The Necessary Stage
Advisory: M16
The Necessary Stage’s critically acclaimed play, Off Centre, returns 26 years after its premiere in 1993. Written by Haresh Sharma and directed by Alvin Tan, Off Centre is a landmark play in the history of Singapore theatre, best remembered for presenting an honest and unflinching look at mental illness and the stigma surrounding it.
Off Centre follows the unlikely friendship between Saloma and Vinod, and traces their journeys as they deal with their personal conflicts as well as social prejudices against mental health conditions.
Selected in 2007 by the Ministry of Education as the first Singaporean play to be offered as a GCE ‘O’ and ‘N’ Level literature text, Off Centre is once again back on the syllabus since 2018.
This brand new staging features Abdulattif Abdullah and Sakinah Dollah, who will reprise their original roles as Vinod and Saloma respectively, as well as Aidli Mosbit as Mak.
Written by Haresh Sharma
Directed by Alvin Tan
Starring
Abdulattif Abdullah as Vinod
Sakinah Dollah as Saloma
Aidli Mosbit as Mak
and Najib Soiman as Razali
Ellison Tan Yuyang
Farez Najid
Joshua Lim
Nicholas Bloodworth
Sindhura Kalidas
Ariel Lim
Michael Ng
Jaclyn Magdalene Rajendran
Wan Ahmad
Rusydina
DURATION
Thurs–Sun, 8pm
Sat–Sun, 3pm
Victoria Theatre