External Projects

The Necessary Stage also receives commissions from various non-governmental organisations, statutory boards and government ministries to create and present original works dealing with a wide range of topics.

Examples of these commissions include:
   • Don’t Forget to Remember Me
   • Don’t Know, Don’t Care
   • Future Perfect
   • When the Bough Breaks
   • Play Safe
   • Sweet Dreams
   • The Project
   • International Friendship Day

Play Safe (2007) saw The Necessary Stage partnering with the Health Promotion Board to create and tour a forum theatre performance on safe sex. We also worked with KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital for a commission entitled When the Bough Breaks, focusing on post-natal depression.

Commissioned by the Alzheimer's Disease Association, Don't Forget to Remember Me (2009) deals with the trials and tribulations of people with dementia and their struggles to come to terms with their illness.

Commissioned school and community tours were also organised for The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. Sweet Dreams (2011) broached the topic of child abuse and was targeted at primary school students. Our recent school and community tours include:

Future Perfect
In collaboration with The Centre for Biomedical Ethics
Touring period: 2012 – 2014
Targeted at: Secondary school students
Theme: Ethical issues in biomedical research

Don’t Know, Don’t Care
In collaboration with Hospice Care Association
Touring period: 2012 – 2014
Targeted at: Secondary school students
Theme: Ethical issues in biomedical research

The Project
In collaboration with the Singapore Maritime Foundation
Touring Period: 2013 – 2014
Targeted at: Secondary school children
Theme: Career opportunities in the Maritime industry.

International Friendship Day
In collaboration with Singapore Kindness Movement
Touring Period: 2015 – 2016
Targeted at: Secondary school and tertiary students
Theme: Appreciating culture and racial diversity between local and foreign students.