F'FRIENDS

6 scenes, 6 rooms, 6 couples - F’Friends, an original new full-length play by Jocelyn Chua and presented to you by this collective, takes place in various rooms across different HDB flats in Singapore and explores the intimacy of those in the thick of love, loins and awkward silences. Watch how relationships spill beyond the messy boundaries of the heart as friends look forward to more than the regular listening ear but find themselves tussling through strong desires, intense chemistries and countless piercing consequences. So skip the chase, keep your hands to yourself, and uncover the private conversations of pending lovers who prioritise sex over romance and best friends whose friendship works best under covers.

VENUE: The Arts House Play Den

DATE: 18, 19, 20, 21 JAN 2012

TIME: 8PM (incl. 3PM on Sat 21 JAN 2012)

TICKETS:
Online - www.bytes.sg
Email - bytes@toph.com.sg
In person - The Arts House Box Office
1 Old Parliament Lane Singapore 179429
Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday - 10am to 8pm
Sunday & Public Holiday - Closed
(Open 1 hour before show time for ticketed events)
Ticketing Hotline - (65) 6332 6919

For more information, visit www.facebook.com/FFriends2012

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this collective is a group of writers, performers and all-round theatre makers keen on exploring creative possibilities with like-minded theatre enthusiasts. F'Friends is our inaugural theatre project, in collaboration with Jocelyn Chua, published playwright, theatre performer and drama educator currently based in Singapore.

The Substation Love Letters Project - FEBRUARY!

Nightjar Reading Series Oct 2010

Nightjar Readings Series
presents
Jocelyn Chua

And Whose Heart is not a Hungry Fish?

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
6.00pm

NTU HSS Creative Studio

A journey through the territories that belie our human relationships, And Whose Heart is not a Hungry Fish? is a 45-minute solo performance devised and performed by local theatre artist Jocelyn Chua. Featuring physical theatre choreography, semi-autobiographical stories, scientific research, voice-over text and poetry, this piece delves into the themes of human desire and forbidden love affairs through a reinvestigation of the urban myths surrounding the SPG - Sarong Party Girl.

Originally conceived and performed as part of SURGE Goldsmiths College MA in Performance Making festival of final graduation shows, And Whose Heart is not a Hungry Fish? premiered in London in 2008, before touring to the 8th International School for Actors & Directors at DAH Theatre Research Centre, Belgrade, Serbia in 2009.

This will be the first time the solo piece is performed in full in Singapore.

Jocelyn Chua is a published playwright, theatre performer and drama educator currently based in Singapore. Her work engages with aspects of physical theatre, writing for the stage and the choreography of movement with text. After graduating with Distinction in the MA Performance Making programme at Goldsmiths College, University of London, Jocelyn continued to create and present her original works both locally and overseas. Last year, she was invited to perform a self-devised solo piece commissioned by The Substation entitled Love Song for an Island at the 5th Aquarius Era Festival of Dance, Visual and Physical Theatre in Bourgas, Bulgaria.

Moving with Awareness Experiential Workshop

Moving with Awareness Experiential Workshop

by Jocelyn Chua

22 April 2010 Thursday

7:30pm – 9:30pm

Awareness Place Well-Being Centre @ Bras Basah Complex, 231 Bain Street, #03-39

Many of you might have heard the benefits of doing meditation but dreaded the long hours of sitting still. But did you know that meditation can be practiced while you are moving too? In this experiential workshop, you will get to learn to visualise and be aware of how your posture could affect your emotional and mental state. Join Jocelyn to learn to be more mindful in a creative way! Come in your most comfortable attire as you will be doing simple physical activities with her. Limited to the first 20 participants who register!

