ALONE/TOGETHER

AUGUST 3 - 6, 2017

SPACE.TOCCATA, PJ

Our inaugural batch of four emerging directors present excerpts of realistic plays that explore the landscapes of loneliness, the search for someone to belong with, and why we gather with familiar strangers.

EDL SHOWCASE I

CONTRACTIONS

AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

INDICINE, KLPAC

A dark and twisted narrative about challenging and breaking the system, set in a high-functioning dystopia.

by Mike Bartlett

4.48 PSYCHOSIS

NOVEMBER 2 - 12, 2017

THEATRESAUCE HQ, USJ 21

A trippy and non-linear chronicle of an individual with clinical depression who deals with the societal pressure to be "normal."

by Sarah Kane

EDL SHOWCASE II

R M J L T

NOVEMBER 16 - 19, 2017

THEATRESAUCE HQ, USJ

Our emerging directors deconstruct Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet using approaches by influential theatremakers.

THE BEE

by Hideki Noda & Colin Teevan

FEBRUARY 1 - 11, 2018

INDICINE, KLPAC

A macabre psychological thriller about ordinary individuals who — when pushed to their limits by society — find strength through violence and absurdity. 

LIGHT EVE SOLDIERS FIRE

MARCH 30 - APRIL 8, 2018

ROOFTOP THEATRE, SUNWAY U

Our emerging directors graduate with their "dream" projects, devised from scratch. These projects sit across a wide spectrum, from realism to the post-dramatic.

EDL SHOWCASE III