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02 STORIES We turn 50 next year. It’s hard not to get caught up in all the frenzy and slate of activities that are building up now to mark the 05 FESTIVAL milestone. Well, that’s next August. This August, as we celebrate our 49th year of independence, we decided to take a step back and instead ponder about the “biography” of Singapore. 06 LITERARY ARTS We could look at our country’s biography as comprising all 12 FILM the stories of people who have lived here. These accounts would contribute to a rich, fascinating tapestry of our different histories and lives intertwined together. The book Singapore: A 04 15 MUSIC SILVER WRITING: WRITE YOUR LIFE STORY Biography takes us through Singapore’s past – from the 1300s to 1965 – through the personal accounts of people who actually 20 DANCE lived through them then. The book draws on ancient chronicles, eyewitness accounts, oral histories and even modern radio and television broadcasts to weave together life in Singapore over 21 THEATRE the past centuries. Taking off from this premise, we present Singapore Stories, a series of three programmes that capture 08 22 VISUAL ARTS lives of people in modern Singapore. The programmes are Full NEW WORD ORDER Disclosure: The Auto/Biography Forum; (Re)Discovering Donald FEATURING LEE HUI MIN 23 OTHER EVENTS Moore: Singapore’s Arts Pioneer; and Silver Writing: Write Your 李慧敏 Own Story.

29 5 QUESTIONS WITH Full Disclosure (page 2) is the first forum of its kind here. We DON GEORGE are always fascinated by the lives of the rich and famous. Memoirs and biographies (authorised or otherwise) give us a 09 30 DONALD MOORE glimpse into their world. However, this forum “digs out” not the AUGUST LITERARY titillating aspects, but rather strands of stories of Singaporeans GATHERINGS – both prominent and ordinary – that make up a complex and OF TROPICAL 32 EVENT LISTINGS LITERATURE & ART multifaceted understanding of our country. There are many CLUB figures who have slipped through the cracks of history, and one 34 SHOP & DINE of them is Donald Moore. He was a one-man arts empire and AT THE ARTS HOUSE advocate in Singapore from 1947 to 1976. Yet his passion drove him to bankruptcy and he left Singapore with only £250 in his 37 ABOUT THE ARTS HOUSE pocket. We pay tribute to this forgotten arts pioneer (page 3), 20 who had helped to shape our arts scene today. SINGAPORE We need to keep collecting our stories and memories as we INTERNATIONAL continue to grow as a country. Hence, we invite our senior STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 27 citizens to join the Silver Writing: Write Your Life Story workshop (SISF) CONTEMPLATION (page 4). They will learn how to write their autobiography, and *HOUSE PROGRAMMES pen down their experiences that would form a piece of the Singapore biography. This would be the best gift to the country.

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1\37 FULL DISCLOSURE: (RE)DISCOVERING DONALD THE SINGAPORE AUTO/ MOORE: SINGAPORE’S BIOGRAPHY FORUM ARTS PIONEER Singapore Stories Singapore Stories Singapore

Donald Moore (far right) with his wife Joanna Moore (far left) on one of their visits to Tokyo, when he hosted a dinner for major Japanese bookseller of foreign titles.

presented by Biographies and autobiographies provide history from the Donald Moore (1923 – 2000) was one of the most colourful figures and presented by THE ARTS HOUSE individual point of view and often complement or contradict it. stalwart promoters of the publishing and arts industry in Singapore. THE ARTS HOUSE They personalise history as well as satisfy the human curiosity to Yet today he is largely forgotten and his legacy of work lost in history. Living Room know more about a person or persons. Over the last five years in Exhibition Singapore, many memoirs have been published and testify to a This August, we pay tribute to this arts pioneer and celebrate his life Blue Room and works in the first-ever major retrospective devoted to Moore. A 2 – 3 Aug, 10.30am – 5.30pm growing interest in the genre. 7 – 29 Aug, 10am – 8pm writer, publisher, theatre producer and impresario, Moore played a key Free admission role in filling the post-war cultural vacuum in Singapore and Malaya Free admission by registration at In a first forum of its kind in Singapore, we bring together those www.ticketmash.sg/bioforum between 1947-1976. His 30-year devotion to the arts unfortunately Singapore Through who have written about the lives of prominent and ordinary ended in finally in his bankruptcy and he left for England with his family Moore’s Lens Singaporeans, all of whose stories woven together create the with only £250 in his pocket. Print & Film Gallery tapestry of life on this little red dot. This event will be a series of 7 – 29 Aug, 10am – 10pm in-conversation talks, panel discussions and workshops. The exhibition brings together all the different facets of Moore’s far- Free admission reaching career to not only honour his legacy, but also capture his Panel Discussion: Come meet and hear the stories of local writers including passion and love for books and the arts. As part of the exhibition – Examining the Legacy of Constance Singam, Hidayah Amin, Josephine Chia, Katherine Singapore Through Moore’s Lens – a collection of photographs taken by Moore during his life in Singapore will also be displayed. Donald Moore Seow, Robert Yeo and Vernetta Lopez. Living Room Join us for a panel discussion, Examining the Legacy of Donald 7 Aug, 7.30pm This event is curated by The Arts House and writer Robert Yeo. Moore, on 7 Aug with the children of Moore and his associates Free admission by registration in Singapore, including writer Robert Yeo and publisher Goh Eck at www.ticketmash.com/dm- Kheng, as they talk about his legacy, life, and the impact of his paneldiscussion career on Singapore. Join us as we toast our nation this August with three special programmes that tell our Singapore Stories – Full Disclosure: The Singapore Auto/Biography Forum (2 – 3 Aug), a forum on memoirs and confessions; (Re) This exhibition is organised with support from the advisory committee Discovering Donald Moore: Singapore’s Arts Pioneer (7 – 29 Aug), a major retrospective on a forgotten historical comprising Goh Eck Kheng, Lai Chee-Kien, Tan Dan Feng, Robert figure; and Silver Writing: Write Your Life Story (16 Aug – 11 Oct), an 8-week workshop for the silver hair Yeo, Verner Bickley; and from the National Archives of Singapore. generation to learn how to write their autobiography. With special thanks to the Moore Family. 37\2 3\37 presented by NATIONAL BOOK DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE SILVER WRITING: official venue THE ARTS HOUSE SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL WRITE YOUR LIFE STORY STORYTELLING FESTIVAL This September, the Singapore International Storytelling Festival (SISF) plays host to renowned storytellers from around the world. Diverse tellers will enchant audiences with folktales, myths, and adapted stories in their unique styles at the longest-running Asian storytelling festival. Festival EYES, EARS, MOUTH, NOSE: EXCITING STORIES FOR THE FAMILY Screening Room \ 23 Aug, 3pm \ $20; $10 Tickets are available at

Singapore Stories Singapore sisf2014eyesearsmouthnose.eventbrite.sg Be part of the longest-running Asian storytelling festival! Imagine if you could see far, far away. Or what do you do if you forget what you heard? What happens if your mouth gets you into trouble? Come and put your nose into the affairs of the characters in our stories for families, and hear how each of them manages, or doesn’t!

This is a pre-festival event.

SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL (SISF) presented by Silver Writing: Write Your Life Story is an eight-week workshop for The Arts House \ 1 – 9 Sep, 9am – 10pm \ Various pricing THE ARTS HOUSE senior citizens who are interested in writing their autobiographies. Tickets available at www.eventbrite.com in collaboration with Featuring family-friendly performances, SISF 2014 will showcase U 3RD AGE Organised by The Arts House and in collaboration with U 3rd Age (University of the Third Age), the weekly workshops allow Korean pansori storytelling and the Urdu dastangoi tradition, told (UNIVERSITY OF THE in English for the first time. National Storyteller Laureate UK Katrice THIRD AGE) participants to explore different life themes that have been influential in shaping their lives. They will write two pages on each theme at Horsley will wow audiences from a range of over 300 stories, and Italian storytelling group Raccontamiunastoria presents the Various rooms home and bring their writings to share in a small group. Participants will learn skills in creative writing and how to shape and structure Asian premiere of Angerona: The Secret Name of Rome, a tale of blood and honour. Multilingual storytelling in Malay, Tamil, and 16 Aug \ 23 Aug \ 30 Aug their stories for dramatic effect. At the end of the workshop, they 6 Sep \ 13 Sep \ 27 Sep will get to share their final works in a public showcase. Mandarin will also be featured at SISF this year. 4 Oct \ 11 Oct About the facilitator SISF also hosts storytelling workshops. Kiran Singh Sirah, 2pm – 5pm Thomas Kuan is a trained facilitator in Guided Autobiography Executive Director of the International Storytelling Centre (GAB) Writing. He has facilitated the programme in voluntary (USA), lays the foundation for professional storytelling, while $150 and grass-root organisations from 2010-2012. He also facilitated Italian and Welsh storytellers Paola Balbi and Michael Harvey $120 (Concession for Silver The Arts House’s successful Silver Writing programme for senior collaborate on a Shakespearean workshop in celebration of the Writing alumni and The Aces citizens in 2013. Thomas Kuan is a founder of U 3rd Age in Bard’s 450th anniversary. Club members) Singapore. Tickets are available at bytes.sg

37\4 5\37 WORLD LIT: WORLD LIT: TRAVEL WRITING IN DON GEORGE THE FIELD WITH DON GEORGE Literary Arts Literary Arts Literary

presented by Don George wrote the book on travel writing, literally. His book, Lonely Learn how a legendary travel writer explores the world in this hands- presented by THE ARTS HOUSE Planet’s Guide to Travel Writing, is the best-selling travel writing guide on workshop with Don George, best-selling author of Lonely Planet’s THE ARTS HOUSE in the world. Let Don take you on a journey as he shares more about Guide to Travel Writing and Editor at Large for National Geographic Living Room the adventures of being a working travel writer, editor and how to fall Traveler magazine. Meeting point at in the love with world through travelling. Also don't miss his practical Box Office Foyer 26 Aug, 7.30pm workshop on how to take notes in the field. Spaces are limited! This This two-hour workshop will begin with a one-hour in-the-field session is moderated by Yeoh Siew Hoon an editor, commentator and exploration where Don will talk about how he approaches and 27 Aug, 7pm – 9pm Free admission by registration at leading media voice for Asia Pacific's travel industry. apprehends a place and then will give participants an on-site www.ticketmash.com.sg/wl-dg writing assignment. The second hour will be spent in a classroom $50 This edition of World Lit is held in conjuction with the Melbourne where participants will read and discuss what they wrote in the field, $35 (Conc.) Read more about Don George Writers Festival. and learn more about the life and craft of the travel writer in 2014. Tickets available on bytes.sg in an interview on page 29. Participants are advised to wear comfortable shoes and be prepared About Don George for wet-weather. Don is Editor at Large and Columnist for National Geographic Traveler and editor of BBC’s Narrative Travel website. He’s been Don will also be featured in World Lit, on 26 Aug. (Page 6). Travel Editor at the San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, founder and editor of Salon.com’s Wanderlust travel site, and Global Travel Editor for Lonely Planet.mHe has visited 90 countries, and has published hundreds of articles in dozens of magazines, newspapers and websites worldwide. He has edited nine award-winning literary travel anthologies, and he is currently compiling an anthology of his own best travel stories, to be published next year.

A programme initiated by The Arts House, World Lit features writers from around the world and provides a platform for these talents to discuss their critically acclaimed works and interact with local readers. If you wish to be featured, please email [email protected]

37\6 7\37 MAP 2012 LEE HUI MIN

FEATURING MENTEES FEATURING 李慧敏 Literary Arts Literary Arts Literary

presented by After completing the intensive Mentors Access Project (MAP) Using a mix of narrative styles, journalist and writer Lee Hui presented by THE ARTS HOUSE mentorship programme that ran from August 2012 to July 2013, a Min in her new non-fiction book Growing Up In Lee Kuan Yew’s THE ARTS HOUSE selection of the best of the graduates’ works have now been complied Era provides an alternative Singapore story which tells the lives Living Room in a chapbook. Spanning across genres such as drama, fiction and and emotions of ordinary Singaporeans growing up under the Living Room poetry, come meet and hear readings from the freshest faces in the leadership of the former Prime Minister. 16 Aug, 4pm literary scene! 12 Sep, 7.30pm This session will be moderated by Tan Dan Feng, Director of The session will be in both Established in 2000, MAP is a unique annual writing mentorship Mandarin and English. Free admission by registration at Interlexis Group, GistXL Technology and Select Books. www.ticketmash.com.sg/nwo- programme which is an initiative of the National Arts Council map2012mentees (NAC) and was managed by The Arts House in 2012. MAP aims to Free admission by registration at develop emerging literary talent in the four official languages. Each About Lee Hui Min www.ticketmash.com/nwo-lhm participant undergoes an intensive 12-month mentorship programme Lee Hui Min holds a BA in Chinese Language and Literature from with an established local writer and takes part in an exciting series Nanjing University, and an MSc in International Relations of literary activities, most of which are exclusively arranged for MAP from Nanyang Technological University. She has a strong interest participants. These include a stay in residency, peer review sessions, in current affairs and international relations of East Asia. She was talks, workshops, as well as special events recommended by mentors a Chinese Language teacher before moving to the news industry. at the Singapore Writers Festival. She is now a freelance journalist and writer.

The MAP 2012 mentees are Christopher Fok, Farooq Jamil Alvi, 本书《成长在李光耀时代》以一名与国家一起成长的普通新加坡人的角 Fuzaina Jumadi, Han Yong Ming, Joanne Tay, Jolynn Chia, Michelle 度，书写作者李慧敏个人的成长经历以及对李光耀的治国模式与政策的 D'Cruz, Samantha Toh, Sean Lai, Stephanie Stella, Tse Hao Guang, 看法。全书以轻松幽默的笔调描写一些新加坡人的思想特征，道出成长 Wang Chu Qiao, Valerie Wee and Zhang Ruihe. 在李光耀时代的心声，让读者从全新的角度了解新加坡的建国历程与发 展模式。 A programme initiated by The Arts House, New Word Order seeks to discover emerging talents in the literary arts scene and give a voice to 关于作者 new Singaporean writers and artistes who are exploring new ways of 李慧敏，生于70后，英国广播公司特约撰稿人、自由写作人。中国南京大学 approching the written word. If you wish to be featured, please email 中文系本科、南洋理工大学拉惹勒南国际关系学院硕士毕业，曾从事教育 [email protected] 与媒体工作，对新加坡时事、区域政治等课题有广泛的研究与涉猎。 37\8 9\37 presented by TROPICAL LITERATURE & ART CLUB presented by THE ARTS HOUSE and SOCIETY OF official venue THE ARTS HOUSE LITERATURE WRITING AUGUST LITERARY THE MEANING OF WINNING ACCOLADES 奖与不奖谈文学 GATHERINGS Living Room \ 17 Aug, 2.30pm – 5pm \ Free admission Play Den \ 3 Aug, 2.30pm \ Free admission Session is held in Mandarin 书写 The Tropical Literature and Art Club will launch its biannual Two young award-winning local writers Chua Kay Liang (Xue magazine this August as part of its regular Chinese writers’ talk Feng) and Eugene Yap Ming Yang will share their thoughts series at The Arts House. The magazine aims to be a literary

