Crossings, The Necessary Stage & Trafik (Croatia)

There is always a challenge of staging collaborations between theatre companies, in particular across language and culture barriers.  The project by The Necessary Stage (TNS, Singapore) and Trafik (Croatia) made an attempt in the staging of Crossings.

Based on an Asian myth and also a historical event in former Yugoslavia, both narratives worked well when presented on its own.  It how did not gel as a production.  We were like watching 2 productions juxtaposing one another and did not see much collaboration on stage.

Having said that, the production standards were high, and the Singaporean and Croatian actors gave a good performance.  Probably a better co-production second time round.