DREAMPLAY: ASIAN BOYS VOL. 1

20 Jun – 12 Jul 2025

Wild Rice @ Funan

Armed with fantastic powers, Agnes is a goddess on a heroic mission: ‘to save gay men from themselves’. But where on earth can she go to make the biggest difference?  

When Agnes lands in the strait-laced realm known as Singapore, a mysterious guide called ‘Boy’ offers to show her around. Together, they travel through time – meeting horny, sweaty rickshaw coolies, love-doomed resistance fighters during the Japanese Occupation, and the lonely drifters of a virtual landscape known in the 1990s as the ‘Internet Relay Chat’. 

Blending the divine with the profane, by turns harrowing and hilarious, Alfian Sa’at’s Dreamplay: Asian Boys Vol. 1 takes audiences on a fabulous tour through Singapore’s history, throwing light and fairy dust at the little-known beginnings of an alternative community on this seemingly heteronormative island.  

Directed with flamboyant flair by Ivan Heng and featuring an all-new cast led by Pam Oei as Agnes, Dreamplay makes its exuberant return to the Singapore stage during Pride Month. Come and see for yourself why Dreamplay – written unapologetically at the tentative turn of the millennium – has rightly earned its place as one of the pioneering works in queer Singapore theatre.

Duration: approximately 2 hours (with 20 minutes intermission)
Rating: R18 (Mature Content)
Recommended for patrons aged 18 and above

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Previews – Fri 20 Jun, 7:30pm & Sat 21 Jun, 2:30pm
$40, $50, $60, $70

Tue, Wed & Thu, 7:30pm
$45, $55, $70, $80

Fri, 7:30pm / Sat, 2:30pm & 7:30pm / Sun, 2:30pm
$50, $60, $80, $90

 

Early Bird: 15% off on Category 1 & 2 tickets (from 6 January to 5 February 2025)

As part of Wild Rice’s mission to make theatre accessible to people from all walks of life, we will be presenting the following access performances of Dreamplay: Asian Boys Vol. 1! Please book tickets for the dates below if you require these services during the show.

 AUDIO-DESCRIBED PERFORMANCE WITH TOUCH TOUR
5 JUL 2025, 2:30PM (TOUCH TOUR STARTS AT 1:15PM)

This performance is an inclusive theatrical experience featuring audio commentary on the visual elements of the play (interspersed with the actors’ live dialogue) that will be relayed via a headset throughout the show. There will be an accompanying tactile tour of the stage, set and props prior to the performance.

 CAPTIONED PERFORMANCES
8 & 9 JUL 2025, 7:30PM

An electronic text display placed near the stage will provide real-time description of what the actors are saying or singing, as well as the sound effects and music used on stage. Please book seats in the Stalls for the best view of the captions.

Ryan Ang
Goh Seng Henk
Irsyad Dawood
Izzul Irfan
Pam Oei
Timothy Wan

Playwright Alfian Sa’at
Director Ivan Heng

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