Invitationally.

Mon, 16 Mar 2009
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Was very surprised to see this in the mail. For one, I didn’t know who it was from – the red envelope didn’t give away much in terms of information. For another, it had originally been posted to the W!ld Rice office – which kukubird would think I live there!, was my original musing.

The only possible give-away about where the envelope had originated from was the redirection of the envelope from the office to my home address (blurred for privacy). But even that didn’t say much, so I decided to give up deconstructing the envelope and its contents, and opened it to find…

…my invite to the 9th Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards 2009. Sweet.

But it’s a pity cos I can’t go for it; even though I normally have work then, I’ll be undergoing minor surgery on that day and at that time, hence my no-show.

Updated wiki + rationale.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009
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Have updated the Creative Works portion of my wiki, so all are free to go and read/check out the latest works. You’re welcome to muck around inside too – play with the text if it’s there, transfer the text from PDF to the wiki if you want to, create your own works, etc.

The rationale for this is simple:

  1. I’d like to get user feedback as I’m writing. The best way for this is to use a wiki. I know most people haven’t used one before, so don’t worry – I’ll create a simple ‘lesson plan’ soon. (Alternatively, anyone who’s bored can create one for me. Whee for wikis!)
  2. User engagement = business strategy. By involving the audience, I’m (hopefully) engaging them, in the hope that this translates to establishing a solid fan base + customer loyalty. Will this work? It remains to be seen, but I’m hopeful, as you can tell from my repetition of the word in most of its forms.
  3. Last but not least, if mucking around in the dirt results in someone else becoming interested in writing, or at least learning about writing, then it’s one more starfish into the sea, no? 🙂

Shameless plugs

Wed, 20 Aug 2008
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As part of the Festival Activities for the OCBC Singapore Theatre Festival 2008, I’ll be speaking at this panel on Saturday:

LIFE: To Build A **** Society: Uncharted Territories, Untested Waters.
ART: Apocalypse: LIVE!
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008.
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm.
Venue: Drama Centre, Level 3, Function Room 3.
FREE ADMISSION, on a first-come-first-seated basis.

In the future, an environmentally-conscious Singapore will be a multiparty democracy, supported by a free press and a vibrant civil society. In a worldwide poll, Singaporeans are reported as the happiest people in Asia. We can dream, can’t we? We speak to some young people about their wishlist for Singapore’s future.

Panelists:
Laremy Lee – Playwright, Own Time Own Target,
Choo Zheng Xi – Editor, The Online Citizen,
Bernise Ang – Founder, SYINC – a network of Youth in Singapore for social change,
Seelan Pillay – Artist and Social Activist.

Moderator: Ken Kwek – Playwright, Apocalypse: LIVE!

Do come for it if you can. We’ve been working very hard to get ready for it, as evidenced by this exchange of text messages between Ken and myself:

<Laremy Lee> …Anyway do I have to prepare anything for the panel?

<Ken Kwek> Just come naked if possible.

<Laremy Lee> Ok.

<Ken Kwek> But seriously, it would be worth thinking about the following: what do you want to see in Singapore’s future (free press, less malls, etc.). Why do you want these things i.e. why are they important. And finally, how do we achieve them. There you go. That’s the brief.

<Laremy Lee> Can I just go naked? I think my beautiful body will paint a thousand words.

<Ken Kwek> Ok. I’ll let the rest know to come naked as well.

The rest of the conversation is censored but please be assured that whatever we were talking about was said with tongues very firmly in cheeks.

Last but not least, please go get tickets to Apocalypse: LIVE! if you haven’t done so already. It’s a really funny, well-written and thought-provoking piece with killer lines, and a great director and cast to boot. More details here.

OTOT opens tonight, so wish us luck! If you didn’t manage to get tickets, there’s a waitlist for the restaging, so just let me know if you wanna be on it.