{"id":26231,"date":"2017-02-01T12:44:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T04:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/?p=26231"},"modified":"2021-04-09T14:20:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T06:20:21","slug":"discover-tomorrows-theatre-makers-in-crossings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/discover-tomorrows-theatre-makers-in-crossings\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover tomorrow\u2019s theatre-makers in Crossings!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The new young & W!LD cohort will be staging its first public performance in February this year. The world premiere of\u00a0Crossings<\/em>\u00a0will be staged for seven performances only at Centre 42\u2019s Black Box from 15 to 19 February 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bold, dark and funny, the two plays in Crossings<\/em> follow characters who have arrived at a critical crossroads in their lives. The choices they make will change their journeys forever: setting them on the road to self-discovery \u2013 or self-destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The eight members of young & W!LD, from the ages of 19 to 24, came up with the stories, characters and themes that will feature in Crossings<\/em> via improvisations and devising workshops. With their help, Rodney Oliveiro, their programme co-director, put together the final scripts of both plays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust like these troubled characters, we all have to live with the decisions we make and their consequences,\u201d explains Oliveiro. \u201cI chose the main title of Crossings<\/em> because it speaks to me of human wills and desires and ambitions \u2013 how we always bravely chug along, how we\u2019re always busy with a new endeavour, even as we occasionally miss the subtle signs pointing towards our doom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current cohort of young & W!LD embarked on their 18-month training programme in February last year. Since then, they have gained valuable experience in devising and performing their own original work. Following months of intensive workshops, they presented When S#!T Hits The Fam<\/em>, an experimental piece that explored the trials and tribulations of family life, in May 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOver the past year, I\u2019ve been most impressed by their openness, their willingness to try new things and their support for one another,\u201d says Serena Ho, co-director of young & W!LD and Crossings<\/em>. \u201cI hope they will trust their voices and never stop surprising themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to be a part of young & W!LD,\u201d adds Jasmine Blundell, 24. \u201cThere\u2019s never a dull day because everyone brings their own brand of energy and ideas, and the perspectives are always so varied.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The young & W!LD programme reflects W!LD RICE\u2019s commitment to developing and nurturing the next generation of Singapore\u2019s theatre-makers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been so rewarding to watch these young theatre-makers grow in confidence and ambition over the past few months,\u201d says Ivan Heng, Artistic Director of W!LD RICE. \u201cTo see them challenging themselves and tackling difficult questions with Crossings<\/em> reminds us of the power of theatre to educate, engage and empower our youth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The rising stars of young & W!LD make their debut with a brand-new double-bill of original plays about the choices that make or break our lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":26233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[277,223],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}