About this Event
About the Workshop
Session 1: Introduction to Bangsawan
Date: Saturday, 2 November 2024
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Dive into the rich world of Bangsawan with an introduction to its captivating scripts, exploring essential elements like synopses, plots, characters, and rhythmic verses. Participants will break into groups to elect their scriptwriters and collaborate on individual acts of a larger story, laying the groundwork for creative expression and teamwork.<h4>
Session 2: Script Development and Performance
Date: Saturday, 9 November 2024
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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In our second session, we'll scrutinize the scripts written by each group, ensuring continuity and character consistency. Together, we will weave the individual acts into a cohesive script, followed by a lively reading and character exploration.
Whether you're a seasoned writer or new to scriptwriting, this workshop is a fantastic opportunity to unleash your creativity and engage with a unique cultural art form. Join us and create your original Bangsawan performance!
Spaces are limited, so register now to secure your spot!
Please bring along your laptops.
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About 'A Few Little Words : Stories of Tampines'
Running from 13 October to 1 December 2024, Our Tampines Hub presents a series of writers’ workshops led by Vertical Submarine that will serve as a creative incubator for the community, drawing from everyday experiences and cultural heritage to inspire new narratives that reflect the unique spirit of Tampines. Held in conjunction with the Singapore’s Writers’ Festival (SWF), our lineup of local writers — Wayne Rée, Yeow Kai Chai, Nadiputra, Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray, and Chow Teck Seng — covers genre-based storytelling across horror, music and poetry, Bangsawan, comics and illustration, and more. Residents from all walks of life and backgrounds are welcome to learn, explore and experiment.
The programme will culminate in a publication co-edited by Quarterly Literary Review Singapore (QLRS) and Vertical Submarine, offering a curated collection of stories that resonate with the collective memory and imagination of Tampines residents released in March 2025. "A Few Little Words" aims to honour the past, capture the present, and inspire the future, one story at a time. This is a chance for all passionate storytellers and aspiring writers to have a chance to have their works published.
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About the Facilitator
Almahdi Al-Haj bin Ibrahim, better known as Nadiputra is a playwright, actor, director, producer (television and theatre). Considered by many the Malay Community as the reigning patriach of Malay Theatre and been involved in theatre for more than five decades, having written more than 300 plays for stage, radio and television. Has received numerous awards for his plays including the Cultural Medallion in 1986,the prestigious Literary Award, The Aungerah Tun Seri Lanang in 2013, Receipient of the SEA Writes Award 2020 and Steward of Intangible Cultural Heritage Award 2021,
Described as a warm jovial, humorous yet philosophical individual, he is a prolific writer with hundreds of stage, television and radio drama scripts to his name. Nadiputra believes that “reading generates new ideas while interacting with as many people as possible makes a person comes to terms with realities - and this is essential in scriptwriting
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Our Tampines Hub : Function Rm 2, Level 4, Lobby F or Our Tampines Hub : Space Level 2, Lobby B, 1 Tampines Walk, Tampines, Singapore
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