Brown Voices is Singapore’s first collective of Indian theatre practitioners and playwrights founded by freelance Indian actor-director-playwright Grace Kalaiselvi. Now a 12-member team, Brown Voices supports, encourages and trains each other towards the writing of quality play scripts where the narratives by Indians in Singapore take centre stage.
These stories stem from the writers’ diverse personal experiences, readings, and research interests. The collective aims to not only create new plays but to also stage them as dramatized readings or full-scale productions.
In the first term of their residency, they look forward to hosting more full-length dramatized reads, short public readings and host workshops based on members’ expertise and interests.
Upcoming with Brown Voices
Mythology Mini-Series: Purana Residences and Makyng the Myth Myne
by Hemang Yadav
8 – 10 October 2021
Past Activities
- Nation & Writing: Using National Allegory in Playwriting by Hemang Yadav
13 – 14 August 2021 - More Than a Red Dot: A Survey of SG Indian Things by Vithya Subramaniam
23 – 24 August & 3-4 September 2021
The Co-Lab Residency is an artist-driven space for collaborative exploration of text-based practice, with an emphasis on peer to peer learning & resource creation. 2021 is the first iteration of the Co-Lab Residency with a total of 4 Resident Collectives. Read more here.
