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SUMMARY:In Conversation: COMMON ROOM
DESCRIPTION:Living in Singapore as young person has never been easy. With the world becoming smaller and louder\, how can we find a haven in our personal spaces at home? What does it mean to create a safe space where we can feel heard and seen for who we truly are? \nJoin us for an intimate conversation with Common Room playwright and co-director ants chua and co-director Claire Wong as they reveal the delicate process of creating a work that speaks to the art of living and loving together. \nRegister now to join us for this insightful conversation!
URL:https://checkpoint-theatre.org/event/in-conversation-common-room/
LOCATION:The White Space (#03-15) at *SCAPE\, 2 Orchard Link
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SUMMARY:Writing and Performing Your Personal Story
DESCRIPTION:Checkpoint Theatre is pleased to offer a SkillsFuture Credit-eligible course led by Associate Artists Adib Kosnan and Lucas Ho. \nAimed at participants with minimal or no prior experience of writing or performing\, this course will teach you to craft and deliver a short self-written story about your personal life. \nParticipants will be given the tools to distil and craft their stories in a polished manner on the page\, and then be equipped with effective communication techniques to present their story in an accomplished manner. \nYou will write a monologue over the course of this session\, and deliver it at the end\, with guidance and feedback from the instructors. \nBy the end of the course\, you will have gained practical experience in the writing and performing of your personal story. The writing and speaking skills acquired will be effective in various personal\, social\, and professional situations such as job interviews\, wedding speeches\, networking sessions\, and even first dates! \nCourse Outline\nWriting (2.5hrs) \n\nElements of a personal story\n– Strengths and challenges of your personal journey\n– Making it memorable\n– Reading and discussing examples of well-written personal stories\nSharing your personal story\n– Knowing your audience: personal\, social and/or professional\n– Identifying moments in your personal journey to share in your story\nWriting your personal story\n– Blending honesty and craft: shaping your personal story into something accessible and relatable\n\nDelivering (2.5hrs) \n\nTelling your story\n– Using narratives for self-expression and confidence building\n– Connecting with your audiences\nPutting it all together\n– Exploring physicality and vocal variety through exercises which will help establish presence and focus as you share your stories.\n\nSharing (2hrs) \n\nDelivering your story\n– 5 – 7 mins per participant\nFeedback\n– Participants will be given feedback and space to refine their work to a presentation that is articulate and relatable.\n\nCourse Runs\nDATES (Choose one): Saturday 11th\, 18th\, or 25th July 2026\nTIME: 9am – 5pm (with a 1 hour lunch break)\nLOCATION: The White Space at *SCAPE (2 Orchard Link\, Singapore 237978) \n*Do note that lunch is not provided \nCourse Fees\n$350 (SkillsFuture claimable) \nRegistration\nTo register for this course\, please click on the link below and fill out the registration form: \nRegistration Form: https://forms.gle/XttuTfRHsSnRMift9 \n For more info: https://tinyurl.com/skillsfutureworkshop \nWhen filling out the form\, please select whether you would like to use your SkillsFuture credits — either in full\, or partially\, or not at all.  \nIf you wish to use your SkillsFuture credits to completely offset the course fee\, you will be contacted by Checkpoint Theatre Limited with further instructions on payment and submitting a claim on the MySkillsFuture portal. \nIf you wish to use your SkillsFuture credits to only partially offset the course fee\, you will be contacted by Checkpoint Theatre Limited with further instructions on submitting a claim on the MySkillsFuture portal\, as well as for payment to the company for the remainder of your course fee. \nIf you do not wish to use your SkillsFuture credits at all\, you will be contacted by Checkpoint Theatre Limited with further instructions on payment directly to the company. \nPlease note that credits under “SkillsFuture Credit (Mid-Career)” are not eligible to be used for this course. \nRegistration will only be confirmed when: \n\nFor participants using SkillsFuture Credits to offset all or part of the course fee — Payment has been made to Checkpoint Theatre Limited for the remaining course fee if the course fee is partially offset by SkillsFuture credits\, and once you have submitted a claim on the MySkillsFuture portal.\nFor participants not using SkillsFuture Credits — Full payment has been made directly to Checkpoint Theatre Limited.\n\nPlease ensure that you are able to attend the entirety of the session. Refunds will not be given if you are not able to attend the session\, or if you have to leave early during the session. \n\nAbout The Instructors \nAdib Kosnan \nAdib is an actor\, writer\, director\, educator\, and an Associate Artist with Checkpoint Theatre. He is also a National Arts Council (NAC) scholar with a MA in Arts Pedagogy and Practice from Goldsmiths\, University of London\, UK.  \nAdib has performed in numerous productions for the English and Malay-language stage since 2003\, and writes and directs extensively in both languages. His play 28.8 (2017) was nominated for Best Original Script at The Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards 2018. He is also a founding member of Singaporean playwright collective Main Tulis Group.  \nAdib views theatre as a space to shape thought and life through socially engaged work. As a co-lead artist for Both Sides\, Now: Mengukir Harapan (2021–2022)\, Adib spearheaded engagement around end-of-life conversations within the Malay-Muslim community.  He also worked on Air (2024)\, a verbatim theatre project amplifying Orang Seletar voices on displacement and identity. Adib also teaches forum theatre and facilitation as an Adjunct Lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts. \nAs an educator\, Adib conducts and facilitates Checkpoint Theatre’s school and public  workshops and programmes. He especially enjoys the collaborative nature of theatre and sharing what he has discovered from wearing his multiple hats. \n  \nLucas Ho \nLucas Ho is a writer\, director\, and educator; and an Associate Artist with Checkpoint Theatre in Singapore. In 2023\, Lucas received the National Arts Council Postgraduate Scholarship\, and attended the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London\, UK\, where he completed an MFA in Writing for the Stage and Broadcast Media\, with distinction. \nHis full-length plays include FRAGO (2017)\, The Heart Comes to Mind (2020)\, and Tender Submission (2023) which was nominated for Best Original Script at the Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards 2024. \nLucas has taught the introductory and advanced playwriting seminars at the National University of Singapore\, and was part of the faculty of Literary Arts at School of the Arts\, Singapore (SOTA). While at SOTA\, he created Singapore’s first 7-hours-a-week\, 8-week-long playwriting programme for 13-year-olds. \nLucas also serves as a script reader\, moderator\, and playwriting resource person for Centre 42\, an incubatory space committed to the development\, documentation and promotion of Singapore theatre. He has led table reads and mentored playwrights as part of this platform. \nHe has also edited various play anthologies by Checkpoint Theatre\, including Faith Ng: Plays Volume 1 (2016) and Joel Tan: Plays Volume 1 (2015). Lucas continues to direct and facilitate Checkpoint Theatre’s school and public workshops and programmes — where original Singaporean writing is presented\, and where participants are guided to create their own works.
URL:https://checkpoint-theatre.org/event/skillsfuture-workshop/
LOCATION:The White Space at *SCAPE\, 2 Orchard Link\, 237978
CATEGORIES:Events,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Common Room
DESCRIPTION:When two young adults get the rare opportunity to share a living space of their own in Singapore\, it’s all too easy to fall into mundane patterns of domestic responsibility. But within these rote routines lies the magic of profound late night conversations about one’s place in the world\, spontaneous deep dives into exes and lost friends\, and musings about what the future holds. \nCommon Room by ants chua is a celebration of the emotional\, physical\, and relational work of queer living. Directors Claire Wong and ants chua reveal a rare insight into the domestic spaces that allow us to be the most vulnerable\, and the tender efforts we make to grapple with our past mistakes and our present selves. This intimate two-hander sees actors Genevieve Tan and Siti Sara Hamid delicately unfold the layers of identity\, of queerness\, and of vocation. \nAn exploration of loving\, living and dreaming amidst the relentless rhythm and rupture of daily life\, Common Room is both familiar and new; at once poetic and irreverent. Amidst the ongoing rupture and repair of friendships\, despite the impossibilities and failures of language\, how can we continue reaching toward each other? \n  \nUnderstudy Showcase Performance\nFor the performance on Sat 25 July\, 8pm\, the role of You will be played by Elle Cheng\, in place of Genevieve Tan. \nAccess Information\nThe performances on Sat 18 July\, 3pm and Fri 24 July\, 8pm are captioned.\nIf you require seats with the best view of the captions\, please write to contact@checkpoint-theatre.org after purchasing your tickets. \nLimited wheelchair seating is available by reservation only.\nPlease write to contact@checkpoint-theatre.org to book accessible seats. \nPost-Show Dialogues\nThere will be post-show dialogues with playwright-director ants chua and director Claire Wong after the matinee performances on Sun 19 July\, 3pm and Sat 25 July\, 3pm. Audience members of the corresponding performances are welcome to attend.
URL:https://checkpoint-theatre.org/event/common-room/
LOCATION:Drama Centre Black Box\, #03-01 National Library Building\, 100 Victoria St\, 188064\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Productions
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SUMMARY:A Matter of Taste
DESCRIPTION:A dish for every story. \nWith an impressive culinary journey that spans over two decades\, Chef Ivan Brehm has worked in — and headed — some of the world’s best kitchens. With A Matter of Taste\, be seated at Nouri\, his Michelin-starred restaurant\, as you indulge in a feast for all senses — stories from his varied life across the globe\, a journey of self-discovery charted and reimagined on your plate with each delicious dish. \nIvan Brehm and Huzir Sulaiman team up to pull the curtain back on the culinary experience and the chef’s life as we know it. A Matter of Taste is a dinner event with an accompanying talk that runs from 18–30 August 2026. Subscribe to our mailing list\, Telegram channel\, and follow us on Instagram and Facebook to be the first to know when reservations go live.
URL:https://checkpoint-theatre.org/event/a-matter-of-taste/
LOCATION:Restaurant Nouri\, 72 Amoy Street\, 069891
CATEGORIES:Productions
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