Free admission for all

Registrations & Questions

CALL 6849 5346

SMS 9868 0495

EMAIL wsdp@kmspks.org

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Jocelyn Chua is a drama educator and theatre performer currently based in Singapore. She pursued an MA in Performance Making at Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK, where she obtained a Distinction for her graduation performance And Whose Heart is not a Hungry Fish?, a self-devised solo piece partly inspired by physical theatre training techniques. Jocelyn has performed in various theatre productions both locally and overseas, as well as trained with various performance practitioners in contact improvisation, dance theatre and devised theatre practice, including Germany-based Fabrik Potsdam, Serbia-based DAH Theatre Research Centre, Japan-based Leni Basso and Singapore-based Ecnad. She is currently teaching drama and playwriting at various local institutions.

Singapore Writers Festival 2009

Parents and Children, Lovers and Dates: Readings of Plays & Short Prose

Date/Time: Sun 1 Nov 2009, 3–4.30 pm

Venue: Earshot Café, The Arts House

Price: FREE

http://www.singaporewritersfestival.com/programmes-special-events.php#307

A hasty cremation, dreams of being gifted, an intimate first date, a woman who can’t commit suicide, a father’s ‘love’—five touching stories of parenthood and coupling from five exciting writers. For a thought-provoking time, make a date with the members of Magdalena (Singapore) as we read excerpts from our latest plays and short prose…

Works to be featured:
- ‘Selling Your Daughter for a Pig and a Carton of Cigarettes’ by Dora Tan
- ‘Gifted’ by Dean Lundquist
- ‘Questions Tied in a Knot’ by Shelly Quick
- ‘The Woman Who Swallowed a Knife’ by Jocelyn Chua
- ‘The First Time’ by Carolyn Camoens

About the Writers:
- Carolyn Camoens is a full-time PR consultant and part-time radio presenter. She has written for film and theatre, and performs when she can. Writing is a passion she indulges every opportunity possible. She is privileged to have had the opportunity to learn from some of the best local and international talents.
- Dora Tan has written stage plays and screenplays including 41 Hours, Out of Control, Just Late (2008 Wild Rice Singapore Theatre Festival) and I think I do (gala finals, Short and Sweet Singapore 2009). Her short stories include 'Selling your daughter for a pig and a carton of cigarettes' (2nd prize in NAC’s Golden Point Award 2007).
- Jocelyn Chua is a published writer and theatre performer currently based in Singapore. Her work has been featured in the regional anthology Silverfish New Writing 7 as well as in a debut book of self-written stage scripts "Restless and Other Plays". Jocelyn continues to engage with aspects of writing and performance, where such themes as identity, desire, memory and alienation are often explored.
- Dean Lundquist is an award-winning American playwright and director who now resides in Singapore. His plays have been produced in numerous productions spanning the globe. His hit play, I Can Tell Your Handbag is Fake, recently made its New York premiere as part of the Samuel French Festival at Playwrights Horizons. He is currently pursuing his MFA in dramatic writing at NYU-Tisch Asia. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc., and The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent labor union.
- Shelly Quick was born in Kingston Ontario, Canada, and has been based in Singapore for the past thirteen years. She recently returned to writing after a long hiatus and has been a member of Play Pen since 2007.

Magdalena (Singapore) (http://www.magdalenasingapore.com) comprises a group of local arts practitioners that aims to promote learning and networking amongst women in the creative arts. In 2006, we organised Crossroads, an international festival of women in theatre. In 2007, we started Play Pen, a writing support group. Four plays written by Play Pen members were produced as Blood Binds for W!ld Rice’s OCBC Singapore Theatre Festival 2008. Parents and Children, Lovers and Dates is the latest public reading of texts by Play Pen members.

Work Presentation at DAH Theatre International School 2009 in Belgrade

Photo by Amy Mathews © 2009

Work presentation of And Whose Heart is not a Hungry Fish? on Wed 1 July 2009 during DAH Theatre's 8th International School for Actors & Directors at DAH Theatre Research Centre, Belgrade, Serbia. A wonderfully supportive crowd... thanks to all who were there :)

Photo by Amy Mathews © 2009

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New on Local Creative Directory: Jocelyn Chua

Jocelyn is a published writer and theatre performer currently based in Singapore. Her work engages with aspects of physical theatre making and the choreography of movement with text, through which such themes as desire, memory and alienation are often explored.
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