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Posuto, A FASS AL-3303/AM-3403 Postmodern Theatre Production, 7th November 2015, Level 2 Language Centre IBM Building UBD, Brunei Darussalam
EMILY is a postmodern take on the first feminist Singaporean play - Emily of Emerald Hill - dislocating and relocating it in an intercultural osmosis of narratives, sounds, texts and embodied performances.
Remittance is a play that depicts the lives of Diaspora workers from the Philippines, Myanmar and Indonesia. This preview showcases different narratives that dramatize the sacrifices and sufferings, losses and gains, triumphs and tragedies faced by many migrant workers in Southeast Asia who were forced to leave their home countries to work overseas in order to feed their families.
EMILY 2nd April 2016 Institute of Health Science (IHS) New Wing, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Brunei
Remittance 4th October 2015 Kaleidoscope Studio, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
Ten performance installations covering contemporary themes including identity, freedom of speech, gender inequality, displacement, obsession with gadgets, oppression, liberty versus conventions, dreams, commitment and consumption was preceded by a postmodern language soundscape presented by the students of the Language Centre, UBD
An evening of classic and new poetry imaginatively dramatized on a four-sided, arena style theatre space and interspersed with the innocent but heartfelt sounds of many debut singers.
SAY IT WITH WORDS 30th March 2016 Institute of Health Science (IHS) New Wing, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Brunei.
An evening of five musical theatrical pieces inspired by the fabrics of five different cultures: Brunei's Jong Sarat, China's Silk, France's Lace, India's saree and denim rom the United States of America.
The 5 fictionalized true stories were inspired by field trips to NGOs in Brunei like Al-Islah, AIDS Council of Brunei, Pusat Bahagia, SMARTER Brunei and Taman Al-Hidayah and dramatized into powerful community theatre pieces informed by interviews with administrators, counselors, social workers, teachers, therapists and even the subjects themselves.
LOVE FABRIC LIFE 11th April 2015 Institute of Health Science (IHS) New Wing, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Brunei.
VOICES WITHIN 12th November 2014 Multi-Purpose Hall (MPH), Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Brunei.
POSUTO 7th November 2015 Level 2 Language Centre IBM Building Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Brunei.
Cantonese Diaspora Culture: A Legacy Sustained This performance is part of a social research which aims at recovering, conserving and interpreting the narratives, sounds and stories of our Cantonese diaspora culture in Singapore. In different episodes, the play dramatizes the stories of our pioneer heroes like Hoo Ah Kay, musical giant Xian Xinghai, as well as characters that share the Cantonese diaspora legacy in Singapore's historical and cultural evolution.
Creative Art, English Language and Literature, Media, Science and Sociology students add to a highly potent theatrical compound to produce six original site-specific performances that aim to investigate what a postmodern performance might look like in the Bruneian landscape.
Cantonese Diaspora Culture: A Legacy Sustained, 20th September 2014, Singapore Poon Yue Association, Singapore
WITHIN WALLS 13th November 2013 Chancellor Hall Basement Rooms 2-6, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Brunei
With Six original plays inspired by the brilliant hues of the Bruneian sunset, the talented theatre students of UBD painted the makeshift proscenium stage with their charismatic crimsons, magnificent magentas and fabulous fuchsias in a magical night of music, myths, and legends from the other side.
Inspired by the phenomenal success of Oddy's Quest 1 and 2 as Brunei's first autism theatre productions, the director conceptualized the 3rd installment in the Oddy series to present a fashion theatre show that drew its inspiration from the amazing costumes designed and handmade by the teachers and staff of SMARTER Brunei. As in previous Oddy productions, the show featured the singing and dancing talents of individuals with autism from the centre.
CRIMSON THEATRE 17th April 2013, Male Residential College Hall, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Brunei
The Project Oddy: A Fashion Theatre at the 2nd ASEAN Autism Network Congress, 27th April 2013, The Rizqun Hotel, Brunei Darussalam
A first multicultural theatre production featuring 6 original plays inspired by the music and films of the legendary P Ramlee performed by the multitalented theatre students of FASS, UBD.
Oddy’s Quest 2: A Journey In Search of A Home was once again a musical fable that relates another journey of a boy named Oddy in search of his way towards home.
BANGSAWAN NOSTALGIA April 2012, Multipurpose Hall, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Brunei
Oddy’s Quest 2: A Journey In Search of A Home, 21st January, 2012, Indera Samudra Hall, The Empire Hotel and Country Club, Brunei Darussalam
Oddys Quest was a musical fable that parallels the SMARTER odyssey that began 10 years ago. It was about the story of a boy, Oddy, who went in search of a magic potion to cure his social awkwardness
A modest beginning of four adapted historical plays written, directed and performed by the inaugural batch of UBD's GenNext- AM1401: Introduction to Drama- students.
BLAST FROM THE PAST 12th November 2011 Chancellor Hall Lecture Theatre, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Brunei
Oddy’s Quest, 30th April, 2011, Indera Samudra Hall, The Empire Hotel and Country Club, Brunei Darussalam
Pan-O-Rama is a multicultural dance drama that was adapted from Indian epic Ramayana but whose idea was geminated from working with the students from Northlight School, Singapore. Branded as academically challenged, the choreography was impressed by their naturally kinesthetic ability which inspired him to directed them alongside professional dancers and musicians for the 2010 WDA Dance Week opening at One Fullerton Park.
This is Low Kok Wai's second performance in the classical Indian dance form - Bharatanatyam . It is a specially commissioned Indian dance recital, based on a Jataka tale about a previous life of the Lord Buddha, choreographed by Dr. Siri Rama in collaboration with Chinese and Malay Dancers.
PAN-O-RAMA, Singapore Dance Week 2010 - (Organized by World Dance Alliance Singapore,) One Fullerton Park, Singapore.
Maya Dhwani, A Double Bill of Dance & Music Ngee Ann Auditorium, Asian Civilization Museum - Empress Place, Singapore.
​​Low Kok Wai production-managed the first Singapore appearance by a world class dance company from United Kingdom which is known for its cutting-edge choreography performed by one-of-its-kind group of dancers with and without disability.
A first integrated, multimedia, multi-disability performance about the spirit of a people challenged by circumstantial obstacles, societal expectation and individual disabilities. The allegorical search of a young girl for her hearing impaired sister becomes a search for lost sensibility.
CANDOCO DANCE COMPANY – SEPT FEST 2000 Jubilee Theatre, Singapore. Organized by The Substation
Memories Of Senses, Yours & Mine, Singapore Festival of Arts Fringe 1996, The Substation, Singapore,
Low Kok Wai's first contact with disability art was when he volunteered to be a dancer-model for the launch of a special weaving therapy programme started by a Japanese NGO. Since then, he had forged an arts partnership that was to last a decade.
Very Special Arts Saori Project 1995, Singapore