1 - 24 SEPTEMBER 2017

Silver Arts advocates the meaningful possibilities seniors have in the arts.

Organised by the National Arts Council since 2012, Silver Arts is an annual festival that collaborates with artists, arts organisations and community partners to integrate the arts into the lifestyles of seniors. From performances to workshops,

seniors can showcase their creative talents through co-created content or learn a new skill, enhancing their overall well-being. The festival offers opportunities for seniors to share their

stories that shape our collective memories, and forge stronger inter-generational understanding.

Into its sixth edition, this year’s festival will take place over four weeks from 1 to 24 September 2017 island-wide. With an extensive line-up of arts programmes and activities, there will be something for everyone. Bring your parents, grandparents, family to enjoy and experience

this year’s festival offerings!

Silver Arts

Songs of GuidanceBy Toy Factory Productions Ltd. 肥料厂

劝世歌，温亚米签歌谣会

《劝世歌》由吴文德创作指导，以福建歌谣会的方式带你了解温亚米签女士的生活，以歌传递 孝心，增添家庭间的温暖，更加深刻的体现了人类道德观的价值。剧中将演唱：“二十四孝”，

“赌博歌人”，“吃饱四处飕”，“安安寻母”,“雷打恶家婆”等福建经典歌曲。

Walk through a melodious journey with renowned street opera artist Mdm Oon Ah Chiam, who has spent 60 remarkable years on the street opera stage. At 74 years of age, the graceful songstress will bring new life to classic Hokkien tunes such as

“二十四孝”，“赌博歌人”，“吃饱四处飕”，“安安寻母”,“雷打恶家婆” and more, which highlight the values of filial piety, family and morality.

Joining Mdm Oon Ah Chiam in her tribute to traditional Hokkien music is Life! Theatre Awards Best Actress Nominee Judee Tan and leading musical actor Sugie Phua. Directed by Toy Factory Productions Ltd’s Chief Artistic Director Goh Boon Teck and helmed by award-winning Music Director Elaine Chan.

Commissioned by the National Arts Council for Silver Arts 2017.

Victoria Theatre

Fri, 22 Sept 2.30pm, 8.00pm

Sat, 23 Sept 2.30pm

Tickets available via apactix.com or Singpost Outlet Cat 1: $12 | Cat 2: $10

Senior Citizen Concession (aged 60 and above): $8 (applicable for both Cat 1 and Cat 2 tickets)

Ticketing charges apply

Highlights

Director Goh Boon Teck

Music Director Elaine Chan

Starring Oon Ah Chiam

Judee Tan

Sugie Phua

Multimedia Designer Khoo Chia Meng

Lighting Designer Petrina Tan

Syair Biola (Songs From The Violin)

Syair Biola adalah persembahan teater yang menghiburkan dengan adanya dialog-dialog jenaka yang pintar dengan barisan pelakon-pelakon mapan dan juga yang muda. Syair Biola menampilkan lagu-lagu nostalgia dari P. Ramlee, Matt Monro, Harry Belafonte dan Teresa Teng yang akan didendangkan secara langsung.

Syair Biola is an entertaining theatre production with witty dialogue performed by a mix of established and young actors, featuring a live music ensemble playing nostalgic tunes from the music of P. Ramlee, Matt Monro, Harry Belafonte and Teresa Teng.

Directed and written by Cultural Medallion recipient and produced by Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards nominee Saiful Amri.

Commissioned by the National Arts Council for Silver Arts 2017.

Performed in Malay, English and Mandarin with surtitles

Our Tampines Hub, Festive TheatreSat, 16 Sep 8.00pm

Sun, 17 Sep 3.00pm, 8.00pm

Tickets available via apactix.com or Singpost Outlet Cat 1: $12 | Cat 2: $10

Senior Citizen Concession (aged 60 and above): $8 (applicable for both Cat 1 and Cat 2 tickets)

Ticketing charges apply

Playwright & Director Nadiputra

Producer Saiful Amri

Music Director Dzul Rabul Jalil

Highlights

Rocking Good Times

The sounds of the swinging ‘60s will be brought to you by three popular Singaporean bands from that era in one concert. Enjoy the visceral rhythm & blues sounds of Pest Infested, the rock `n’ roll pop stylings of The Trailers and the heartfelt blues of The Straydogs. One is never too old to rock!

Commissioned by the National Arts Council for Silver Arts 2017.

