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Preview: Singapore Writers Festival 2017 – Aram

Celebrating its 20th edition this year, the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) makes a triumphant return this November, bigger and better than ever, with plenty of high profile international speakers, exciting workshops and unmissable launches! From its inception in 1986, the SWF has since grown to become on of Asia’s top literary events. In both profiling home-grown writers and bringing in celebrities of the international literary … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Writers Festival 2017 – Aram

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Arts, Competition, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre, Theatre Companies, Theatreworks

LIVEBLOGGING: 20th 24-Hour Playwriting Competition by Theatreworks Writers’ Lab

Hey readers! We’re doing a special post today covering Theatreworks’ 24-Hour playwriting competition 2017. Held at Kampung Kampus, Home of the Ground-Up Initiative, we’ll be situated here till 4pm tomorrow, giving you an hourly update and liveblog of what it’s like to be part of the madcap playwriting process! This isn’t our first time on this rodeo; we participated in the competition ages ago since … Continue reading LIVEBLOGGING: 20th 24-Hour Playwriting Competition by Theatreworks Writers’ Lab

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Review: Leakage(s) and Anticoagulants by ITI

Based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic novel Crime and Punishment, David Gaitan’s Leakage(s) and Anticoagulants is a biting psychological exploration on rational egotism and morality. A young intellectual, Raskolnikov (Tan Weiying), steals from and murders an unscrupulous old pawnbroker and due to a series of coincidences, manages to escape undetected. To Raskolnikov, this crime is motivated not by anything quite as plebeian as greed or desperation, … Continue reading Review: Leakage(s) and Anticoagulants by ITI

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Arts, Malay Theatre, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Singapore Night Festival, Theatre

Review: ETA: 9MIN by Main Tulis Group

No time for epic three hour plays? Think that Shakespeare is a little too dense for an enjoyable night out? All new playwright collective the Main Tulis Group has arrived on the scene to resolve those problems, and debuted nine short 9 minute plays at Centre 42’s Late Night Texting this August. Founded by writer Nabilah Said in 2016, the group consists of an all … Continue reading Review: ETA: 9MIN by Main Tulis Group

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