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Boiler Room Cycle 2016

Eugene — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 12:19:57 +0000

Following from the Open Call in April 2016, we are delighted to welcome on board Boiler Room Cycle 2016 Playwrights:

Al-Matin Yatim | “Ring In A Desert”

Christian Huber | “BON”

Isaac Lim | “I Am A*MEI”

Timothy Nga | “Where Has The Good Man Gone?”

Zee Wong | “Portmanteau”

The playwrights will now embark on putting their new works through a phased incubation framework:

3-4 month Research & Consulting Phase (7 July 2016 – 6 November 2016)
5 month Construction & Writing Phase (7 November 2016 – 6 April 2017)
3 month Review Phase & Test-Read(s) ( 7 April 2017 – 6 July 2017)

The Resident Director and Dramaturg will be on hand to provide stewardship in terms of regular consultations, dialogues and recommendations.

Read The Straits Times Life! interview (19 July 2016) with the playwrights.

Special thanks goes out to Zizi Azah and Nelson Chia (Nine Years Theatre) for their valuable feedback and contributions as part of the selection panel alongside our resident director Casey Lim and resident dramaturg Dr Robin Loon.

Quick Facts!

34 applications were received during the 1-month Open Call period (7 April to 6 May 2016).
More than half of these applicants have not had any previous works staged.
11 applicants were shortlisted by a panel comprising the Centre’s resident director Casey Lim, resident dramaturg Dr Robin Loon, and playwright/director Zizi Azah.
The final 5 playwrights were selected after an interview on 18 and 19 June 2016 with the panel comprising the Centre’s resident director Casey Lim, resident dramaturg Dr Robin Loon, and Nine Years Theatre’s Artistic Director, Nelson Chia.

Information updated as of 19 July 2016.

Boiler Room is Centre 42’s platform for new works and works-in-the-making. Texts and ideas selected through an annual open call will be put through a comprehensive process of refinement and hothousing. The Centre aims to customise a developmental process that is appropriate to both the work and its creator(s).

Boiler Room Cycle 2015

Intern C42 — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:39:51 +0000

Following from the Open Call in April 2015, we are delighted to welcome on board Boiler Room Cycle 2015 Playwrights:

Tan Liting | “B*tch”

Nabilah Said | “State Land”

The playwrights will now embark on putting their new works through a phased incubation framework:

3 month Research Phase (7 July 2015 – 7 Oct 2015)
3 month Construction Phase (7 Oct 2015 – 7 Jan 2016)
4-week Writing Period ( 7 Jan 2016 – 7 Feb 2016)

The Resident Director and Dramaturg will be on hand to provide stewardship in terms of regular consultations, dialogues and recommendations.

Special thanks goes out to Tan Tarn How and Nelson Chia (Nine Years Theatre) for their valuable feedback and contributions as part of the selection panel alongside our resident director Casey Lim and resident dramaturg Dr Robin Loon.

Quick Facts!

37 applications were received during the 1-month Open Call period (7 April to 6 May 2015).
Youngest applicant: 18 years old; and oldest applicant: 51 years old.
More than half of these applicants have not had any previous works staged.
10 applicants were shortlisted by a panel comprising of the Centre’s resident director Casey Lim, resident dramaturg Dr Robin Loon, and established playwright Tan Tarn How.
The final 2 playwrights were selected after an interview on 6 June 2015 with the panel comprising of the Centre’s resident director Casey Lim, resident dramaturg Dr Robin Loon, and Nine Years Theatre’s Artistic Director, Nelson Chia.

Information updated as of 7 July 2015.

Boiler Room is Centre 42’s platform for new works and works-in-the-making. Texts and ideas selected through an annual open call will be put through a comprehensive process of refinement and hothousing. The Centre aims to customise a developmental process that is appropriate to both the work and its creator(s).

Boiler Room Cycle 2014

Eugene — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 04:34:25 +0000

Following from the Open Call in April 2016, we are delighted to welcome on board Boiler Room Cycle 2014 Playwrights:

Daniel Chan | “Inside The Box”

Suzanne Choo | “Lost Words”

Bryan Tan | “Paper Tigers”

The playwrights will now embark on putting their new works through a phased incubation framework:

3 month Research Phase (7 July 2014 – 7 Oct 2014)
3 month Construction Phase (7 Oct 2014 – 7 Jan 2015)
4-week Writing Period ( 7 Jan 2015 – 7 Feb 2015)

The Resident Director and Dramaturg will be on hand to provide stewardship in terms of regular consultations, dialogues and recommendations.