SOTA Concert HallSun, 10 Sep 4.30pm

Tickets available via apactix.com or Singpost Outlet Cat 1: $12 | Cat 2: $10

Senior Citizen Concession (aged 60 and above): $8 (applicable for both Cat 1 and Cat 2 tickets)

Ticketing charges apply

Highlights

Bands Pest Infested

The Trailers

The Straydogs

Emcee Brian Richmond

Photo Credit: M’GO Films

Photo Credit: Eddie Sung

《单日不可停车》及《棺材太大洞太小》是已故戏剧大师郭宝崑两部广为人知的独角戏。自80年代中写成以来，两部作品数次以英语及华语呈献过。通过这双场演出，九年剧场艺术总监谢燊杰导演将和演员韩乾畴及郑光辉一起创作，以方言演出来探索这两部作品里头的文化情怀与基层情感。勿错过这个以粤语及潮语呈献的双场演出。附中英文字幕。

No Parking On Odd Days and The Coffin Is Too Big For The Hole are two of late theatre doyen Kuo Pao Kun’s most famous monologues. Both works have been staged in English and Mandarin numerous times since they were written in the mid-1980s. In this double bill, Nelson Chia—the artistic director of Nine Years Theatre—works with actors Hang Qian Chou and Tay Kong Hui to explore the cultural sentiments and grassroots sensibilities of these plays by staging them in Chinese dialects. Come catch this double bill showcase performed in Cantonese and Teochew.

Performed in Cantonese and Teochew with English and Chinese surtitles

Our Tampines Hub, Festive TheatreSat, 9 Sep 7.30pm

Sun, 10 Sep 11.00am, 3.00pm

Tickets available via apactix.com or Singpost Outlet $12

Senior Citizen Concession (aged 60 and above): $8

Ticketing charges apply

双场演出: 《单日不可停车》及《棺材太大洞太小》Double Bill: No Parking On Odd Days & The Coffin Is Too Big For The HoleBy Nine Years Theatre 九年剧场

Director Nelson Chia

Playwright Kuo Pao Kun

Starring Hang Qian Chou (No Parking On Odd Days)

Tay Kong Hui (The Coffin Is Too Big For

The Hole)

Highlights

Silver FilmsSilver Films presents a curated selection of heartwarming and touching films on living life to the fullest and holding our loved ones close to us.

Tickets available from 17 Aug 2017 at Golden Village via gv.com.sg or GV ticketing counters. $6 per ticket; Senior Citizen Concession (aged 55 and above) at $3 per ticket, available only via GV ticketing counters. Prices stated exclude GV ticket booking charges (if applicable).

50 years is a long time. Two long-lost friends become re-acquainted after a chance encounter at the neighbourhood clinic. All told in a light-hearted manner, we hear snippets of their lives and catch a glimpse of their feisty characters—of how they were all young once.

About the DirectorYee Chang Kang is an award-winning commercial film director who has directed The Loners’ Trilogy.

Rayqal is determined to make his musical dreams come true. However, his bad temper leaves him without a band to play with for a highly-anticipated competition. In a stroke of luck, he discovers his grandfather was once the frontman of a band.

About the DirectorSufyan Sam’an’s short films Child and Unspoken have garnered several awards, and his most recent film The Red Packet also won Overall Best Film at the ciNE65 competition.

死了，走了，不见了 Happy To See You Too Commissioned for Silver Arts 2017By Yee Chang Kang

Rayqal Commissioned for Silver Arts 2017By Sufyan Sam’an

10-20mins 10-20mins Mandarin & Teochew with English subtitles English and Malay with English subtitles

Date Time Venue

Fri, 1 Sep 7.30pm GV Suntec

Sat, 9 Sep 2.00pm GV Suntec

Tue, 12 Sep 2.30pm GV Tampines

Sat, 16 Sep 2.00pm GV Plaza

Sat, 23 Sept 2.00pm GV Vivo

Sun, 24 Sept 2.00pm GV Bishan

Singapore Silver Shorts consists of Eva Tang’s The Veiled Willow, Rebecca Ng’s After Taste, Png Zhen Yu’s A Day’s Reunion and two new commissions—Happy To See You Too by Yee Chang Kang and Rayqal by Sufyan Sam’an— that will make their world premiere at the festival. You will get to watch all five shorts in one screening, approximate runtime is 90mins.

*Information accurate at time of print, check gv.com.sg for updated details.

Photo Credit: Eric WK Ng Photo Credit: Sufyan Sam’an

None of Dennis’ relatives realises that the porridge he cooks is taught to him by Ah Ping, a popular porridge seller whom the family patronised loyally till the shop closed. As Dennis observes them bustling about during tomb-sweeping, he recalls the connection to his Ah-Ma through porridge-making.

About the DirectorRecently graduated from Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University, Rebecca continues to hone her craft of storytelling through films.

Chef Tam is leaving the household to work in a restaurant. Only the loyal maid-servant Sister Lau is left to take care of Second Grandma, who is faced with loneliness after her family has moved out. It is her wish for Sister Lau to marry Tam. Unfortunately, theirs is a generation who carry the burden of unspoken heartaches to themselves.

