ACTION Theatre presents
More sex please,
We’re Singaporeans!

Thu 31 Mar 2005, 8pm
The Room Upstairs, ACTION Theatre, 42 Waterloo Street
ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Too much? Too little? Should we have more? Shall we cut down?

Desmond has something to say. Ovidia wants to open up. And Kumar is ready to bare.

The topic? It’s all about… Sex on Singapore Stage.

This is a one-night-only event to be hosted and probed by former CNN anchor and playwright Pek Siok Lian. It’s LIVE and you are invited. Join in the 2nd Mindspring public forum organized by ACTION Theatre. A platform where issues important and relevant to the future of Singapore theatre are discussed, debated and dissected.

FORUM: More sex please, we’re Singaporeans!

DATE/TIME: Thu 31 March, 8pm

VENUE: The Room Upstairs, ACTION Theatre, 42 Waterloo Street (Off Middle Road)

ADMISSION: Open to public. To request for complimentary tickets, please email beebee@action.org.sg First come, first served. Maximum of 2 tickets per person.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

KUMAR. When they came up with a list of “Uniquely Singapore”, they should have included Kumar. He’s not a just a personality. He’s a tourist attraction. You’ve not been to Singapore if you’ve not been “touched” by Kumar. From Cheers to Ra-Ra Show, to Boom Boom Room, Kumar has been there and done that. Just look at the list of plays he’s been in and you’ll know why he’s a HOT speaker for this hot topic... Hot Pants, My Lonely Tarts, ABUSE SUXX, Close – In My Face and Oh Man!

DESMOND SIM. Desmond Sim has won numerous playwriting awards and is now ACTION Theatre’s Associate Artistic Director and also Director of its Playwriting Spa, a programme of Singapore Theatre Oasis. He spends most of his time helping playwrights creating more Singapore originals for the stage. His long list of memorable plays include Autumn Tomyam, The Swimming Instructor, Hubbies4Hire and Drunken Prawns. He’s also co-written the screenplay for the internationally acclaimed film Beautiful Boxer with Ekachai Uekrongtham.

OVIDIA YU. Ovidia Yu writes from a female Singaporean perspective, having no other. So far over thirty of her pieces have been staged, including ‘3 Fat Virgins’, ‘Viva Viagra’, ‘Breast Issues’, ‘Mistress’ and ‘Love Calls’. She has also received the Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry Young Artist Award, the Fulbright Award, the National Arts Council Young Artist Award and the Singapore Youth Award for Arts and Culture.


Mind Spring Forum is part of ACTION Theatre’s Singapore Theatre Oasis –a series of programmes and activities designed to help nurture a wellspring of Singapore originals for the local stage.
In addition to Mind Spring Forums, other components of Singapore Theatre Oasis include The Playwriting Spa and Theatre Idols.
 

Singapore Theatre Oasis by ACTION Theatre receives nutritional support from Lee Foundation, The Shaw Foundation, National Arts Council, Hewlett-Packard, Singapore Press Holdings, Creative Technology, Grand Plaza Parkroyal, Lightspeed Technologies, Rodyk & Davidson, E-waves Solutions, Worldremind, The Aspara and Cosmoprof International.