Tag: short & sweet
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Break a Leg: “It’s the End of the World & I Love You”
My short musical, “It’s the End of the World & I Love You” is being performed this week at the Kuala Lumpur Short & Sweet Musical Festival 2017. It’s being directed by fellow writer and director Terence Toh — though he admits this is his first hand at directing a musical. I think he’ll do…
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“Words to Say”: Encore Performance in KL
There we are – writer/director with Lexi and Ysabel hanging out at the pre-show meeting last night. We’ve been riding our script for quite a while now. Our short play, “Words to Say at the End of the World” won 5 awards at the festival in August, and it just keeps living on. We had…
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“A Pinch of Fate” – My Play Opens in Sydney, Australia Today
I’m very excited (and very sad because I can’t be there) to have my short play, “A Pinch of Fate, A Shot of Destiny”, opening tonight as part of the Short & Sweet Theatre Festival in Sydney, Australia. It will be performed five times from Feb 4-8 at The Fusebox, Factory Theatre, Marrickville. The piece…
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Insight into Writing my New Show (3)
Only a couple more days until opening night of the new show I’ve written. I had previously highlighted the first 6 dramatic sketches and here are the other four. “A Woman at War” is a WWII historical mini-musical which focuses on a woman, Sarah, saying goodbye to her new husband on the home front, and…
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Script chosen for Short & Sweet Theatre KL – “Almighty Might”
I’m thrilled to announce that my dramatic sketch “Almighty Might” has been selected for inclusion in this year’s Short & Sweet Theatre Festival KL. I’m super excited about it. I wrote “Almighty Might” a couple of years ago for my drama group The RLT Players, which I formed after being inspired by a Malaysian drama…
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My Musical “Captured in Time & Space” Heading to Short & Sweet KL 2013
As I mentioned in my last post, I’m very excited that the 10-minute musical I wrote with my musician collaborator, Shion Beak, was selected to be produced and performed for Short & Sweet Musical KL on September 25-28. Here’s how it happened: March: I wrote the lyrics of Captured in Time & Space, set to…
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My Summer Writing Plans
I have three weeks of busyness ahead of me, and then writing time. Next week is drama week with the debut of my new play, “Grandparents’ War.” Then a few days of review with my students and then exam week. After that, freedom for the summer. And that means writing! Here’s what I currently have…
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My Script Chosen by Short & Sweet Malaysia!
My newly penned script entitled “Drive All Night” has been selected to be featured as part of Penang’s first ever Short & Sweet Malaysia (theatre category). http://shortandsweetmalaysia.blogspot.com/ My script will be directed by Amanda Khoo and performed at the Short & Sweet Festival at Penang Performing Arts Centre on Sept 10-Sept 15. I’ll be heading over…
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