天冷就回来 If There’re Seasons

我团非常失望国家艺术理事會(NAC)取消了新加坡赛马博采局艺术基金和吉宝之夜提供给学校的门票津贴。

取消津贴的原因是因为媒体发展管理局(MDA)决定演出必须附上‘观众忠告’剧情‘含有少量成人议题’。
对于此事我团已发表一份媒体声明，1月6日（星期二）已刊登于海峽时报和联合早报。

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内容含“少量成人议题”
《天冷就回来》门票津贴被取消

(2009-01-06)
周文龙

订于今年4月重演的华语音乐剧《天冷就回来》，由于内容含有“少量成人议题”，新加坡赛马博彩局的艺术基金（TOTE）和“吉宝之夜”（Keppel Nights），都取消了该剧的门票津贴。

《天冷就回来》以梁文福的经典词曲作为灵魂，由著名剧作家杜国威执笔剧本，主要描写一群年轻人在寻梦的路上，共同谱写的一段爱情和友情故事。该剧于2007年8月在戏剧中心首演，创下了19场爆满的盛况。
据悉，《天冷就回来》2007年演出时，媒体发展管理局并没有提出任何分级或忠告。但是，演出后一名读者在报上反映，这出戏含有同性恋的元素，要求为该剧分级或附上信息，警告观众演出中的（同性恋）内容。媒体发展管理局因此决定。。。详情。。。

A Storm in the Seasons…

We’re very disappointed that the Tote Board Arts Grant subsidy and the Keppel Nights scheme have been withdrawn from the show by the National Arts Council.

The withdrawals were due to the inclusion of an advisory of “Some Mature Content” for the musical by the Media Development Authority (MDA).
We’ve issued a media statement on this matter that was covered by The Straits Times & Lianhe Zaobao on 6 January 2009.

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Stormy Seasons A mature content advisory on a hit musical has led to it being withdrawn from two discount scheme

(2009-01-06)
By Adeline Chia, Arts Reporter

If There’re Seasons, which stars (from left) George Chan, Sing Chew, Joanna Dong and Jeffrey Low, has a homosexual sub-plot.
A re-staging of the hit Mandarin musical If There’re Seasons, which has a side plot about a homosexual couple, has received an advisory of ‘Some Mature Content’ from the Media Development Authority (MDA).

The original version, which was put on by local group The Theatre Practice in 2007 with a 19-show sell-out run, had no rating or advisory. As a result of the new advisory, the musical is withdrawn from two schemes.
They are the Tote Board Arts Grant, which subsidises up to 60 per cent of ticket prices for students, and the Keppel Nights scheme, which provides half-price tickets to selected performances.

Written by Hong Kong playwright Raymond To, If There’re Seasons is a dramatic interpretation of the xinyao songs written by influential local composer Liang Wern Fook.
The story centres on A-Le, a young Singaporean man who moves to New York to start a new life. In a side plot, a man named Ah Qiang is jilted by his boyfriend, who then returns to woo Ah Qiang with love songs. They hug… more…