and experiences on what it means to gain accolades: Are they Literary Arts platform for all Singaporean and Malaysian writers to publish just a form of temporary fame, or encouragement to strive for their works and develop their talents. 文学 excellence? They will also share tips on what they do best: writing short stories, miniature novels and flash fiction. The session will be Join us for thought-provoking talks and discussions with editors, moderated by novelist Tan Chun An. authors and readers. In addition, there will also be the staging of a play Run Away directed by educator Yang Wen Zhong, and BOOK READING OF "THE LAST 协会 Literary Arts Literary performed by the students of Hwa Chong Institution. OF THE CHINESE-EDUCATED presented by AWAI BOOKS SOCIETY" BY ZHANG HUI official venue THE ARTS HOUSE 讨论张挥作品《末代华校生的网中岁月》 Living Room \ Screening Room \ 20 Sep, 2.30pm – 5pm BOOK LAUNCH: JAPANESE Free admission \ Session is held in Mandarin TRANSLATION OF The Last of the Chinese-educated Society, which contains short THE PILLOW BOOK stories and miniature novels, is a compilation of campus stories Living Room \ 13 Aug, 8pm \ Free admission written by author Zhang Hui from the 1970s to 1980s. These stories capture the pain and hardship experienced by both the Inspired by the example of Sei Shōnagon, a court lady of the Chinese-educated teachers and students during that period. One Heian period in Japan, Singapore writer Koh Jee Leong collects of the miniature novels was selected to be part of 45.45 Top his miscellaneous jottings in his own pillow book. This amusing Secrets, a book that won the Singapore Literature Prize in 1992. book has now been translated into Japanese by Keisuke Tsubono. In the same year, Zhang Hui also received the honour of the At the book launch, the author and the translator will read side- Southeast Asia Literature Award. by-side. Publisher Matthew Chozick of Awai Books will also be at hand to answer questions. A musical work, specially written Join students, teachers and avid lovers of Chinese literature for a by Singaporean composer Chong Li-Chuan for the occasion, will lively discussion. The author Zhang Hui will be present for Q&A. make its debut at the start of the evening. This session is moderated by educator Su Zhang Kai.

presented by ETHOS BOOKS presented by THE THISTLE BINDERY and official venue THE ARTS HOUSE THE ARTS HOUSE BOOK LAUNCH: INTRUDER A BOOKBINDING CAUSE: BY JERROLD YAM LONG STITCH BINDING Living Room \ 15 Aug, 7.30pm – 9pm \ Free admission Council Room \ 13 Sep, 10.30am – 3.30pm \ $60 Tickets are available at [email protected] Inspired by his travels across Asia and Europe, young prolific poet Jerrold Yam’s third poetry collection is a poignant testimony Long stitch and link stitch binding (Langstitch und Kettenstitch) of young adulthood in all its contradictions: determined yet originated in Germany as early as the medieval period. This restless, bold yet insecure, craving intimacy yet fearful of method of bookbinding was first used on parchment covered commitment. Intruder is Yam’s remarkable attempt to make sense books with reinforced spines around 1375. The sections were of the impermanent structures that hold up a life. His surprising sewn directly through holes in the cover material, with two sections conclusion is that home, like love, is a fiction we must resist being sewn through each row of holes. This allowed the creation claiming for our own. After all, can we – and should we – be of a link stitch at the first and last sewing stations. In this workshop, more than intruders? you learn to decorate a soft cover with decorative papers; sew sections of paper onto the covers; and create different sewing patterns to enhance the book.

37\10 11\37 presented by SCUM CINEMA and THE ARTS HOUSE SAYANG SCUM CINEMA: MARTIAL ARTS MADNESS! Screening Room \ 29 Aug, 8.30pm FEATURING DISAYANG Free admission by registration at [email protected] Director: Ngai Choi Lam Cast: Siu-Wong Fan, Mei Sheng Fan, Ka-Kui Ho 1991 \ 90min \ Hong Kong \ In Cantonese with English subtitles R21 (Consumer Advice: Violence & Gore) SCUM Cinema is collaborating with The Arts House to curate a series of free bi-monthly screenings of cult classics, ranging from Kungfu to Blaxploitation. This installment will feature one of the Film wackiest martial arts flicks that has emerged from Hong Kong – Film Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky. The film tells the battle journey of a martial artist who is incarcerated in a futuristic prison where ultra- violence is the only means of survival.

presented by THE ARTS HOUSE BUT IS THE BOOK BETTER? NATIONAL DAY SPECIAL: GONE CASE Screening Room \ 6 & 7 Aug, 7.30pm Free admission by registration at www.ticketmash.com.sg/bitbb-gonecase Director: Ler Jiyuan Writer: Lee Thean-Jeen Cast: Yvonne Lim, Zheng Ge Ping, Bernard Tan 2014 \ Singapore \ English \ Rating: TBA Catch Gone Case, Dave Chua’s award-winning coming-of-age Director: Sanif Olek tale set during the 1990s at The Arts House this National Day! A presented by Writer: Gene Sha Rudyn & Sanif Olek touching yet unsentimental story about growing up in Singapore THE ARTS HOUSE Cast: Rahim Razali, Aidli Mosbit, Asnida Daud seen through the eyes of Yong, a 12-year-old set in a Housing Screening Room 2013 \ Singapore \ 80mins \ Drama, Musical Development Board (HDB) estate. It won the Singapore Literature In Malay & Indonesian with English subtitles \ PG Prize Commendation Award in 1996. In 2010 and 2011, the 8, 11 – 15 Aug, 7.30pm novel was published as two-volume graphic novel series done in 9 Aug, 11am & 3pm Murni, a subservient migrant domestic worker, is the live-in nurse to collaboration with artist Koh Hong Teng. 10 Aug, 3pm & 7.30pm Pak Harun, a morose and disgruntled widower retiree. Murni resiliently attempts to cook a sambal goreng dish that is exactly like the one that Post-show dialogues with the used to be cooked by Pak Harun's late wife despite consistent failure presented by SINEMA MEDIA PTE LTD and Director and Cast on: and continual harangues from Pak Harun. To make matters worse, Murni THE ARTS HOUSE 9 Aug, 11am & 3pm simply loves to sing, a constant source of annoyance to Pak Harun, BUT IS THE BOOK BETTER?: 10 Aug, 3pm while preparing food in the kitchen. What is the elusive ingredient that would diffuse the tension between Murni and Pak Harun, resolve the UTTER 2014 $10 discord in perfect harmony and remedy their fractured lives? Screening Room \ 1 – 4 Sep, 7.30pm \ 5 & 6 Sep, 4pm $8.50 (Concession for students $10; $9 (Concession for students and senior citizens) and senior citizens) About Sanif Olek Tickets are available at www.bytes.sg. Tickets are available at bytes.sg Sanif Olek graduated from Film and Media Studies at Ngee Ann Utter 2014, a pre-festival event for the Singapore Writer’s Festival Polytechnic (Singapore), and in Media and Communications at Murdoch University (Perth, Australia). Since 1996, he has been awarded multiple celebrates Singaporean literature through the medium of film. Best Director, Best Drama Series, Best Magazine Series awards for his Produced by Nicholas Chee of Sinema Media, Utter 2014 will television work. His short films have also won prizes internationally and be screening four short films by four prominent Singaporean been showcased at festivals and arts institutions such as the MoMA New directors, all inspired by published local short stories. Directors York, Singapore Art Museum and National Museum of Singapore. In may be present for post-screening Q&A. The short films are Going 2011, he received the Bawean Teladan (Model Bawean) award presented Home (回家), Empty Cans (Tin Kosong), At Your Doorstep (உன் by the Singapore Bawean Association. Sayang Disayang is his debut ) and That Loving Feeling. Film duration is estimated to feature film. It was awarded the Jury Prize for Best Asian Film at the Sala வாசலில் Mindanaw International Film Festival 2013 and is gaining traction at the be 60 minutes. international film circuit. He is completing his next feature film, Voluptas. 37\12 13\37 The late Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922 – 1975) is more well-known as a provocative film master and audacious artist with an uncompromising artistic vision. But Pasolini also had a multi- faceted career boasting accomplishments as an acclaimed essayist LIVING WITH BUT IS and beloved poet before he began making films.The Pasolini BOOK Revisited: Poet, Writer, Filmmaker programme explores his legacy THE in cinema and literature through an 18-film retrospective and EDWIN ORLANDO BETTER? dramatised readings of his poetry. PASOLINI REVISITED: Some of the celebrated films in this retrospective include his first POET, WRITER, film Accattone (1961); the masterful The Gospel According to FILMMAKER Matthew (1964); the Trilogy of Life films (1971 – 1974; as well as the controversial Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, his final film

completed in 1975 when he was murdered. Music presented by The Arts House and Italian The programme will also feature a talk by Barth David Schwartz,

Film Cultural Institute Pasolini’s biographer and author of Pasolini Requiem; as well as recitals of Pasolini’s poetry by established Italian actor Nestor Saied together and Singapore actor Benjamin Chow.

About Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922 – 1975) was an Italian film director, poet, writer and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure. He demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, becoming a highly controversial figure in the process. While his work remains controversial to this day, in the years since his death Pasolini has come to be valued by many as a visionary thinker and a major figure in Italian cinema, literature and art.

Screening Room \ Film Screenings \ 27 Sep – 5 Oct Free admission by registration www.ticketmash.sg/bitbb-pasolini

PASOLINI REQUIEM: A TRIBUTE TO Photo: Dino Pedriali Let Edwin Orlando and friends take you back through time with songs presented by A POET, WRITER AND FILMMAKER from the 1930s to the 1960s when they were a perfect marriage of THE ARTS HOUSE Screening Room \ 27 Sep, 4pm melodies and lyrics. Listen to a selection of the masterpieces of Kern, Barth David Schwartz – Pasolini’s biographer and author of the Rodgers,Bernstein, Porter, Sondheim and Weill. Living Room book Pasolini Requiem which has been published in hardcover and About Edwin Orlando 4 Aug, 8pm paperback in the US and, in translation, in Italian, Swedish and Edwin Orlando is no stranger to the performing arts. In the span Dutch – will be giving a talk to discuss the turbulent life and times of 20 years, he has worked professionally in musical theatre, plays $10 of the artist. Having spent 10 years researching and writing (and and opera. learning Italian), Schwartz will delve into how Pasolini’s moral and Tickets are available at political obsessions informed his (often scandalous) cinematic and He has performed in, but not limited to, Carousel, Kiss of the Spider The Arts House box office. literary output. Woman, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Man of La Mancha, South Pacific, Le nozze di Figaro, Die Fledermaus, Les Contes THE POETRY OF PIER PAOLO d'Hoffman, La Traviata, Madama Butterfly, The Merry Widow among many others. He also sings with PsalmiDeo Chorale where PASOLINI: A POETRY he is one of the Assistant Conductors, Singapore Men’s Chorus and PERFORMANCE BY NESTOR SAIED the Singapore Lyric Opera Chorus. (ITALY) AND BENJAMIN CHOW (SINGAPORE) Screening Room \ 27 Sep, 7pm \ 28 Sep, 3pm This performance by Italian actor Nestor Saied and Singapore actor Benjamin Chow is intended to provide the audience with a sample of Pasolini’s gentle yet powerful poetry. Excerpts from his seminal collections Gramsci’s Ashes and The Religion of My Time will be recited and performed. Two actors and two languages will present the intrinsic musicality of Pasolini’s poetry in an intertwined performance of music and words. 37\14 15\37 LIVING WITH NORTHERN ALPHABET SERIES PRESENT COLLABORATIONS Q IS FOR QUEENS Music Music

Benjamin Lehlin Lewis Pauline Yi Bin Seow Wong Thai Laidin Lee

presented by “Music gives a soul to the universe, This evening we celebrate the works of two contemporaries and presented by THE ARTS HOUSE Wings to the mind, friends, Francis Poulenc and Benjamin Britten, queens not only because THE ARTS HOUSE and Flight to the imagination, and they were openly gay, but also because they are song royalty. No THE SING SONG CLUB Living Room Life to everything.” - Plato other 20th century composer best exemplifies this genre than these two titans. From their humblest to their most majestic, their most frivolous Living Room 1 Sep, 8pm If music is life, then Northern Collaborations cannot agree more! to their most heartfelt of autobiographical creations, their songs speak They are a group of cheerful musicians who have graduated from or to all of us at the deepest of human levels. Join us this evening and let 28 Aug, 8pm $10 still studying at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, these two geniuses not only amaze you, but move you as well. England. As fellow musicians who have met and bonded with each $20 Tickets are available at The Arts other while pursuing music fervently, they share one thing in common About The Alphabet Series $15 (Concession for students, House box office – a great passion for performance and to promote good quality A collaboration between The Arts House and The Sing Song Club, The NSFs and senior citizens) chamber music. Alphabet Series is a showcase of a series of 26 recitals based on every letter of the alphabet. Started in 2012, the series spans five years as it Tickets are available at bytes.sg Join musicians Yibin Seow, Benjamin Wong, Lehlin Thai, Lewis Laidin aims to promote the genre of art songs. and Pauline Lee as they present to you magical and interesting combinations of the voice, clarinet, oboe and piano.

The longest running series programmed by The Arts House, Living with is a series of one-hour performances held on the first Monday evening of each month centred around the piano or on piano music. Established and aspiring musicians who are looking to perform in an intimate space may email your proposals to [email protected].

37\16 17\37 THE SING JAZZ 4TH SINGAPORE POP-UP CLUB LIEDER FESTIVAL Music Music

presented by Join some of the best jazz acts in Singapore over two weekends After the death of Henry Purcell in 1695, the English musical presented by SING JAZZ and at The Arts House. Since the resounding success of the inaugural landscape went into cold storage for almost 200 years, with little THE SING SONG CLUB notable works produced during this period. When it did flower THE ARTS HOUSE Sing Jazz festival earlier this year, the Sing Jazz team has found and THE ARTS HOUSE a home at the Sultan Hotel in Singapore's historical Kampong again in the later part of the 19th century, it burst forth in such Play Den Glam district. In line with its mission to bring world-class artists torrents that it became another musical renaissance for England. In Living Room together at iconic venues in Singapore, the Sing Jazz pop-up will no other genre is this more apparent than in the world of English be an inspiring showcase in the restless, capricious spirit of jazz. songs. Composers wrote hundreds upon hundreds of them, and we 25, 26 and 28 Sep, 8pm 7 – 9 Aug, 10pm – 2am now have a rich legacy of music for voice and piano in English, and 2, 3 and 5 Oct, 8pm 14 – 16 Aug, 10pm – 2am this flowering continues to this very day. Performance details will be available on $20 www.theartshouse.com.sg from August. 2014’s Singapore Lieder Festival celebrates this renaissance with $15 (Concession for students Free admission the works of 100 composers born in England. Over 6 evenings, and senior citizens) we will bring to you English songs of every description, subject matter and style. Ranging from pastoral ditties and parlour tunes Season Pass: to hits from the music hall and top 10 charts, this festival will be a $100 showcase of all things beautiful and sophisticated, and above all, $60 (Concession for students and senior citizens) quintessentially English. Tickets are available at bytes.sg For the full programme, please refer to www.theartshouse.com.sg

