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How To Talk About Plays | Singapore Writers Festival 2019

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How can one get the most out of a theatre experience? What should you look out for? We examine the conversations that follow theatrical performances—from personal views to critical insights—and what matters in the conversations between audiences and theatre makers.

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FEATURING

Neo Hai Bin 梁海彬 (Singapore)
Neo Hai Bin is a writer and theatre practitioner. Some of his plays include 招: When The Cold Wind Blows (Singapore Theatre Festival 2018) and Cut Kafka! (Esplanade Huayi Festival Commission 2018). He has a volume of essays published as《房间絮语》, and his literary works can be found at thethoughtspavilion.wordpress.com

Corrie Tan (Singapore)
Corrie Tan is a writer, researcher and performance critic currently pursuing her PhD in Theatre Studies (NUS-King's College London). She is contributing editor and resident critic with ArtsEquator, and has also written for The GuardianExeunt Magazine and The Straits Times. She is committed to empathy, generosity and collaboration through critical writing practices. www.corrie-tan.com.

Huzir Sulaiman (Malaysia - Singapore)
Huzir is a playwright and Joint Artistic Director of Checkpoint Theatre, staging original Singapore plays since 2002. He teaches playwriting at the National University of Singapore. Work includes: Displaced Persons’ Welcome Dinner (2019), The Last Bull: A Life in Flamenco (2016), and the upcoming The Nuclear Family (March 2020).

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