Berries Chinese Theatre Festival: Family Edition

The Theatre Practice’s (TTP) annual Berries Chinese Theatre Festival: Family Edition has an overseas attraction for the first time since the pandemic. 

Taiwan’s Flying Group Theatre will bring its acclaimed show, The Three-Legged Crab-Eating Mongoose And The Giant, to the Practice Space on Aug 1 and 2. This adaptation of renowned Taiwanese writer Wu Ming-Yi’s picture book combines puppetry, shadow play and immersive projections to tell the stories of a brave mongoose, a little girl and her dog as well as a giant. 

Families can also expect the return of old favourites at the festival. The Breakfast Kakis are back with their Imagine Our Songs series which revives favourite Mandarin nursery rhymes, while the Play With: series will offer two different workshops led by veteran arts educators. 

Play With: The More We Make Together, helmed by Ang Lay Hoon (Teacher Red), is a wood crafting session targeted at children aged four to six and their families. Play With: Story Quest is a collaborative storytelling experience designed for kids aged seven to nine and will be led by storyteller and performer Ng Mun Poh.

The festival extends TTP’s philosophy that play is serious business and artistic director Kuo Jian Hong adds in a statement: “These programmes are not created solely for children. They are spaces where adults and children can create memories together and rediscover the joy of play.”  

Where: Practice Space, 54 Waterloo StreetWhen: July 11 to Aug 2, various timingsMRT: Bras Basah Admission: From $35.70. Family and festival bundle discounts available till July 25 Info: