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Tembak Shots: “WOMAD Singapore’s 10th Anniversary”

My first WOMAD experience in Toronto, Canada in 1988 was a seminal experience – having…

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The 60 Second Plug: Teater Ekamatra’s “Madu II”

Fast becoming Singapore’s most important playwright, the strength of Alfian Sa’at oeuvre lies in the…

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Life is Beautiful

Twenty years ago in a small basement room in a school in Singapore there was…

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Alien Nations

We learn something new everyday. I for example learnt that the new politically correct term…

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Talk Is Action

There will be some among you who believe that talking about problems, about crises and…

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The Merlion Spouts

Recently, I attended the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) as an invited writer. Objectivity is very…

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Murder Most Foul (Can you smell the belacan?)

This is another whodunit for the big stage. Though it was presented to Singaporeans for…

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Happy Divorce Anniversary!

On a stage with only four scaffolding structures and two foldable screens, four actors come…

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Whose Film Is It Anyway?

The Fifth Asian Film Symposium and Inaugural Forum on Asian Cinema took place at Singapore’s…

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The Lady Esplanade

I played at the Esplanade (Jan 14 – 16, 2005). For those who are clueless,…

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What’s with Malays and Cats?

In the 80’s and early 90’s, both Malay as well as English programmes were screened…

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Homo-patriotic

Heard of the pink dollar? It’s the latest trans-national currency. It’s not actually pink in…

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Abusing Prisoners of Wars

Like prisoners of war, starved, feverish, I found myself drifting in and out of consciousness,…

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Singaporean Couplings

On a makeshift tent by the Singapore River, Stella Kon took her place behind the…

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Communal Menses

It would be parochial to insist that Singaporean theatre companies only produce plays by indigenous…

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Buddha and Other Jet Setters

Singaporean director Ong Keng Sen is often accused of being wanky. As the founder of…