37\18 19\37 ...THE SILENT LINES PLAY DEN PRODUCTIONS: OF ITS LIPS SALUSUAH VER3.0 Theatre Dance

presented by This performance is an international collaboration involving local Director: Jeremiah Choy presented by COLLECTIVE MAYHEM and overseas talents Susan Yeung , Harris Jahim, Russell Morton, Playwrights: Gani Karim and Jeremiah Choy THE ARTS HOUSE Performer: Gani Karim incollaboration with Claudio Di Meo, Leia Ang and Charmain Ho. The original text and ORANGEDOT THE ARTS HOUSE is developed by local dramaturge Caleb Lee. The performance PRODUCTIONS is based on the ideas of ‘de-generation’, ‘re-generation’, and Play Den Productions returns to The Arts House after a 4-year hiatus! Blue Room how each of us experience aging. This performance promises Play Den to bring audience on an experiential journey confronted with First launched in 2009, Play Den Productions (PDP) is a theatre-making initiative by The Arts House and Orangedot Management to develop 18 Sep, 8.30pm emotions, reflections, and allow moments of contemplations 25 – 27 Sep, 8pm new productions in Singapore. For the third season, PDP will visit the 19 Sep, 7.30pm & 8.30pm between the silences of conversations 27 Sep, 3pm theme of ‘Confessions’ and kick it off this September with a restaging $23 of Salusuah Ver3.0. $25 $16 (Concession for students $20 (Concession for students and senior citizens) In his review in The Straits Times, writer/playwright Ng Yi-sheng calls and senior citizens) the play “a labour of love: real proof of Play Den Productions’ intent to Tickets are available at bytes.sg make drama with a difference”. Tickets are available at bytes.sg

Salusuah features established actor-choreographer Gani Karim in a monologue about a man’s search for identify in a multi-cultural environment. It explores the protagonist’s mixed parentage, a Muslim born to a Eurasian father and Malay mother. Through the forms of dance-movement and multimedia, Gani revisits this play to examine his struggles in Singapore.

Look out for the second work from Season 3, as we present a food- theatre experience Kitchen Confidante, featuring “Singing Chef” Irene Jensen (Oct 9-11).

37\20 21\37 presented by UNITED ENTERTAINMENT AND PRINT & FILM GALLERY SERIES MEDIA PTE LTD official venue THE ARTS HOUSE

featuring PEARL GAN ARPAN: SOUMITRA RETROSPECTIVE SEASONS OF LIFE! Living Room, Screening Room Print Gallery \ 2 – 14 Sep, 10am – 10pm \ Free admission Opening Event: 16 Aug, 8pm

Film Screenings: 16 – 18 Aug, various timings Events - FilmOther Seasons of Life is a celebration of individuality and the survivors of life, and a rejoicement of failures as they build characters and Opening Event: \ $25 \ $20 (Concession for students, NSFs, senior make us stronger. The photography exhibition is dedicated to all citizens, India Club members & Bengali Association of who have been through different chapters in their lives – the good Singapore members) and the bad. Film Screenings:\ $15 \ $13 (Concession for students, NSFs, and senior citizens) featuring ZANN HUIZHEN HUANG Tickets are available at bytes.sg Visual Arts “CAVED” BY THE TALIBAN Film Gallery \ 2 – 15 Sep, 10am – 10pm \ Free admission United Entertainment and Media, who brought Singapore and The photography exhibition provides insights into the lives of Southeast Asia its first ever Bengali International Film Festival, hundreds of cave dwellers' primitive living conditions under the will now start a series of tributes to stalwarts in the Indian movie shadows of the Buddha blown up by the Taliban in Afghanistan. industry. Entitled ARPAN, which means offering, the series The works capture the largely peaceful province along with kickstarts with a retrospective of films of the legendary cinema and unseen conceivable threats looming the place due to the stage actor, poet and from Bengal, Soumitra Chatterjee. All films impending withdrawal of US troops and large scale-down of Non shown will have English subtitles. The first film screening will be Governmental Organisations (NGOs). accompanied by an evening Adda, which symbolises a Bengali traditional tete-a tete, in ideal setting of The Arts House’s Living featuring BENNY LOH Room. Chatterjee will be present to share his journey, anecdotes URBAN BONSAI from his life and also some readings. The 1.5-hour Adda will be Print Gallery \ 17 – 29 Sep, 10am – 10pm \ Free admission held in English and Bengali. Urban Bonsai is an exploration of Singapore's systematically presented by UNITED ENTERTAINMENT AND planted and carefully pruned trees in relation to the country's MEDIA PTE LTD progress and urbanisation. Through digital manipulation official venue THE ARTS HOUSE of photographic elements, Singapore photographer Benny Loh creates scenes that are surreal to transport the viewers to DARPAN FILM FESTIVAL another space – to dive into the mundane, and to explore man’s Screening Room \ 13 – 14 Sep \ $15 $10 (Concession for students, senior citizens, India Club members and relationship with the natural and man-made environment. Bengali Association of Singapore members) Tickets are available at bytes.sg featuring ART ZONE PTE LTD ARTOPIA! DARPAN, which means to reflect, is an annual film festival that Film Gallery \ 18 – 29 Sep, 10am – 10pm \ Free admission showcases a panorama of award-winning regional Indian films which form a bridge across borders. The festival with an edge A land of fantasies where imagination of young artists come alive, brings to Singapore more than just films, it presents actors, Artopia! exhibits artworks done by artists as young as the age of directors and producers from the Asian diaspora for screenings 3 to 14. The artworks are created using a variety of mediums that discussions and workshops. All films shown at DARPAN will have express their dreams and fantasies, providing a glimpse into their English subtitles. interpretation of utopia. Viewers can expect to be engaged in a world where reality takes a break and visual representation is instead created by the beauty of the heart and mind.

These exhibitions are presented by The Arts House as part of its visual arts programmes. Selected artists are given free exhibition space at the Print and Film Gallery. If you wish to be part of our programme, please email your proposal to [email protected].

37\22 23\37 presented by EMANCIPASIA LTD presented by WILLIAM LIM MODERN DAY SLAVERY A SONG RECITAL Living Room \ 29 Aug, 7.30pm \ $25 FILM FORUM Tickets are available at bytes.sg. Screening room \ 22 Aug, 7.30pm & 9pm \ 23 Aug, 7.30pm & 9.30pm Free admission, no reservation required. Baritone William Lim accompanied by pianist Shane Thio sings Contact [email protected] for more information. about love as seen by different aspects, featuring songs like

Chanson Triste, Love’s Philosophy and Morgen. An evening with Events - Music Other Through the powerful films featured in Modern Day Slavery Film songs from the 20th century Romantics featuring composers Forum, come discover the global shadow world of traffickers, Gabriel Faure, Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss and Roger Quilter, unscrupulous employers, pimps and brothel owners, loan sharks, this concert will take us on an expressive journey of love. brokers and corrupt police who prey on the vulnerable. These films will uncover the issues and challenges of human trafficking and the modern day slave trade, a global crime against humanity, presented by KRIS FOUNDATION which generates an annual profit of US$32 billion. This August, KRIS FOUNDATION catch Sold: Fighting The New Global Slave Trade, Nefarious: Merchant of Souls, Daughters for Sale and award-winning film PRESENTS… THE MUSIC OF - SEX SLAVES. NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN III Living Room \ 30 August, 7.30pm \ $20 presented by RAFFLES ARTS Please email [email protected] for tickets.

Other Events - Film & Music Other - Film Events SINGAPORE RAFFLES Mixing classical forms and jazz idioms, the music of Nikolai Kapustin, a highly esteemed composer and pianist, has come to INTERNATIONAL MUSIC prominence in the past fifteen years. This August marks the third FESTIVAL of this successful concert series, which would include the debut Chamber \ 18 – 21 Aug, 9am – 10pm of several of Nikolai Kapustin’s exclusive pieces! Join promising Evening concerts 19 & 20 Aug, 7.30pm \ $33 \ 20% discount for pianist Thomas Ang as he plays works from all stages of the students and senior citizens composer’s life: from his early music influenced by the Moscow Tickets are available on bytes.sg jazz scene to the reclusive later pieces composed far away from Contact [email protected] or visit www.rafflesarts.com for Competition and Masterclass tickets the rest of the world.

