Gardner & Wife's Past Productions

Played 4th - 16th July, 2006
Written by Sebastian Tan
Directed by Sebastian Tan
Produced by Chae Lian, Richard Harding Gardner & Bonni Sta Maria
Staged in The Actors Studio @ Bangsar Shopping Centre

BROADWAY AH BENG! was Gardner & Wife's second co-production with Singapore-based The Dream Academy, and Gardner & Wife's first non-English language show. Sebastian Tan and his three "chio bu"s (chorus girls) performed mostly in the Hokkien dialect. Presenting sponsor Crocodile provided media sponsorship, enabling the show to advertise on radio and billboards. Other sponsors included First Coach, Pensonic and Spotlite.

Sebastian Tan

Stage Manager – Bebe Chan
Lighting Designer – Ee Chee Wei
Crew – Nikki Tok

16/06/2006 Sunday People by Himanshu Bhatt
JUST A LOCAL BOY
Sebastian Tan stages a hilarious Hokkien stand-up show in Singapore. Curtains swing open, Sebastian Tan Swee Piew is standing frozen on stage in a dashing pose + more

04/02/2006 The Straits Times by Hong Xinyi
LOTS OF BENG FOR YOUR BUCK
…his cheeky personality really shone through… With his boy-next-door charm, Tan is a likeable stage presence… refreshing and promising… + more

12/04/2006 New Sunday Times
…hilarious… riotously funny… vibrantly appealing… Sebastian fuses his own roots to ultimately present himself as an endearing local boy.

A WORD FROM OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR
CROCODILE DOES BROADWAY!
Crocodile is once again proud to be associated with the arts as the Presenter of Broadway Ah Beng, not long after its sponsorship of Oi! Sleeping Beauty and the highly-successful + more

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