FLYING INKPOT THEATRE: About Us

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Writers' Bios
Editors Matthew Lyon, Reviews Editor and Web Designer Matthew was born in England, but was cast out of the country when it became clear he didn't like football and preferred coffee to tea. He now teaches Theatre Studies and Drama at Raffles Junior College, and helps out with Raffles Players. Matthew has acted, directed and written for the stage in Singapore. He lives in a glass house with broken windows. Kenneth Kwok, Listings Editor and General Administrator Kenneth was the founder of the Anderson Secondary School Drama Club during his time in the school as an English Language and Literature teacher. He has also written for and acted with various theatre companies in Singapore over the years as well as worked on community-based drama projects with the Singapore Drama Educators Association, the National Youth Council, The Necessary Stage, etc. In 2007, he completed his Ed.M in the Arts in Education which included a course in critical writing about the arts. He is currently the Deputy Principal of Raffles Institution but spends his spare time fighting crime as an associate member of the Legion of Super Heroes. Malcolm Tay, Dance Sub-Editor On a dark and stormy night, Malcolm decided to try his hand at ballet before rheumatism set in, and signed up for lessons at a local school. For two years, he worked on his sautés and développés while his teacher tried not to look. Modern-dance classes later inspired nightmares of Martha Graham, who would admonish him to dance from his vagina. Since then, he has remained convinced that he is neither a turner nor a jumper. In 2003, he attended the American Dance Festival's Institute for Dance Criticism in Durham, North Carolina, as a New York Times Foundation Fellow. Writers Deanne Tan Deanne believes in the three critiques: critique of self, critique of others, and critique of art. On weekdays, she receives lots of critiques about herself, which she never fails to critically evaluate. On weekends and evenings, she expends her energies on critiques of art. Whenever the opportunity arises, she will critique others. She has a degree in English Literature and International Relations, which she obtained while simultaneously critiquing the state of performing arts in Philadelphia from 1997-2001. Today, Deanne earns her keep as a policy analyst at MINDEF. She likes most things modern and some things American - more in terms of its art than its foreign policy. Ng Yi-Sheng Yi-Sheng is a full-time writer of poetry, plays, reviews, news and corporate flash. His books include the poetry collection last boy, the non-fiction book SQ21: Singapore Queers in the 21st Century, and a novelisation of the film Eating Air. Occasionally, he also reviews for the Straits Times and the Substation Magazine and models for life drawing classes in the nude. And yes, he knows that it's probably a bad idea to be a playwright as well as a critic, but understands that the theatre scene here needs more of both. He's also got a professional blog at http://lastboy.blogspot.com, and is listed in Wikipedia in Swedish. Plus he just won the Singapore Literature Prize (English category, 2008). Woohoo! Amos Toh Amos Toh has contributed poetry and theatre reviews to The Straits Times and online arts magazines The Substation Magazine and Quarterly Literary Review Singapore. He was also a judge for the 2008 Life! Theatre Awards. He is currently reading Law at the National University of Singapore. Stephanie Burridge Stephanie has a PhD in Contemporary Dance and was the Artistic Director of the Canberra Dance Theatre in Australia for 21 years. Now a Permanent Resident in Singapore, she has worked at LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts and the National Institute of Education. She is a dance writer, critic and author of numerous publications including Shifting Sands: Dance in the Asia Pacific and Co-Chair of the World Dance Alliance Asia Pacific Research and Documentation network. She enjoys dance from around the world and cycling with her golden retriever,Topaz, to the wonderful Singapore Botanical Gardens. Stephanie currently teaches Dance:East and West at Singapore Management University. Vivienne Tseng Vivienne will never be as young as she wants to be at age 21. In life, she finds moments of contentment in bringing drama into children’s lives at school, learning communication psychology at NTU, and watching films or people on the MRT. She remembers the pains of performance by performing when she can, and inks afterthoughts on watching performances to balance the scales as performer and critic. Vivienne aspires to many things and tries to work as hard as she dreams. Adele Tan Adele wants to think of herself as a writer but spends most of her time writing art criticism and theorizing about sex, death and the unconscious in art. She is a feminist but does not hold men in lesser regard. Other than the comforts of wine, women and song, she seeks solace in the pleasures of the theatre, cinema and internet.	Reviewers' Individual Archives Stephanie Burridge Kenneth Kwok Matthew Lyon Ng Yi-Sheng Deanne Tan Malcolm Tay Vivienne Tseng Amos Toh

Ratings out of 5, based on Practitioner's Vision / Reviewer's Response: *** = Transcendent / Rapturous; = Crystal / Appreciative; * = Transmitted / Thoughtful; ** = Vague / Unsatisfied; * = Uncommunicated / Mystified.