The first Singapore Raffles International Music Festival promises presented by B.YOUTH COMPANY rich learning opportunities and artistic exchange among the young generation in Asia Pacific. In addition to competitions, the festival BOOK RIOT comprise master classes, concerts, seminars and workshops by Play Den \ 28 – 31 Aug, 8pm \ 30 Aug, 3pm \ $25 Tickets are available on bytes.sg international acclaimed music educators and performers, all of which are bound to allow for the youths to pick up knowledge Book Riot is set in a state where emotions are seen as a threat and skills from the accomplished musicians. that are restricted and controlled – feelings for others aren’t even heard of, and speech is not a right but a privilege. Follow the lives presented by FLUTE FESTIVAL SINGAPORE of the civilians as they challenge the system while attempting to official venueTHE ARTS HOUSE understand and find themselves in a structure where their lives are 5TH FLUTE FESTIVAL not theirs to possess. SINGAPORE 2014 Living Room \ 21 – 24 Aug Day Pass: 10am – 5:30pm \ $30 Concert: 8pm – 9:30pm \ $30 Visit www.flute.com.sg for tickets and programme details. The 5th Flute Festival Singapore 2014 is featuring Lorna McGhee, the Principal flute of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. For her first ever visit to Singapore, Lorna McGhee will be performing in two concerts, teaching in daily classes and judging the 5th Flute Competition Singapore. The festival also features an exhibition for complimentary testing of flutes and head joints.

37\24 25\37 presented by HIGHER GROUND ERA presented by CHI PIN LAY 紀濱麗 GLASS CANVAS 2014: JOURNEY IN INK DISPLACEMENT 知己。墨。若悟 Play Den \ 2 Aug, 8pm \ $18 Gallery \ 2 Aug (opening) \ 7pm Tickets are available at www.HGEra.com Please visit journeyinink.eventbrite.sg to register for opening. 3 – 7 Aug, 10am – 6pm Events - VisualOther Arts Performed by company dancers and invited guest dancers, Glass Canvas 2014 explores the theme of 'Displacement' with nature’s Journey in Ink 知己。墨。若悟 is a solo ink exhibition by Chi Pin four seasons, featuring works from Lim Yizhen, Chia Yeeshan, Lay. It aims to capture the artist’s search in connecting with people Candy Mak, Caleb Fung, Jenielle Tee and Karen Katrea. Glass and nature beyond her comfort zone. Chi Pin Lay tried to imbue Canvas is an annual production by Higher Ground Era that her artworks with a sense of abundance, gratitude and joy as she focuses on challenging both choreographers and dancers to believes these qualities have been bestowed upon mankind since creatively explore themes and concepts, then concretising the birth. 50% of the proceeds from sale of her artworks would be ideas into movements to be presented on stage. donated to World Vision.

presented by SIM SIEW TIN HOKKIEN OPERA TROUPE presented by PAUL AND TERESA YAO OUR STORY, OUR DREAMS FAN CHANG TIEN - 【阮的故事，阮的戏】 THE LITERATI ARTIST Chamber \ 28 Sep, 3pm \ $10 范昌乾 - 文人画家

Other Arts - Performing Events Please contact [email protected] / 90612958 for tickets Living Room (Book Launch & Symposium) Gallery (Exhibition) Our Story, Our Dreams is a multi-disciplinary performance Book Launch & Symposium \ 12 Aug, 6pm integrating opera, drama and dance, that is based on four Exhibition: 12 – 17 Aug, 10am – 8pm \ 18 Aug, 10am – 6pm different excerpts from the traditional opera repertoire. The Sim Free admission Siew Tin Hokkien Opera Troupe has dedicated 28 years to pursue This exhibition showcases Singapore pioneer artist Fan Chang their dream of exploring and developing drama arts. Through this Tien’s (b.1907 – d.1987) versatility in depicting landscapes, lively performance, the troupe aims to encourage new artistic creation birds and flowers, bamboo and orchids among his favourites. His and also bring the art of opera to greater heights. proficiency in the ‘four excellence’– namely painting, calligraphy, poetry, and seal carving – made his ink paintings unique, and always distinctively infused with traditional aesthetics and contemporary innovativeness. The exhibition is accompanied by the launch of a book featuring 166 of his paintings, and a symposium with speakers Low Sze Wee, Kwok Kian Chow, K.C. Low, Dr Heng Chye Kiang and Dr Winston Oh. 范氏博学多才，其画多姿多彩，无论山水人物，花鸟虫魚，幽兰劲竹, 均能意随筆至，信手拈來；画艺熟练，诗书超群，不愧诗书画乃至篆 刻俱佳之四绝文人画家。既有文人画传统的传承，更有現代的创新 笔法及作凤。这正是范画兼有跨越世代，难能可贵的独特之处。

presented by WHITE SPACE ART ASIA CONTEMPLATION Gallery \ 21 & 22 Aug, 11am – 9pm \ 23 & 24 Aug, 11am – 7pm Free admission This solo exhibition features artist, Huang Hong Tao’s Nameless Hills series, which was inspired by his emotional attachment to the rolling hills of the Heilongjiang region where he grew up. Huang combines iconic imagery with a contemporary ink wash technique to create arresting and atmospheric landscapes. The subject of this series has been something that he has been painting for close to ten years and it was said to have nurtured, inspired and provided him with serene solitude and certitude through his development as an artist.

37\26 27\37 presented by DPF LIMITED CONFLUXUS Gallery \ 18 – 22 Sep, 10am – 8pm \ Free admission 5 QUESTIONS WITH - Confluxus is a solo art exhibition by award winning Indian artist, Sunil Padawal. The exhibition draws inspiration from the idea of the confluence of different cultures, art practices, and visual and DON GEORGE linguistic expressions to introduce one another to the varied art forms. In addition to the art show, Sunil will also hold a master class at the Gallery for close to 50 aspiring artists or people with a keen desire to get a cross-cultural perspective with visual arts as How did you get into travel writing? a discipline. Sunil will collaborate with five handpicked talented Ah, that’s a long story! Essentially, I wanted to underprivileged children to create an artwork together. be a poet as an undergraduate and graduate student. When I graduated, hoping to postpone presented by NA any serious career commitment for as long as possible, I applied for and was fortunate to JOURNEYS IN win three different fellowships to live and work, ABSTRACTION 幻像妙得 successively, in France, Greece and Japan. I Blue Room & Gallery \ 26 – 30 Sep, 10am – 8pm \ Free admission began to write about my travels during these

Other Events - Visual ArtsOther - Visual Events times abroad – first, in my diary, only for myself. In her second solo exhibition, Journeys in Abstraction, artist Lin Na But then I submitted an article to an American hopes to showcase the essential quality of traditional Chinese ink magazine travel editor and it was published. painting – transcendence. In recent years, Lin Na has made the And it suddenly dawned on me that I might conscious leap into abstraction through a sublime manipulation be able to combine my two great passions – of ink, water and color pigments and abandoned the figurative traveling and writing – into a profession: travel traditional Chinese ink painting. Although the artworks are open writer! I’m astonished that, three decades to interpretation, the viewers will invariably find a confluence of later, I have been able to do what I love all my the spiritual and the cerebral – the illusive state of transcendence. professional life. Of history’s many great explorers, who would you choose to travel with Do you think social media is changing/ and why? has changed the landscape of travel Wow! What a stimulating question! In terms of writing? the trip itself, I think traveling with Marco Polo Absolutely. I write about this extensively in the would have been extraordinarily mind and heart new edition of Lonely Planet’s Guide to Travel expanding. (Of course, I’m not thinking about Writing. Today, anyone can be a travel writer, all the hardships I would have had to endure!) editor, and publisher online. This has completely In terms of the travel companion, there are so reshaped the travel writing landscape. But what many intriguing explorers. It’s hard to choose! has not changed is the importance of quality – One of the explorers who most fascinate me is and that’s what I try to focus on in my teachings. the great Japanese scholar-monk Kobo Daishi. It would be fascinating to travel with him! There seems to be a common theme of the unexpected in all your books. Is this What is your top travel writing tip for a topic that remains true to you today? aspiring travel writers? Does travelling continue to surprise you? Buy my book! In addition to that, my tip would Yes! Every trip offers some significant surprises. be to figure out what you most love, and follow And I absolutely love them! The world is always that love, cultivate it, in your travels and in fresh, surprising, to me because it is always your writing. And if you want to get published, changing – and I’m always changing too. figure out what publication or web outlet One of my fundamental traveling principles is shares your love, and craft a piece of writing to take risks and embrace serendipity – and that will fit perfectly into the picture-puzzle of that almost always leads to some delightful that publication. adventure and revelation. Don George is featured in the August edition of World Lit on 26 Aug (page 6). He will also be conducting a hands-on two-hour workshop on the art of travel writing on 27 Aug (page 7).

