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Milestones
| 1990 |
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Drama Box was born! |
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| 1991 |
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Maiden productions – The Zoo Story and Singles |
| 1992 |
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Presented first R21 Chinese language theatre production Another Tribe |
| 1998 |
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Began operating as a full time theatre company, with Kok Heng Leun as Artistic Director |
| Presented first local martial arts theatre production Leng-Geh-Mng | ||
| 1999 |
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Presented first musical Mr Beng
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| 2000 |
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Started the Blanc Space Training Series |
| 2001 |
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Presented first Community Theatre performance Lian Can Cook |
| Presented Singapore's first outdoor Forum Theatre performance Have You Eaten? | ||
| Launched the world's first Forum Theatre radio play Pulitzer Book on UFM 100.3 | ||
| 2002 |
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Published Drama Box 1992-2002, a collection of original scripts |
| 2003 |
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Ceased from full-time to part-time operations due to financial crises |
| 2004 |
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Community Development Project Freedom From Toil in Bangalore, India |
| Set up an education arm focusing on Education for Community, NeNeMas, led by Koh Hui Ling | ||
| 2005 |
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Resumed full-time status
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| Showcased Happy at the Asian Contemporary Theatre Festival (Shanghai) | ||
| Launched Dua Dai Ji (News Buster!), Singapore's first series of satirical plays based on headline news | ||
| 2007 |
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Formed ARTivate, the youth wing of Drama Box |
| Launched Blanc Space Playwright Series, a 2-year playwright incubation programme | ||
| Launched its first site-specific performance, IgnorLAND of its Name | ||
| 2008 |
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Became one of National Arts Council's 2-Year Major Grant recipients |
Conceived Project Mending Sky series to promote environmental awareness in the community
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| 2009 |
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Staged 3 original works, result of the Blanc Space Playwright Series at the inaugural New Play Season |
| Showcased Trick or Threat! during the World Forum Theatre Festival 2009 in Graz and Vienna (Austria) | ||
| Published Drama Happens in the Classroom, a Chinese language Drama-in-Education documentation | ||
| Launched Blanc Space Masterclass Series, with specially invited renowned theatre directors from Hong Kong, Tang Shu-wing and subsequently Danny Yung to lead the workshops | ||
| 2010 |
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Presented SCENES: Singapore's Chinese Language Theatre at Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts 2010
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| Published SCENES, a compilation of seminal Singapore contemporary Chinese language plays | ||
| 2011 |
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Staged 2 original works, result of Blanc Space Playwright Series at the New Play Season |
| Staged HERstory at Singapore Arts Festival 2011 | ||
| 2012 |
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Co-presented One Hundred Years of Solitude 10.0 – Cultural Revolution with Hong Kong's Zuni Icosahedron |
| 1st batch of ARTivate (Youth Wing of Drama Box) staged Gao Xingjian's Bus Stop as their graduation production | ||
| Curated and staged IPS Prism, Drama Box's first multi-disciplinary Immersive Arts Experience | ||
| One of the initiators of Asian Cultural Vision Journey Festival 2012, a cross-regional and cross-cultural exchange held in Beijing | ||
| 2013 |
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Co-produced and staged Farewell: The Body in 16 Chapters at Macao Arts Festival 2013 |
| Co-published SCENES: A Hundred Years of Singapore Chinese Language Theatre 1913 – 2013 | ||
| Curated and staged BOTH SIDES, NOW, a multi-disciplinary immersive arts experience on end-of- life issues at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital | ||
| Launched a fundraising Campaign to build GoLi – The Moving Theatre, the first inflatable Pop-Up Theatre in Singapore | ||
| Koh Hui Ling, Associate Artistic Director, was awarded the Young Artist Award by National Arts Council, Singapore and the Singapore Youth Award by National Youth Council, Singapore | ||
| 2014 |
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Curated and staged BOTH SIDES, NOW – Living With Dying, multi-disciplinary immersive arts experience on end-of-life issues, in housing estates |
| Artistic Director, Kok Heng Leun was awarded the National Arts Council Fellowship | ||
| 2015 |
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Drama Box is 25! |
| Drama Box celebrates its 25th anniversary with SCENES – FORUM THEATRE a festival on Forum Theatre | ||
| SCENES – FORUM THEATRE also marks the launch of GoLi – The Moving Theatre | ||
| Presented It Won't Be Too Long as part of Singapore International Arts Festival 2015 (SIFA). The three part performance reflects the different approaches to performance – making that have characterized Drama Box's philosophy for 25 years. | ||
| Associate Artistic Director, Koh Hui Ling, was awarded the Outstanding Young Person (Culture) award by Junior Chamber International | ||
| 2016 |
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Artistic Director, Kok Heng Leun was appointed as Arts Nominated Member of Parliament |
| After two years of training and capacity building, the second cohort of ARTivate graduated | ||
| Drama Box won the Advocate Organization of the Year Award at the 2016 Singapore Advocacy Awards (SAA). SAA is a celebration and affirmation to the development of a vibrant civil society in Singapore. | ||
| Artistic Director, Kok Heng Leun, was named one of the movers and shakers in arts, entertainment and lifestyle in The Straits Times Life Power List 2016 |
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