Special thanks goes out to Dr KK Seet and Nelson Chia (Nine Years Theatre) for their valuable feedback and contributions as part of the selection panel alongside our resident director Casey Lim and resident dramaturg Dr Robin Loon.

Quick Facts!

28 applications were received during the 2-month Open Call period (7 April to 7 June 2014)
Youngest applicant: 18 years old; and oldest applicant: 74 years old
More than half of these applicants have not had any previous works staged
10 applicants were shortlisted by a panel comprising of the Centre’s resident director Casey Lim, resident dramaturg Dr Robin Loon, and theatre veteran Dr KK Seet.
The final 3 playwrights were selected after an interview on 28 June 2014 with the panel comprising of the Centre’s resident director Casey Lim, resident dramaturg Dr Robin Loon, and Nine Years Theatre’s Artistic Director, Nelson Chia.34 applications were received during the 1-month Open Call period (7 April to 6 May 2016).

Information updated as of 7 July 2014.

Boiler Room is Centre 42’s platform for new works and works-in-the-making. Texts and ideas selected through an annual open call will be put through a comprehensive process of refinement and hothousing. The Centre aims to customise a developmental process that is appropriate to both the work and its creator(s).

Open Call for Boiler Room 2016 Playwrights!

C42 Admin — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 10:20:08 +0000

Do you enjoy the process of researching, constructing, and reviewing when developing your play-script?

If you do, then Boiler Room is the platform for you to write for the stage.

Boiler Room 2016 is a 12-month playwriting incubation programme. The focus is on developing ideas/scripts/texts written in English that are intended to be developed for the theatre. The intended outcome of this programme is the completion of read-ready drafts of the projects.

During this period, playwrights will work at their own pace while operating within a rigorous and specified framework, broadly outlined as:

Research Phase (July 2016 – Oct 2016)
Construction Phase (Oct 2016 – Jan 2017)
Writing Period (Jan 2017 – Feb 2017)
Review Phase (Mar 2017 – April 2017)

This programme is guided by the Centre’s resident dramaturg Dr Robin Loon[1] and resident director Casey Lim[2]. Acting as stewards, they will shape the process in accordance to the playwright’s project-specific creation needs. A large part of the process includes regular consultations and dialogues with, and discussing recommendations provided by the stewards.

Yes, this is for me.

Apply:

The open call period is from 7 April 2016 to 6 May 2016 (closing at 2359hrs).
Download the Application form, and submit the completed form to BoilerRoom@centre42.sg.
All applications received during the open call will be assessed by the Centre’s programme stewards and a specially-appointed External Selection assessor.
Shortlisted applicants will be informed latest by 27 May 2016.

Interview:

All shortlisted applicants must attend a face-to-face interview at Centre 42 on either 18 or 19 June 2016. The interview panel will comprise the Centre’s programme stewards and another specially-appointed External Interview assessor.
All applicants will be notified of results by 7 July 2016.

Journey:

Successful applicants will be announced on 7 July 2016. Your journey as a Boiler Room 2016 playwright begins.

Need for information?

Read more about the Boiler Room process and Application requirements in the FAQ.
Get a sense of the programme from Boiler Room 2014’s happenings.
Email your queries and/or submission to BoilerRoom@centre42.sg.

[1] Dr Robin Loon is also Centre 42’s Chief Consultant.
[2] Casey Lim is also Centre 42’s Executive Director.

Open Call for Playwrights!

StudioAMK — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 01:54:49 +0000

Do you enjoy the process of researching, constructing, and reviewing when developing your play-script?

If you do, then Boiler Room is the platform for you to write for the stage.

Into its second cycle, Boiler Room 2015 is a 9-12 months playwriting incubation programme. The focus is on developing ideas/scripts/texts written in English that are intended to be developed for the theatre. The intended outcome of this programme is the completion of read-ready drafts of the projects.

During this period, playwrights will work at their own pace while operating within a rigorous and specified framework, broadly outlined as:

Research Phase (July 2015 – Oct 2015)
Construction Phase (Oct 2015 – Jan 2016)
Writing Period (Jan 2016 – Feb 2016)
Review Phase (Mar 2016 – April 2016)

Yes, this is for me.

Apply:

The open call period is from 7 April 2015 to 6 May 2015 (2359hrs).
Download the Application form, and submit the completed form to BoilerRoom@centre42.sg.
All applications received during the open call will be assessed by the Centre’s programme stewards and a specially-appointed External Selection assessor.
Shortlisted applicants will be informed latest by 27 May 2015.

