Mathilda Chua

SingTheatre presents a hilarious jukebox musical Forever Young that will knock you off your chair!

Ebi Shankara is an actor, host and all around Arts advocate based in Singapore. Ebi holds both a diploma in Theatre and a First Class BA (Hons) in theatre arts from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), the latter was which obtained in NAFA's partnership with East-15 Acting School at the University of Essex. Besides being a familiar face on local television, along with his numerous hosting gigs, Ebi is also the artistic director of the Ravindran Drama Group Company, a local Theatre company that specializes in creating unique and dynamic Indian Theatre. He recently closed a successful run of Tropicana, a musical about nightlife in 1960s Singapore.

What happens when you put a bunch of Singaporean men in the same room together and leave them to talk? One topic of conversation is bound to arise: National Service. A rite of passage for all Singaporean males, a completion of two years worth of military training upon completing their final year of education at 18. What happens after those two years are over though? Throughout the course of their lives, men are required to come back for reservist training to refresh their skills. Checkpoint Theatre tells the stories of these men.

Checkpoint Theatre's revival of its 2015 hit play, Normal, is once again wowing audiences in Singapore.