DIM SUM DOLLIES®
Singapore’s Most Wanted

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!

DIM SUM DOLLIES Still Steam

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.

Dim Sum Dollies® – The History of Singapore Part 1

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!

Dim Sum Dollies® – The History of Singapore Part 2

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!

Dim Sum Dollies®: History of Singapore (Re-run)

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!

Dim Sum Dollies®: The History Of Singapore

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.

Dim Sum Dollies®! Singapore’s Most Wanted

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!

The Revenge of the Dim Sum Dollies®!

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!

Dim Sum Dollies® in Steaming!

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®. 

Dim Sum Dollies® in The History of Singapore (2007):

Reviews

“The History Of Singapore is quite possibly going to be remembered as a landmark production for Singapore comedy. Go see it – you’ll be awed by how the Dollies are making history.”
– Dollies Make History, The Straits Times Life!

“A heartwarming, feel-good show with mass appeal.”
– A Heart Warming Feel-Good Show, The Business Times

“Characteristically insightful, this delightful comic revue manages to tight fit contemporary and quintessentially Singaporean hot topics”
– Channel NewsAsia

“Two former minister … Mr S. Dhanabalan and Dr Tony Tan, appeared to be in stitches over the musical’s treatment of public policies.”
– How To Laugh At Politics And Still Be A Patriot, The Straits Times

Previews

History Girls, The Straits Times Life!

Dim Sum Girls Make History, The Straits Times Life!

A Blast From The Past For The Dim Sum Dollies, Today

The History Of Singapore, Time Out Singapore

Hello, Dollies!, Elle Singapore

The Dim Sum Dollies Dream, Hype, Dim Sum Dollies® in The History of Singapore Rerun(2008)

Larger Than Life, Shape, Dim Sum Dollies® in The History of Singapore Rerun(2008)

Dim Sum Dollies® in Little Shop of Horrors (2006):

Review

“a potent mix of schlocky fun and quick-witted sass”
– Little Shop Of Fun, The Straits Times Life!

Previews

We’re Not Arguing We’re Just Chummy, The New Paper

Fright Nights, The Straits Times Life!

Puppet Masters, The Straits Times Life!

A Dolly’s Big Dream, The Straits Times Life!

Dim Sum Dollies®! Singapore’s Most Wanted (2005):

Review

“providing an alternative way for Singaporeans to love their city”
– Singapore Sing, Cabaret-Style, The Asian Wall Street Journal

Previews

Courting Trouble, The Straits Times Life!

Who Says I’m Not A Jolly Dolly, The Sunday Times

Just For Laughs, Elle Singapore

More Dim Sum On The Menu The New Paper

Revenge of the Dim Sum Dollies®! (2004):

Reviews

“the Dim Sum Dollies are a multi-textured treat with a distinctly local flavour. This roaring rampage of Revenge is sweet indeed”
– Sweet Revenge, The Straits Times Life!

“she (Selena Tan) may have her finger on the pulse of Singaporean society and the issues she raises under the guise of humour do set one thinking after one leaves the theatre laughing.”
– TODAY

Previews

There’s A Lian In All Of Us, Her World

Dressing The Dollies, Streats

Dim Sum Dollies® in Steaming! (2003):

Review

“This cabaret script is still very much raunchy hot and rib-ticklingly funny”
– Steamed Fun, The Straits Times, Life!

Preview

I Am Woman Hear Me Roar, The Straits Times Life!