right now, we have a pairing with wit so sharp, so smart, so snide – they’re totally ready to rip apart the year of the COCK!

5 – 14 August 2004
DBS Arts Centre, Home of SRT

They sizzled in last year’s box office hit Steaming! And now, the Dim Sum Dollies® are back! The Revenge of the Dim Sum Dollies! is a BRAND NEW musical action adventure! Through big hair, wacky songs, nifty choreography, a forest of false eyelashes, mile-high heels and amazing costume changes, our intrepid heroines bring you a buffet of show-stopping, laugh-a-minute numbers about life in the Lion CIty. Check out their piping hot Beefcakes – six juicy male dancers…hmmm…delicious!

31 March – 11 April 2004
DBS Arts Centre, Home of SRT

Another wacky musical stand-up comedy show! Selena Tan is back! With all new material! “Wanton Me!” dishes up the dirt on some familiar favourites – horny women, hornier men, even hornier newscasters, multi-level marketing, bird flu, oral sex, George Bush and others like him! Irreverent SELENA piles on the punchlines, belts out the songs and brings you a laugh-till-you-cry-or-tear-off-your-clothes-and-scream-out-for-joy night out on the town!

15-16 August 2003
Jubilee Hall

Expect nothing less when the Dim Sum Dollies® – Selena Tan, Pam Oei & Emma Yong – sashay sexily onto the Jubilee stage with trolleys of goodies. They’ll be singing, they’ll be dancing, and they’ll be delivering a full-on menu of cabaret as you’ve never seen, heard or tasted before. Songs and jokes as they celebrate and poke fun at all things women. Sure to keep your feet tapping and your hands clapping. The Dim Sum Dollies will wrap you up with tales of food, woe-manhood and women’s moods. You might even chance upon women from the past with presence and from the present with a past. See them all come alive. Standing up and being counted! It will be a non-stop steamrolling whimsical musical which no one should miss.

NOTE: Dim Sum Dollies® in Steaming! was not produced by Dream Academy®. 

Opens 10 October 2000
Singapore Power Auditorium

Sick of bed pans, sore throats, midnight rounds… Losing patience with patients?

Well, we’ve got the cure for you! Two hours of heart-stopping, kidney-clutching laughter… and yes, you guess you better bring a doctor or nurse along if you know what’s good for you.

But hey, isn’t laughter the best medicine? It certainly is and Selena Tan’s just the pill that the doctor ordered.

Civil servants… arhhh… what’s so civil about being a servant? Well, in the space of two hours filled with jokes, parodies and songs, you might just figure that one out.

Who among us has not spent hours waiting in queue at a minister counter or with the phone to our red hot ear listening to the tinkling sound of music box or better yet some voice recorded message telling you to press a number for every service except the one that you are looking for?

Watch the two sides meet in a hilarious juxtaposition of power and patheticness in a system that drives civilians up the wall each day.

28 Feb – 11 Mar 2018
Capitol Theatre

A 50th Birthday Celebration of Singapore’s Most Iconic Stand-up Comedian, Directed by Selena Tan.

KUMAR boom booms it old-school style, as he turns 50!

Fifty shades of gay?  Of course.  Plus Fifty shades of grey hair nicely coloured pink.  Are you ready to get personal and comfy with Singapore’s Iconic Drag Queen?

Spilling the beans, dishing out the dirt, and showing us his hard truths, you’ll be loving his hilarious romp through the decades.

Regaling us with stories from his bouncy birth, to his beautiful girth, and his lifetime of sharing mirth, KUMAR will touch on everything that makes us tick and tickle our funny bone. Trust us when we say, in everything, KUMAR’s always on TOP!

KUMAR’s been top in school, top signaller in National Service, top act at Haw Par Villa, top Drag Queen at the Boom Boom Room and top National Icon who spearheaded the LGBTI cause even before it became an acronym. Serious Stuff ok!  Yah la … until it comes out of KUMAR’s potty – oops, sorry, pouty mouth!

Come enjoy the funniest Golden Jubilee celebrations, as KUMAR is joined by his fabulous showgirls, shaking their booty and lip-syncing to the very best, from Whitney Houston to Taylor Swift.

So come to the Capitol, buy your drinks and Bottoms up.  It’s the space that lets you drink and laugh yourself silly!

Ready to lead us into the next 50 years, SG 50 has nothing on this amazing Drag Queen! If you need a good laugh and you’re ready for some Capitol punishment, KUMAR is happy to give it to you real good! Hurry! 13 Shows only!

1 – 16 November 2012
Drama Centre Theatre

Dream World Productions presents its first production, COMPANY by Stephen Sondheim – A winner of seven TONY Awards including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Music and Best Original Lyrics in the 1971 Original Broadway production and Best Revival of a Musical in the 2006 Broadway Revival. This super-funny musical comedy explores the pros and cons, the ups and downs as well as the ins and outs of being single. Join our talented cast as they try to persuade our hero, Robert, to do what our Government has been hard selling for years… Get married! Lots of great laughs and great songs about LOVE. It’s just wonderful how singing about getting hitched or being ditched can leave just about everyone in stitches. This November, make a date with Robert and friends and keep them COMPANY.