The Singapore Theatre Festival site has now gone live and all the links are working.

Scanning through the offerings, Pretensions spotted Apocalypse: Live!, a debut play by Ken Kwek, former journalist with the Straits Times political desk. It looks to be a satire on the state of politics/media here. I quote:

It is the year 2058. Singapore is reeling from a mysterious rain of fire. Buildings have been flattened; scores of people have been killed. In fact, nearly everything in this once pristine and technologically advanced city-state has been destroyed.

A day after the disaster, Major General Abdul Aziz has seized the reins of power in a non-effeminate military coup. A colony of intrepid survivors, led by activist Jessie Soon and spiritual leader Simon Sitoh, have pooled their resources to rebuild Singapore.

Sifting through the wasteland are news anchorman David Fong and reporter Lisa Wang, determined to cover the rebirth of the nation in unreal time. Can Singapore reclaim the future from the wreckage of her uncertain past? We bring you their minute-by-hour report-LIVE!

Searching through Singabloodypore's sociopolitical blog, Pretensions realised that Ken Kwek was the reporter who had the honour/misfortune of interviewing MM Lee Kuan Yew about voter intimidation and possible vote fixing in Singapore before the 2006 election. What a nightmare assignment for a (presumably) cub reporter! The original story (& video) was reported in Singabloodypore's original blog here. Hope Ken can bring some interesting insights to his play.