Interview:

All shortlisted applicants must attend a face-to-face interview at Centre 42 on either 6 or 7 June 2015. The interview panel will comprise the Centre’s programme stewards and another specially-appointed External Interview assessor.
All applicants will be notified of results 7 July 2015 (updated).

Journey:

Successful applicants will be announced on 7 July 2015. Your journey as a Boiler Room 2015 playwright begins.

Need for information?

Read more about the Boiler Room process and Application requirements in the FAQ.
Get a sense of the programme from Boiler Room 2014’s happenings.
Email your queries and/or submission to BoilerRoom@centre42.sg.

[1] Dr Robin Loon is also Centre 42’s Chief Consultant.
[2] Casey Lim is also Centre 42’s Executive Director.

Boiler Room 2014 Timeline

StudioAMK — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 20:06:05 +0000

Boiler Room 2014 is the inaugural cycle that was launched in April 2014. As a pilot programme, the process is continually under refinement to ensure that a robust yet valuable framework is provided to guide playwrights in developing their ideas/text.

The timeline below documents the Boiler Room 2014 process:

BR2014 was launched on 7 April 2014

07 Apr 2014
BR2014: Open Call for Playwrights
The pilot 2014 cycle of the Boiler Room is a 9-12 months project-specific content creation incubation programme.

This cycle focuses on ideas/scripts/texts written in English that are in development or intending to be developed for theatre. The intended outcome of the programme is the completion of read-ready drafts of the projects.

The process begins with an open call for playwrights from 7 April 2014 to 7 June 2014. All successful idea/scripts/texts invited will go through:
• 3 month Research Phase (7 July 2014 – 7 Oct 2014)
• 3 month Construction Phase (7 Oct 2014 – 7 Jan 2015)
• 4-week Writing Period ( 7 Jan 2015 – 7 Feb 2015)

Read more about the Open Call application process and FAQ here.
07 Jun 2014
BR2014: End of Open Call
After a 2-month open call period, Boiler Room (Cycle 2014) received 28 applications.
08 Jun 2014
BR2014: Evaluation, Shortlist and Interviews
The selection panel comprised of Dr KK Seet, Nelson Chia (of Nine Years Theatre), Casey Lim (our resident director), Dr Robin Loon (our resident dramaturg). Over the period of one month, the panel reviewed all submissions and interviewed shortlisted applicants.
07 Jul 2014
BR2014: Playwrights Selected
On 7 July 2014, we announced and welcomed our inaugural group of Boiler Room Playwrights:

[L-R]: Suzanne, Bryan, Daniel
Daniel Chan Yee An for “Inside the Box”
Suzanne Choo for“Working Spaces” (working title)
Bryan Tan for “Paper Tigers”

Special thanks goes out to Dr KK Seet and Nelson Chia (Nine Years Theatre) for their valuable feedback and contributions as part of the selection panel alongside our resident director Casey Lim and resident dramaturg Dr Robin Loon.

Read more about the Boiler Room 2014 Playwrights and their ideas here.
15 Jul 2014
BR2014: Research Phase Begins
BR playwrights commenced the 1st phase of the programme – a 3-month long Research period – where they investigate and research on plays, writing techniques and the subject material of their ideas. Weekly meetings are held with our programme stewards Casey Lim and Dr Robin Loon to discuss the playwrights’ reflections on their progress and assignments.
07 Oct 2014
BR2014: Research Phase Ends
The playwrights’ last assignment for the Research Phase was to reflect upon the 3 months past and pen down those thoughts.

Personal reflections about the process:
from Daniel Chan
from Bryan Tan
from Suzanne Choo

They take a short break before continuing on to the next phase of the journey.
28 Oct 2014
BR2014: Construction Phase
The 2nd phase of the BR play-writing journey – the Construction period – is 3 months long. In this period, BRplaywrights will look into developing characters, and compose the structure of their plays.

This phase is ongoing until early January 2015.
07 Jan 2015
BR2014: Writing Phase
The actual writing begins here. BRplaywrights dedicate 4 weeks of putting pen to paper to complete the draft(s) of their scripts. Their final drafts were submitted on 7 Feb 2015, and reviewed with the help of external assessor Haresh Sharma, resident playwright of The Necessary Stage.
07 Feb 2015
BR2014: Review Phase Begins
The review phase evaluates the first drafts of the scripts from perspectives and expertise of an established playwright, a practicing director and experienced actor(s).

For the 2014 cycle, playwright Haresh Sharma will provide his critique to all three BRplaywrights’ scripts. Directors involved are identified and invited by the two Boiler Room stewards. In this phase, each BRplaywright’s script will be scrutinized by a different director. The directors will then recommend and cast the actors required for the script.