37\28 29\37 Who exactly is Donald Moore? Singapore writer Robert Yeo provides us with a glimpse of Donald and Joanna Moore arrived in Singapore in 1947 at a time when the colony was this forgotten pioneer, and his contributions to recovering from the ravages of the Japanese the arts and publishing industry in Singapore to occupation. It was in reconstruction mode and make it the arts scene that we see today. soon nationalism and communism would engulf the majority of the population.

The Moores must have surveyed the book scene books of English poetry for local readers and and found it served by purveyors of school Donald's Far Eastern Agent was published in the textbooks. In the arts, performances were UK by Hodder and Stoughton, his publisher and mostly in the separate ethnic enclaves, Malay, supplier of books in England. As the years went Indian and Chinese; largely they were folk arts MOORE on, he published controversial, topical books DONALD reflecting their countries of origin, for example by Robert Yeo like Lee Kuan Yew The Crucial Years (1968) by Chinese opera. IN THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF Alex Josey and Dr Mahathir Mohamad's The Malay Dilemma (1988). The European presence in theatre in the form SINGAPORE 1947-76 of The Stage Club, Seletar Players and Island THEATRE Players, catered for expatriates, mostly British. Given his energy and width of interests, it was not long before he turned to the theatre. For DONALD MOORE IN POST-65 There was little writing in English, except in bore their names and concentrated only on their an organisation called The Little Theatre, he SINGAPORE the University of Malaya (founded in 1947 in business in Singapore. produced three plays before the end of the fifties. Singapore's startling economic success, visible Singapore) and these did not make an impact Desirous to create a 'truly Malayan movement' form the mid-sixties, and its transformation into beyond academia. More financial woes followed. In 1973, the that would evolve into a 'national theatre', the a global city in the seventies, created a demand Income Tax Dept sought to wind up three of his Moores founded The Singapore Arts Theatre. for international shows. Other impresarios It is unlikely that in 1947 and the years until companies for non-payment of income taxes. 1951-54 were active years with classic and entered the field, such as Goh Soon Tioe the 1950 that anyone brought in world-class artiste contemporary plays by Jean Anouilh, T. S. Eliot, music teacher, and The National Theatre. These or authors to Singapore. The Moores must have In 1974, Joanna and eldest daughter Sarah were Graham Greene and George Bernard Shaw. created competition for Donald. In the 70s, found a cultural vacuum and this they proceeded tragically killed in a motor accident in France. there were other publishers mining the same to fill almost immediately. The roles they took IMPRESARIO ACTIVITIES soil as Donald, like Times, Heinemann, and on were publishers representatives and later The financial endgame came in July 1976. The As impresario, he did three things which stood smaller outfits such as Select Books. In the arts, as publisher, writers, theatre producers and Spanish International Circus which he brought out. First, the range of artists and artefacts he the Singapore Arts Festivals, supported by the impresarios. In these, Donald was the dominant to Singapore performed to dismal crowds brought to the city (from pop music groups to government, brought in reputable individuals/ partner and spokesman and his wife played an and the hotel which housed members of the big, international orchestras and even a circus.) groups. The Singapore Symphony Orchestra important supporting role. circus asked Donald to pay. He also took out Secondly, the width, with 15 or more countries was founded in 1979. All these ate into Donald’s a one-page ad in The Straits Times urging represented. Third, the quality, some of whom cultural entrepreneurship. PUBLISHING Singaporeans to support the arts and the were world class people, like Dame Sybil From August 15-23, 1948, they organised a Circus in particular. Aware that his creditors Thorndyke and a few were productions that Given his extensive activities, Donald British Book Exhibition to which thousands went: were after him, he abandoned his van in a were still running in the West End. outstretched himself financially as early as 1960. then the Exhibition moved to Kuala Lumpur, mid-town road and left for England in mid-July Verner Bickley, in his autobiography Footfalls demonstrating that they were determined to be with his second daughter and son with only DONALD MOORE AS MALAYAN Echo in the Memory (2010), wrote that John a cultural force in Malaya as well. The next step £250 (S$1,100) in his pocket. In October, The Donald was pro-Malayan in his thinking. In Allenborough of Hodder and Stoughton found was to start a publishing house to published Straits Times reported that furniture and other December 1959, he gave a talk on “What is Donald 'depressingly and inextricably involved books about Singapore and the region. They household items in his rented Balmoral Park a Malayan Writer?” and said, “A Malayan in too many local commitments... he listened to also started to write and compile books. In 1949, home were sold for S$4,000 to pay for arrears writer is one who has written one or two books the warnings of the bank and hurriedly dictated it was announced that Joanna was to compile 4 in rent. of a creative nature and who has spent his or firm guidelines for cutting one's publishing her childhood here. For until then, one will not according to one's cloth, but that lesson was Join us for (Re)Discovering Donald Moore: see things as an insider but as an outsider. I never learnt.' Bickley further reported in the Singapore's Arts Pioneer (page 3). think one only becomes a Malayan writer once same book that in 1967, another representative one sees things with Malayan eyes and feels from Hodder warned Donald and Allenborough like a Malayan.” (The Singapore Free Press, 30 came to Singapore to recover debts in the region December 1959, 3.) of £5,000. The Moores quit the companies that

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EVENT LISTINGS Free admission 2014 2014 AUGUST SEPTEMBER 15 Aug Book Launch: Intruder By Jerrold 2 Aug Glass Canvas 2014: Displacement P26 1 Sep Living With Northern Collaborations P16 25, 26 & 28 Sep 4th Singapore Lieder Festival P19 Yam P10 2 & 3 Aug Full Disclosure: The Singapore 1 – 6 Sep But Is The Book Better?: Utter 2014 P13 25 – 27 Sep Playden Productions: Salusuah 16 Aug New Word Order featuring MAP Auto/Biography Forum P02 Ver3.0 P21 2012 Mentees P08 1 – 9 Sep Singapore International Storytelling 2 – 7 Aug Journey In Ink 知己。墨。若悟 P27 Festival (SISF) P05 16 – 18 Aug ARPAN: Soumitra Retrospective P23 2 – 14 Sep Seasons Of Life!家 P22 17 Aug Society Of Literature Writing Talks 书写文学协会: The Meaning of Winning 2 – 15 Sep “Caved” By The Taliban P22 Accolades 奖与不奖谈文学 P11 13 Sep A Bookbinding Cause: Long Stitch 18 – 21 Aug Singapore Raffles International Binding P11 Music Festival P24

