Esplanade Presents

Theatre

Sotong Games

Lah Meh-Lions x ScRach MarcS (Singapore)

30 May 2025, Fri, 8.15pm

31 May 2025, Sat, 7pm & 9.45pm

1 Jun 2025, Sun, 8.15pm

45mins

(Intermission: None)

DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre at Esplanade

Free
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Synopsis

In Sotong Games, a playful and heartfelt performance by the Lah Meh-Lions and ScRach MarcS, three quirky characters—Tina Tuna, Lionel Teo Soon Hock, and Muhd Hafish bin Tilapia—attempt to reconnect with each other and their audience through the joy of games. The show begins with a nostalgic admiration of Singapore’s iconic Merlion but soon turns into a lighthearted debate about digital distractions, work-life balance, and the importance of fun.

 

Credits
Director: Isabella Chiam

Scriptwriter: Candice de Rozario 

Music Director & Arranger: August Lum

Costume Designer: Loo An Ni

Performers: Candice de Rozario, Andrew Marko, Rino Junior John

Choreographer: ScRach MarcS

Production Manager: Marilyn Chew

Stage Manager: Teo Li Lin

Lighting Designer: Darren Lee

Advisory:

No tickets will be issued. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Language: English
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Artist Information

Andrew Marko

Andrew is an award-winning stage and screen actor, voiceover artist and musician. He is most known for the role of Joshua, a teenager with severe autism, for which he won Best Actor at The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards (2017). Other notable theatre credits include: Into The Woods; Urinetown; RENT (Pangdemonium); Little Shop of Horrors; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Sing’theatre); Extinction Feast (The Theatre Practice); National Day Charades; Peter Pan in Serangoon Gardens; Mama White Snake (W!ld Rice); Every Brilliant Thing (Bhumi Collective); Rubber Girl Is On The Loose; Electra (Cake Theatre). 

August Lum

August is a music composer and arranger; likes creating medleys; can only play the piano and nothing else. This is his first time working with the Lah Meh-Lions and promises that the music will travel beyond the C.

Candice De Rozario

Candice was last seen treading the boards in Pangdemonium’s Into The Woods in 2023. Her stage credits have run the gamut from plays and musicals to theatre for young audiences, including: A $ingapore Carol (W!LD RICE); Diva to the Death (Bite Me! Productions); Forever Young (Sing’theatre); Company (Dream Academy); Fried Rice Paradise; Much Ado About Nothing; Forbidden City (SRT); The Full Monty; Spring Awakening (Pangdemonium); Jack and the Bean-Sprout!; The Emperor’s New Clothes; Mad Forest (W!LD RICE); Lao Jiu: The Musical (The Theatre Practice); Furthest North, Deepest South (The Finger Players). Candice is also a voice actor and the lead vocalist of the symphonic metal band SANGRIENTO.

Darren Lee

Darren is a homegrown, “from the ground up” lighting designer.

 

With more than 10 years of experience in the industry and a specialisation in stage lighting, he has been and is still a part of various companies and spaces in the events, entertainment and theatrical scene performing both technical and creative roles.

 

Since his early days as an Arts Management student at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, he has always had an interest for the visual impact that stage lighting gives to the audience.

 

Due to his exposure to various shows, he developed an interest in dance and body movement which gave him the opportunity to work with entities such as Singapore Chinese Dance Theatre, Frontier Danceland, SIGMA Contemporary Dance, NUS Chinese Dance, NTU Contemp-minated and many more.

 

With the future in mind, he is currently delving into the effects of lighting from a psychological and physiological standpoint.

Isabella Chiam

Isabella Chiam is an actor and theatre-maker based in Singapore.

 

Trained at RADA with a Masters in Theatre, Isabella’s recent acting credits include Titoudao (Toy Factory), Four Horse Road (The Theatre Practice) and Oo-woo (The Necessary Stage). She has had the privilege of performing internationally across Asia and Europe, and has won twice for Best Ensemble at The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards.

 

Isabella also has a deep interest in actor training and collaborative theatre-making. She teaches acting and theatre-making at institutions like Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LASALLE College of the Arts. Her works include A Collection of Things: Serangoon (Issy x Cher), Oddsocks (Five Stones Theatre) and most recently, A-Ha! by The Theatre Practice, with whom Isabella is an Associate Artist.

Loo An Ni

Loo An Ni is fascinated with the tactility of objects and spaces. This brought her into theatre where possibilities are endless. Having taken on various roles behind the scenes, from design and construction of costumes and puppets to wardrobe management, her current interest is exploring how these two fields can meld with or complement each other. She is currently a member of The Finger Players’ core team.

Marilyn Chew

Marilyn is a freelance stage and production manager for theatre and dance. Her notable credits include Wild Rice, Esplanade’s Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts and PLAYtime! series for young children, Intercultural Theatre Institute, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. She is passionate about merging her know-how in psychology into her practice and has run a workshop for emerging stage managers.

 

Marilyn recently completed her MA in Stage and Production Management (Distinction) at the Guildford School of Acting (UK).

Rino Junior John

Rino is a theatre-trained actor who graduated as valedictorian, achieving a Distinction in his theatre studies. Some stage credits include: Red Riding Hood (Wild Rice), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Singapore Repertory Theatre), Survivor Singapore (The Necessary Stage), Tick, Tick... Boom! (Sight Lines), Imagination Station (Esplanade), and The Paiseh Pieces (The Second Breakfast Company).

 

Coming from a multiracial family, Rino constantly seeks to draw from his experiences and captivate the audience with his honesty. He looks forward to bringing not only his acting, but his tap dancing and jestering skills to more productions in the coming years!

ScRach MarcS (Rachel & Marcus)

ScRach MarcS is the duo Rachel and Marcus, hence the name. They are both established dancers in the Singapore street dance community and constantly pushing the boundaries of their artform.

 

Their goal is to connect streetdance to the masses and make it easily accessible through their unique style.

Teo Li Lin

Li Lin is a freelance Assistant Stage Manager and Props Maker who recently graduated with a BA(Hons) in Arts Management from LASALLE College of the Arts. She is committed to building a career in the theatre industry and values her diverse work opportunities with local theatre companies.

 

Through these experiences, she hopes to grow both personally and professionally and develop the essential skills needed for a future in arts and stage management.

Date & Time

30 May 2025, Fri

8.15pm

DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre at Esplanade

31 May 2025, Sat

7pm

DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre at Esplanade

9.45pm

DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre at Esplanade

1 Jun 2025, Sun

8.15pm

DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre at Esplanade
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