About the DirectorEva Tang is the co-director of two popular documentaries Old Places (2010) and Old Romances (2012) that reminisce the disappearing memories in Singapore. The Songs We Sang (2015) is her debut feature documentary, setting a new box-office record for independent documentary.

回味 After Taste By Rebecca Ng

柳影袈裟 The Veiled Willow By Eva Tang

20mins English, Mandarin and Cantonese,

with English and Chinese subtitles

22mins Cantonese with English and

Chinese subtitles

Photo Credit: Rebecca Ng

Photo Credit: Eva Tang

Having got off work early, Yi-De, a blue-collared worker, decides to go back home to visit his family. A home where he has not been back for a while.

A Day’s Reunion premiered at the Cannes Short Film Corner 2017.

About the DirectorZhen Yu is a film student from Nanyang Technological University’s School of Art, Design and Media and has created works such as Mobile Love Van, which attained Gold for Directing at the Crowbar Awards 2013, and Inland, which won Best Sound Design at cINE65 III in 2015.

圆 A Day’s Reunion By Png Zhen Yu

12mins Mandarin with English subtitles

Photo Credit: Png Zhen Yu

Silver Features brings to you films from Hong Kong, Malaysia and Taiwan on the theme of family, relationships and reconciliation.

阿嬤的梦中情人 Forever LoveBy Aozaru Shiao and Toyoharu Kitamura (Taiwan)

Sun, 17 Sept 2.00pm GV Suntec

Suffering from memory loss, Hsiao-Jie’s grandma cannot tell the difference between reality and dream, and believes that she is Jin Yue-Feng, a movie star from Taiwan’s Golden Age. The Beitou district had famously been called the “Hollywood of Taiwan”, but Hsiao-Jie never really believed that Taiwanese films had been through such a successful period.

Photo Credit: Greener Grass Production

2013 | Romance/Comedy | 124mins

Hokkien with English and Chinese subtitles

大手牵小手 Show Me Your LoveBy Ryon Lee (Malaysia)

Thu, 7 Sept 2.00pm GV Grand

A young Si Nian moves to Malaysia with his mother, who frequently leaves him with his aunt. This causes a rift in their relationship, leading him to leave her and return to Hong Kong. 20 years later, he comes back to Malaysia to attend his aunt’s funeral, and meets his ill mother.

Photo Credit: mm2 Entertainment

2016 | Drama | 95mins

Cantonese with English and Chinese subtitles

妈咪侠 Wonder MamaBy Clifton Ko (Hong Kong)

Sun, 10 Sept 2.00pm GV Bishan

Thu, 21 Sept 2.30pm GV Jurong

Lovely, a 49-year-old lady whose mellow world is catastrophically shattered when she learns that her teenage maid is impregnated by her own 70-year-old father. Her father wants Lovely to take care of the newborn, but the whole family suspects the real father is someone else.

Photo Credit: Shining Entertainment

2014 | Drama | 96mins

Cantonese with English and Chinese subtitles

Arts on the Move

Arts in Eldercare Seminar 2017

Arts on the Move features music performances and interactive hands-on workshops at various libraries and other venues across the island. Take your pick from a variety of more than 20 programmes. Here are some of our recomendations!

The Arts in Eldercare Seminar is an annual platform bringing together social and healthcare practitioners, artists, aged care policymakers, to explore how the arts can engage and empower our elderly to age meaningfully.

This year, the Seminar will share innovative programme models from Australia, Taiwan and Singapore.

For more information and registration details, please visit silverarts.nac.gov.sg or artsforall.sg

*This seminar is only open to social/healthcare professionals and arts practitioners.

Let’s Celebrate with Peranakan Sayang! By Peranakan Sayang

Our Tampines Hub, Festive Plaza Sat, 2 Sep 3.00pm—4.00pm

An Afternoon with Vasantham Boys By Mohamed Raffee and Vasantham Boys

National Library Building, The Plaza Sun, 10 Sep 3.00pm—4.00pm

Men in Jazz Music Revolution By Men In Jazz Wind Orchestra (Hong Kong)

National Library Building, The Plaza Sun, 17 Sep 3.00pm—4.00pm

Our Tampines Hub, Festive Theatre

Wed, 6 Sep 9.00am—4.30pm

Classic Minnan Hits from Past to Present By Xie Jin Shi and Lindy Chia

National Library Building, The Plaza Sat, 9 Sep 3.00pm—4.00pm

Interested in this snapshot of what to expect at Silver Arts 2017? Find out

more about the other programmes and schedules at silverarts.nac.gov.sg

Join in the various programmes with your friends, neighbours and family members. Or simply come

make new friends!

There is something for everyone. See you at Silver Arts 2017!

Information is accurate at time of print.

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1 - 24 SEPTEMBER 2017