After a successful sold-out run last August, actors Irene Ang, Paerin Choa, Kumar, Hossan Leong and Natalie Hennedige will reprise their roles in The Necessary Stage's Mardi Gras - a loud, hilarious and camp play about a group of people coming together to organise Singapore's first Pride Parade.

Top or Bottom, a spin-off from Mardi Gras, will be staged for the first time as Paerin Choa, Natalie Hennedige, Kumar, Hossan Leong and Rody Vera play a group of friends having to re-examine their lives and their feelings about death following the death of someone special. The pertinent questions as found in the play's publicity material include: "Will I go to hell if I'm a bitch?", "Am I spending too much time at the Gym?", "Mourning is such hard work. You want to cry but you don't want to be unglam. And what do you wear to your friend's wake if you have to go to a club after that?"

MARDI GRAS and TOP OR BOTTOM
R(A)18 - Explicit Language | Sexual Content

Written by Haresh Sharma
Directed by Alvin Tan
Set Design by Vincent Lim
Lighting Design by Thio Lay Hoon

Mardi Gras
Starring Irene Ang, Paerin Choa, Jay Espano, Natalie Hennedige, Koh Chieng Mun, Kumar, Hossan Leong, Rody Vera, Zahim Albakri

Get your Pride Flags out! Mardi Gras is back!

After a successful sold-out run last year during Singapore's PINK month - August! - this sexycrazycool play is back to make you laugh, cry and gasp!

A group of people come together to organise Singapore's first Pride Parade. They plan to hold the March at the Padang, with dykes on bikes, fags and fag hags, leathers and feathers; they want to shout out loud and be proud.

As they plan, the tension mounts; the cracks in their relationships surface. Jokes turn to bitchiness, which turn to clawing. Are they going to prove themselves to be ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE SIN-GAY-PORE...

Or will the rainbow colours represent segregation and prejudice?

Top Or Bottom
Starring Paerin Choa, Natalie Hennedige, Kumar, Hossan Leong, Rody Vera

Mourning is such hard work. You want to cry but you don't want to be unglam. And what do you wear to your friend's wake if you have to go to a club after that?
The death of someone special causes a group of friends to re-examine their lives and their feelings about death. Fundamental questions are asked: Will I go to hell if I'm a bitch? Am I spending too much time at the Gym? Can I be gay and married?

The group of friends soon make important realisations:
That you can be married and gay
That you can be friends and use each other
That you can be top and bottom
If you ask nicely, will your friend's corpse come back to life?

Ticketing Information

Ticket Prices: $46, $36, $26

Concession for Students, NSF and Senior Citizens:
$39, $31, $22 (not applicable with other discounts)

Discounts for partners and members*:
$39, $31, $22 (for 1 - 4 tickets)
$36 for top price category (for 5 or more tickets)

Special Combo Package*:
$46 MG ticket + $46 TOB ticket = $65 (Save $27)
$36 MG ticket + $36 TOB ticket = $58 (Save $14)

(All prices exclude $2 SISTIC fee)

Tickets available at all SISTIC outlets, hotline: 6348 5555, online: www.sistic.com.sg or wap.sistic.com.sg.

* Discounts and Special Combo Package are available to Fridae members. Get a discount off tickets by using the password "Rainbow Fridae" at SISTIC.

"Mardi Gras" and "Top or Bottom" are part of the first ever Nation.04 Arts programme which includes several other plays and art exhibitions. More info on the Nation subsite