A test-read is conducted for each script. The test-read serves as a platform for the director and actors to investigate the text, without the direct involvement of the script’s playwright. During the session, the playwright and invited observers will first be immersed in the dramatized reading as audience, then participate in a critical discussion on the script.

After receiving separate sets of feedback – one from Haresh, one from the test-read director and actors – the BRplaywright and Centre 42 team will then decide if the script will go on to be prepared for a trial presentation for content producers, or to be further worked on in the review stage.
- Edith Podesta will be directing BRplaywright Daniel Chan’s test-read on 28 March 2015.
- Nelson Chia will be directing BRplaywright Suzanne Choo’s test-read on 18 April 2015.
- BRplaywright Bryan Tan is on a parallel review track that requires additional drafting time, due to the complexity of the material.
More information about the test-reads to follow. Stay tuned!
28 Mar 2015
BR2014: Test-Read of Daniel Chan's "Reprieve"
The test-read of the script written by Daniel Chan, titled “Reprieve”, was directed by Edith Podesta and read by actors Crispian Chan, Chng Xin Xuan, Siti Nur Shafiqhah and Timothy Nga.

The cast rehearsed for 3 days without the involvement of the playwright and presented their interpretation of the play as penned in the playwright’s words on paper. After the read, a lively discussion ensued among the director, actors, playwright and invited observers. Questions were asked by the cast to clarify the playwright’s intention and ideas behind the characters and world he conceived.

Actors (L-R): Timothy Nga, Siti Nur Shafiqhah, Crispian Chan, Chng Xin Xuan

Post-Read Discussion with invited observers

Read about BR playwright Daniel Chan’s reflections post the Test-Read here.

This play-script will undergo revision and will next be staged in a closed-door Trial Presentation in May 2015. Daniel has updated the play’s title to “Go, Going”.
18 Apr 2015
BR2014: Test-Read of Suzanne Choo's "Lost Words"
The test-read of the script written by Suzanne Choo, titled “Lost Words”, was directed by Nelson Chia and read by actors Dwayne Lau, Mia Chee, Hang Qian Chou, Prem John, Nora Samosir and Jean Toh.

[L-R] Nelson Chia, Mia Chee, Hang Qian Chou, Dwayne Lau, Prem John, Jean Toh, Nora Samosir
The cast rehearsed for 3 days without the involvement of the playwright and presented their interpretation of the play as penned in the playwright’s words on paper. A discussion among the director, actors and invited observers followed after the live read. The entire session was recorded for the purposes of review by the playwright as Suzanne was unable to be present during the Test-Read session.

Read about BR playwright Suzanne Choo’s reflections post the Test-Read here.

This play-script will undergo revision by the playwright. Details of its next-stage development will be announced soon.
14 May 2015
BR2014: Trial-Presentation of Daniel Chan's "Go, Going"
2 months after the 1st test-read of his script “Reprieve”, playwright Daniel Chan went on to edit it with inputs received from Haresh Sharma and feedback heard from the 1st test-read.

The updated playscript, with a revised titled “Go, Going” was then presented as a dramatised read-performance in a closed-door Trial Presentation. Directed by Edith Podesta and performed by Eugene Tan, Nur Shafiqhah, Chng Xin Xuan, Dominic Ng, Chanel Chan, Neo Swee Lin and Lian Sutton.

Dramatised Reading directed by Edith Podesta

The trial presentation was attended by invited observers and producers.

Further to this session, feedback was provided to Daniel separately. He then embarked on another phase of revision to the play. With regular consultation sessions with Casey and Robin over the following 8 months, Daniel crystalised his ideas and storytelling into his final draft script, titled “The Pagan’s Progress”.

The Boiler Room journey for Daniel comes to a close at this juncture.

An interview with BR playwright Daniel Chan on his 1.5 year journey will be shared soon.
20 Mar 2016
BR2014: Test-Read of Bryan Tan's "Paper Tigers"
The test-read of the script written by Bryan Tan, titled “Paper Tigers”, was directed by Casey Lim and read by actors Koh Boon Pin, Ian Tan and Ali Khan.

Table Read and Discussion

This was a table read where actors, playwright, director and invited observers sat together at the table listening to the text performed by the actors. After the read, a serious discussion ensued at the table where questions and suggestions were directed to the playwright to clarify his intention in certain scenes and play structure.

The Boiler Room journey for Bryan comes to a close at this juncture. There were invaluable feedback received at this test-read which we hope Bryan will take into consideration when he develops “Paper Tigers” further.

