Brainstorm
A Production by
Gateway Arts
Dates: 16 October 2025 – 26 October 2025
Standard: $45/ticket
For School Shows:
Each performance will be followed by a post-show facilitation led by TOUCH Community Services.
The facilitation encourages students to explore the connection between their thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. Through guided discussions and interactive activities, students are empowered to take positive steps in managing stress and challenges, reminding them they are not alone in their journey.
For Public Shows:
Each performance will be followed by a post-show discussion led by TOUCH Community Services.
Designed for parents and teens, the discussion focuses on strengthening parent-teen communication. Through open conversation and shared reflections, the audience will gain practical tools to better understand each other and navigate challenges together.
Synopsis
Inside every adolescent brain, a storm rages. 86 billion neurons connect and collide to produce the most frustrating, chaotic, and exhilarating change that will happen to a human body!
Brainstorm, directed by Samantha Scott-Blackhall, is an original script by Ned Glasier, Emily Lim and Company Three. It’s a unique theatrical investigation into how teenagers’ brains work, and why they behave the way they do. Inspired by the work of neuroscientist Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and adapted by Cheyenne Alexandria Phillips, this play draws upon the real-life personal experiences of Singapore’s 13- to 17-year-olds. It is a tumultuous teenage diary of likes and hates, a tapestry of dreams, memes, fears, voices, emojis, school-things, parent-things and life-things.
“…a very cunningly put together piece, drawing with unflinching honesty on material excavated from the young people’s own lives…and capturing the hormonal rush and wild mood swings of teenage existence. …the real beauty of this memorable show is that it’s not just all about them—it’s definitely about us too.” —The Guardian (UK)
Whether 15 or 50, Brainstorm will make you laugh, cry, and appreciate the beautiful chaos that makes you uniquely you.
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Rohaniah Sa’id (Hani)
Chong Shen Hao
Sara Cher
Cheryl Lee
Kishore Kumar
Matthias Teh
Jeoshua Wang (Understudy)
Adrina Bang (Understudy)
Executive Producer: Priscilla Khong
Director: Samantha Scott-Blackhall
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COMING SOON
The Parting Glass
2 - 13 September 2026
Here’s to us, to love, and to all that could have been.
Jim is the life of the party. He’s the joker, the storyteller, the one who always knows what to say. But when his eyes meet Sarah’s for the first time, something shifts. For the first time, words fail him. No matter how hard he tries to compose himself and make a good impression, he comes across as flustered and clumsy. But that’s okay, because Sarah finds him cute. It might even be love at first sight.
It’s Jim’s 30th birthday—a night for celebration and laughter, held at his favourite bar in town. But something doesn’t feel right. Jim has always felt out of place, like there’s a cloud in his mind that is hard to clear. Today, he wants to tell you his story.
Directed by Samantha Scott-Blackhall, written by Chris O’Connor, and adapted by Krish Natarajan, The Parting Glass is an immersive theatrical experience that invites you into Jim’s world—at live music bar The Blackbird. From the team behind Third Man Syndrome and Every Brilliant Thing comes a poignant exploration of mental health and masculinity that poses the question: how well do we ever really know someone—and what are we missing when we don’t ask?
Step in, join the party, and raise a glass to Jim.
Early bird sales starts on 16 July 2026.