The Teahouse and Roaring Good Times!

It was pleasant surprise to see young Singaporeans putting up a good showing in The Teahouse, a cross talk play staged at the Drama Centre in July.  The title of the performance must have modeled after the well known chinese play

A difficult art form, but the young performers from Young People's Performing Arts Ensemble were well rehearsed.  There was hope for Chinese theatre in Singapore.

The youths next took the stage in August for Roaring Good Times! 7.  More assured performances from the older brothers and sisters definitely.  We were also treated to an item by two well known xiang sheng (相声) performers Gen Qiang and Gen Dian Sheng (耿强，耿殿生)

To me, the scripts for cross talk tend to be dated and at times fit awkwardly in contemporary setting.  Fortunately, the script writers managed to keep the skits relevant to current audience.

Good effort from the company and the young performers.