An interview with BR playwright Bryan Tan on his 1.5 year journey will be shared soon.
12 Apr 2016
BR2014: 2nd Test-Read of Suzanne Choo's "Lost Words"
After spending almost another 9 months rewriting her script, Suzanne Choo submitted an updated draft of the play in January 2016. The title remains as “Lost Words”; the premise of the play has changed, the characters all new. This 2nd test-read was directed by Timothy Nga and read by actors Pavan Singh, Erwin Shah Ismail, Karen Tan, Zee Wong and Serene Chen.

[L-R] Serene Chen, Erwin Shah Ismail, Karen Tan
A discussion among the playwright, director, actors and invited observers followed after the live read.

While the Boiler Room journey for Suzanne comes to a close at this juncture, the invaluable feedback received along the way will continue to help her shape this important story about Literature and its impact in our society.

An interview with BR playwright Suzanne Choo on her 1.5 year journey will be shared soon.

Email all queries and entries to BoilerRoom@centre42.sg.

Open Call for Playwrights!

StudioAMK — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:42:53 +0000

Do you wish to write for the stage?

We recognise that in order for artists and writers to create significant and meaningful new work and/or texts, they must work at their own pace while operating within a rigorous and specified incubation framework. The Boiler Room Cycle 2014 offers exactly that – the Boiler Room is Centre 42’s platform for new works and works-in-the-making.

The pilot 2014 cycle of the Boiler Room will be a 9-12 months project-specific content creation incubation programme. This cycle will focus on ideas/scripts/texts written in English that are in development or intending to be developed for theatre. The intended outcome of the programme is the completion of read-ready drafts of the projects.

The process begins with an open call that will begin on 7 April 2014 and will close on 7 June 2014. All applications received during the open call will be assessed by the Centre’s Resident Director, Resident Dramaturg and a specially-appointed External Selection assessor.

Shortlisted applicants will be informed latest by 16 June 2014.

All shortlisted applicants must attend a face-to-face interview at Centre 42 on either 21, 22, 28 or 29 June 2014. The interview panel will comprise the Centre’s Resident Director, Resident Dramaturg and another specially-appointed External Interview assessor

Successful applicants will be announced on 7 July 2014 at Centre 42.

All successful idea/scripts/texts invited to join the Boiler Room Programme will go through:

– 3 month Research Phase (7 July 2014 – 7 Oct 2014)

– 3 month Construction Phase (7 Oct 2014 – 7 Jan 2015)

– 4-week Writing Period ( 7 Jan 2015 – 7 Feb 2015)

The Resident Director and Dramaturg will be on hand to provide stewardship in terms of regular consultations, dialogues and recommendations.

Here’s how you can participate:

1. Find out more about the Boiler Room process and Application requirements in the FAQ.

2. Download the application form here.

3. Email your queries and/or submission to BoilerRoom@centre42.sg.

Submission deadline is 7 June 2014.

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Boiler Room Cycle 2016

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Open Call for Boiler Room 2016 Playwrights!

Do you enjoy the process of researching, constructing, and reviewing when developing your play-script?

Yes, this is for me.

[1] Dr Robin Loon is also Centre 42’s Chief Consultant. [2] Casey Lim is also Centre 42’s Executive Director.

Open Call for Playwrights!

Do you enjoy the process of researching, constructing, and reviewing when developing your play-script?

Yes, this is for me.

[1] Dr Robin Loon is also Centre 42’s Chief Consultant. [2] Casey Lim is also Centre 42’s Executive Director.

Boiler Room 2014 Timeline

BR2014: Open Call for Playwrights

BR2014: End of Open Call

BR2014: Evaluation, Shortlist and Interviews

BR2014: Playwrights Selected

BR2014: Research Phase Begins

BR2014: Research Phase Ends

BR2014: Construction Phase

BR2014: Writing Phase

BR2014: Review Phase Begins

BR2014: Test-Read of Daniel Chan's "Reprieve"

BR2014: Test-Read of Suzanne Choo's "Lost Words"

BR2014: Trial-Presentation of Daniel Chan's "Go, Going"

BR2014: Test-Read of Bryan Tan's "Paper Tigers"

BR2014: 2nd Test-Read of Suzanne Choo's "Lost Words"

Open Call for Playwrights!

Do you wish to write for the stage?

[1] Dr Robin Loon is also Centre 42’s Chief Consultant.
[2] Casey Lim is also Centre 42’s Executive Director.

[1] Dr Robin Loon is also Centre 42’s Chief Consultant.
[2] Casey Lim is also Centre 42’s Executive Director.