21 – 24 Aug 5th Flute Festival Singapore 2014 P24

3 Aug August Literary Gatherings P10 21 – 24 Aug Contemplation P27 26 – 30 Sep Journeys In Abstraction 幻像妙 P28 4 Aug Living With Edwin Orlando P15 22 & 23 Aug Modern Day Slavery Film Forum P24 27 Sep – 5 Oct But Is The Book Better? : 23 Aug 6 & 7 Aug But Is The Book Better? National Eyes, Ears, Mouth, Nose: Exciting Pasolini Revisited: Poet, Writer, Filmmaker P14 Day Special: Gone Case P13 Stories For The Family P05 27 Sep Pasolini Requiem: A Tribute To A 26 Aug P06 16, 23, 30 Aug; 6, 13, 27 Sep; 4, 11 Oct Silver World Lit: Don George 12 Sep New Word Order featuring Lee Hui Poet, Writer and Filmmaker P14 Writing: Write Your Life Story P04 Min 李慧敏 P09 27 Aug World Lit: Travel Writing in the Field 27 – 28 Sep The Poetry Of Pier Paolo Pasolini: 7 – 29 Aug (Re)Discovering Donald Moore: with Don George P07 13 – 14 Sep DARPAN Film Festival P23 A Poetry Performance By Nestor Saied Singapore’s Arts Pioneer P03 (Italy) And Benjamin Chow (Singapore) P14 28 Aug Alphabet Series: Q Is For Queens P17

7 – 9 Aug, 14 – 16 Aug The Sing Jazz Pop-Up 28 Sep Our Story, Our Dreams【阮的故事， Club P18 阮的戏】P26

8 – 15 Aug Frame X Frame: Sayang Disayang P12

17 – 29 Sep Urban Bonsai P22

18 & 19 Sep …The Silent Lines Of Its Lips P20 28 – 31 Aug Book Riot P25 18 – 22 Sep Confluxus P28 29 Aug A Song Recital P25 18 – 29 Sep Artopia! P22 29 Aug Scum Cinema Presents: Martial Arts 12 – 18 Aug Fan Chang Tien - The Literati 20 Sep Society Of Literature Writing Talks 书 Madness! P13 Artist 范昌乾 - 文人画家 P27 写文学协会: Book Reading of The Last of 30 Aug Kris Foundation Presents… the Chinese-educated Society by Zhang Hui 13 Aug Book Launch: Japanese Translation 讨论张挥作品《末代华校生的网中岁月》 The Music Of Nikolai Kapustin III P25 P11 Of The Pillow Book P10

37\32 33\37 SHOP & DINE AT THE ARTS HOUSE

THE SHOP Barbershop by Timbré Mon – Sat, 11am – 8pm (closed on Sun & PH) Wed – Sat, from 6pm; closed on Sun - Tue The shop features a broad selection of books, artworks, design Quality music has a new address. Come down to Barber Shop, the latest addition to Timbré Group's objects, gifts, jewellery, apparels and exclusive items developed line-up of live music venues, featuring a wide selection of premium whisky paired with a unique by the arts house. Featuring products by more than 20 Singapore repertoire of blues, soul, funk and jazz bands catering to a discerning audience with a taste for the lifestyle designers, the shop offers the perfect solution for individuals high life. Check out Barber Shop, located indoors next to Timbré@The Arts House, and get ready for looking for stylishly handmade products that are designed to suit a refreshing different live music experience. their needs. Annex Building, 1 Old Parliament Lane #01-03 \ +65 65 6336 3386 \ www.timbregroup.asia Promotion: This August and September, collect a free crystal-crowned pencil or crystal ball pen with a minimum spending of $50 in a single receipt, or a free Singapore-landscape playing cards or Singapore-orchid poker cards with a minimum spending of $100 in a single receipt. While stocks last! OLIVIA CASSIVELAUN EARSHOT CAFÉ FANCOURT (OCF) Mon – Fri: 11.30am – 8pm \ Sat: 11am -5pm Lunch: 12pm – 2.30pm, Dinner: 6.30pm – 10.30pm, open till late (Mon – Sat), (closed on weekends & PH) closed for Sat Lunch and on Sun Earshot Café is a concept space that is fully dedicated to A collaboration between A Thousand Tales and Timbré Group, promoting Singapore books, music and films while having a great Restaurant Olivia Cassivelaun Fancourt is a 60-seater restaurant cup of coffee. We hold book launches, writers’ talks, literary located on the second level, right above Timbré@The Arts House. cocktails and music performances here. This exquisitely designed restaurant serves up a storm of French fare amidst carefully curated playlist of songs.

Annex Building, 1 Old Parliament Lane #02-02 VIET LANG +65 6333 9312 \ www.ocf-singapore.com Sun – Thu: 11.30am – 10.30pm \ Fri, Sat & PH: 11.30am – 11pm

Viet Lang is derived from Vietnam’s present name and its historical name Anh Lang. This restaurant offers a good presentation of authentic Northern, Central and Southern Vietnamese cuisine with a touch of Franco-Asian influence set in a contemporary décor and cosy ambience. 1 Old Parliament Lane #01-01 \ +65 6337 3379 \ www.vietlang-artshouse.com THE ARTS HOUSE BOX-OFFICE

1 Old Parliament Lane, Singapore 179429 T 65 6332 6919 @ The Arts House F 65 6339 9695 Timbré E [email protected] W www.bytes.sg www.bytes.sg Mon – Thur: 6pm – 1am \ Fri & Sat: 6pm – 2am (closed on Sun & PH)

Swaying just by the river within the beautifully restored Old Opening Hours Parliament House lies a new music enclave amongst calm waters Mon – Fri 10am – 8pm Sat 11am – 8pm Sun & PH Closed and peaceful streams. Timbré continues to create waves with (For events on Sundays and Public Holidays, Box Office opens 1 hour before showtime till 30 minutes after the show starts) added flavours to its ala carte menu of Singapore talents within its new cosy and comfortable ambience. All tickets (except for films) are subject to a ticketing fee of $2 each. Please note that once a booking has been 1 Old Parliament Lane #01-04 \ E: [email protected] \ +65 6338 8552 Reservations confirmed, no amendments, cancellations or refunds are permitted.

37\34 35\37 ABOUT THE ARTS HOUSE

ccupying the almost 200-year-old building that was Singapore's first Parliament House, The Arts House Osince its opening in 2004 has been playing an active role in the Singapore arts and creative scene. As a centre for writing, writers and ideas, The Arts House supports and presents programmes and festivals that aim to develop and promote literary arts in Singapore.

E N A L T N E M Kucinta, my love, IA L home to words R A P

D I’ve sat with you many years ago L

O watching a kaleidoscope of night lights spiral on the water cloths of Boat Quay.

Today, I see you still, relentless in your quest for fun, Never growing old, nary a whisker grey; Standing fort over Singapore River

- Extract from Kucinta at Raffles Place by Grace Chia

On our streets, in our parks and our neighbourhoods lie the verses by some of Singapore’s most well-loved poets. They evoke our emotions for these places, reminding us of their history and inspiring us to collect new memories.

Many poems about places in Singapore are yet to be uncovered. They are www.theartshouse.com.sg calling to be written by everyday poets like you. General Information Be part of Text In The City. Address: 1 Old Parliament Lane, Singapore 179429 Submit your poem today. General Enquiries Like us on textinthecity.sg T 65 6332 6900 F 65 6336 3021 E [email protected] W www.theartshouse.com.sg /theartshouse How to get to The Arts House Presented by By MRT 7-minute walk from City Hall and Raffles City MRT stations Follow us on By Bus Victoria Concert Hall: 100, 107, 130, 131, 75, 167 @The_Arts_House The Treasury: 51, 63, 80, 124, 124A, 145, 166, 174, 174e, 197, 1N, 2N, 3N, 4N, 5N, 6N Organised by @theartshouse Fullerton Sq: 10, 10e, 57, 70, 100, 107, 128, 130, 131, 162, 196, 196e, 75, 167, 531 By Car Carpark available at Parliament House, The Adelphi and Review The Arts House Funan DigitaLife Mall

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