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Sat, 2 November, 3–6pm
@72-13, Home of T:>Works

Workshop fee: S$30 (Participants of the playwriting competition enjoy 50% discount for the workshop at $15)

Unlock your creative potential in our Beginner’s Playwriting Workshop! Designed for anyone curious about storytelling, this workshop is all about exploring fun, pressure-free techniques to jump-start your writing. Whether you’re new to writing or just looking for fresh ideas, we’ll guide you through playful exercises and creative prompts to help you discover the joy of crafting your own unique stories for the stage. No experience needed—just bring your imagination and a willingness to experiment! Join us and turn your ideas into the start of something amazing.

Part of the 24-Hour Playwriting Competition 2025 preparatory process, Chong Tze Chien invites emerging and new writers, and any one interested in scriptwriting as a medium, to attend this workshop.

About Chong Tze Chien

Chong Tze Chien is an acclaimed Singaporean playwright and director, known for his bold and inventive approach to theatre. A prolific playwright with over 20 years of professional experience under his belt, Chong has received numerous accolades for his work, including multiple Life! Theatre Awards. As a core team member of The Finger Players, one of Singapore’s leading theatre companies, he is celebrated for pushing the boundaries of form and storytelling, blending old school as well as original techniques with contemporary narratives. His works often explore themes of identity, memory, and social issues, making him one of the most original and well regarded practitioners in Singapore’s theatre scene.

He has three collections of plays published by The Necessary Stage, Epigram Books and The Finger Players respectively, containing critically acclaimed plays such as Charged, Poop! and PIE. In 2015, Charged was cited by The Business Times as one of the top ten plays of all time in Singapore. Other notable plays directed and written by Tze Chien include Turn By Turn We Turn, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, and The Book of Living and Dying.1