Kumar: Stripped Bare and Standing Up
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.
SING DOLLAR! The Musical Comedy About Money
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!
The Hossan Leong Show
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)
Broadway Beng®: Jiak Liu Lian!
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!
