Pangdemonium

Though only two years old, Pangdemonium Productions, the theater company of husband-and-wife duo Adrian and Tracie Pang, has made a name for itself staging performances, often based on scripts with international appeal, that complement Singapore’s sociopolitical DNA. Take Patrick Marber’s “Dealer’s Choice,” which told the story of six men with a penchant for poker – [...]

In the teenage wasteland that is Spring Awakening, they sport mohawks, strut around in suits, fantasise about their piano teacher, and pull out microphones from unexpected places to belt out rock songs. Sounds like an episode of Glee – if not for the fact that it’s not Sue Sylvester they’re dealing with but the full [...]

To take upon a Tony-award winning musical is undoubtedly a challenge taken up by few; because the chances of outdoing the original is slim and honestly, the task is simply daunting. But this was what Pangdemonium Productions aimed to do, to make a statement in Singapore musical theatre based on one of the most controversial [...]

A friend told me that after watching the show, she went home, pulled her two teenage children close to her and told them how much she loved them. Yes, the big, bold musical performances in Spring Awakening are sure-fire crowd-pleasers: with song titles like “The Bitch of Living” and “Totally Fucked”, you know you’re not [...]

Pangedemonium!’s decision to stage the Singapore premiere of one of the most celebrated musicals of recent years caused ripples of excitement when it was announced over a year ago and in the past few weeks, Spring fever has descended all over the island like a tropical storm. Indeed, it may seem difficult to understand just [...]

Whether it is giggles or full-on guffaws, we are betting audiences will have a rather hard time putting on their best poker faces while watching Dealer’s Choice. Pangdemonium!’s latest lies somewhere in-between their past two productions – the raucous macho bravado of The Full Monty and the dark dissection of complicated human relationships seen in [...]

Play about men who seek thrills in playing poker is a winner The title of this play is Dealer’s Choice but judging by its winning qualities it could well be called Reviewer’s Choice. In its sophomore Patrick Marber outing, Pangdemonium! has produced a confident, ballsy production that lays bare the lives of a group of [...]

Closer Patrick Marber’s play about love, jealousy, the desire to hurt others and the dangerous and explosive power of truth will probably speak differently to different members of its audience. It all depends on experience: for those who have been through generally stable and secure relationships the play may contain grains of truth but they [...]

Forget the movie. This CLOSER is a richer, more fulfilling experience It takes a hefty set of cojones for a theatre company to do a complete 180-degree turn at a time when one should be establishing a sense of identity. Still, Pangdemonium Productions comes out unscathed with CLOSER, a sophomore choice that is the complete [...]

Adrian Pang and Tracie Pang, Artistic Directors of Pangdemonium! Productions Why Faces to Watch: in the short span of a year Pangdemonium has made waves in the theatre scene with The Full Monty, a well received stage musical that also did well at the box office. The play’s success has proven to be what the [...]