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PERSONAL PARTICULARS

Name: Ng Yi-Sheng
Sex: Male
DOB: 11/25/1980
Citizenship:

Singapore

E-mail: ng.yisheng [at] gmail.com
Languages: English, Mandarin, Spanish, French.
Hobbies: Writing, travel, language study, capoeira.

PUBLICATIONS AND PERFORMANCES

Solo Publications

"Eating Air", 2008 [movie novelisation]

"On his wings, soaring 20 years on" [commemorative book]

"SQ21: Singapore Queers in the 21st Century", 2006 [non-fiction]

"last boy", 2006 [poetry]

Editing Work

Head Editor, “onewinged”, 2000

Co-editor, “First Words”, 1996

Poetry in Group Collections:

“Eye on the World”, 1995

“Tributaries”, 1995

"First Words", 1996

“Eye on the World”, 1998

"onewinged", 2000

"No Other City", 2001

“The 2^nd Rule” journal, 2002

“Asian Journal” Columbia University publication, 2003

“Love Gathers All", 2003

“Quarto“ Columbia University publication, 2004

“The 2^nd Rule” journal”, 2004

“Quarto“ Columbia University publication, 2005

“Quarterly Literary Review of Singapore”, 2005

“Softblow”, 2006

Fiction in Group Collections:

“Eye on the World”, 1996

Drama in Group Collections:

“5 Under 25”, 2003

“Eye on the World”, 1998

Non-Fiction in Group Collections:

"FOCAS 5", 2007

Performances of Dramatic Work:

"Reservoir", TheatreWorks, 2008

"The Last Temptation of Stamford Raffles", W!ld Rice, Singapore Theatre Festival 2008

“V.I.S.T.A Lab 2.0: Interference”, Theatreworks, 2007

“V.I.S.T.A Lab 1.0: Impetus”, Theatreworks, 2007

"Frostbite", Short and Sweet Singapore 2007; also Short and Sweet Sydney 2008

"Georgette", Musical Theatre Ltd, Singapore Arts Festival, 2007

"251", Toy Factory Theatrical Productions, 2007

"The Final Temptation of Stamford Raffles", (staged reading) Action Theatre, 2007

"Serve", The Ordinary Theatre, Singapore Drama Educators Association's "Celebrate Drama", 2006

“A Loud Poem to be Performed for a Very Obliging Audience” included as performed poem in "Poetic Licence", STAGES, 2005

"Serve" (staged reading), The Necessary Stage, 2001

"Snake", Stage Right, 1999

“Redhill Blues”, Creative Arts Programme Alumni, 1999; also Republic Polytechnic Drama Club, 2005

"Hungry", Theatreworks, “got to go: play till dawn” theatre festival, 1998; also “charging up memory lane” theatre festival, 2001; also by various school groups thereafter, including NUS, Singapore Polytechnic, Anderson Secondary School and International Islamic University, Malaysia

Screenwriting for Short Film:

“Snake”, Eusoff Hall Productions, 2002

Exhibitions of Artwork

“hai’er” and “mo’t’er”, photographs at Queer Art Exhibition, Lerner Hall, Columbia University, 2003

"Coverage", wearable art intervention, Singapore Biennale Closing Ceremony, City Hall, 2006

"Cut Sleeve", wearable art intervention, ST Life! Party, St James Powerhouse, 2007

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

Dec 2008: Winner, Singapore Literature Prize 2008, English category.

Aug 2008: Listed by Straits Times in “30 Under 30” promising young people in
arts/design/entertainment.

Dec 2007: Listed in “The Power List 2007: Faces to Watch” by Straits Times

Feb 2007: 1st prize, Culturepush's “Very Short Story Writing Competition”

Dec 2006: "SQ21" listed as best non-fiction book of 2006 by Straits Times

Oct 2006: "last boy" listed as Book of the Month by Sunday Times

Aug 2005: Listed as one of “50 Young People to Look Out For” by Straits Times

Apr 2005: King’s Crown Silver Award Winner for Extra-Curricular Involvement by Columbia University

Aug 2003: 1^st Prize, Velvet Underground Singapore Slam for Writers’ Week 03

Jun 1999: 1^st Prize (Open), Theatreworks 24-Hour Playwriting Competition

Dec 1998: Gaurav Kripalani Award for Excellence in the Arts in RJC

Sep 1998: 1^st Prize, National University of Singapore Poetry Competition

July 1998: 4^th Prize, Commonwealth Essay Writing Competition

Jun 1998: 1^st Prize (Student), Theatreworks 24-Hour Playwriting Competition

Sep 1996: 1^st Prize, Ngee Ann Polytechnic Short Story Writing Competition

FREELANCE WRITING

Critical Writing

Theatre reviewer for The Straits Times since Dec 2006

*Theatre reviewer for The Flying Inkpot since Sep 2005

Art and theatre reviewer for The Substation Magazine

*Theatre and film reviewer for Fridae.com

Journalism

Columnist for Trevvy since Jun 2008

*Reporter for What's Up since Jan 2008

*Reporter for Fridae since Mar 2006

Commentary writer for Today, Nov-Dec 2006

Copywriting and Sketches

Singapore Nurses Association Musical, Fly Entertainment, Jul 2007

72-13 quarterly, Theatreworks, Jan-Dec 2007

"The IBM Musical", written for Circus Max and IBM, Dec 2006-Jan 2007

Incube Project profiles with Firstfruits Publications, Jun-Aug 2006.

"Founders", written for St Hilda's Secondary School, Mar 2006

Drama

"Georgette", a biographical musical on the pioneering artist Georgette Chen, Singapore Musical Theatre, staged readings, Mar 2007 (in process)

"Rafflesia", a biographical exploration of the life of Raffles, staged reading, Action Theatre, Mar 2007 (in process)

"251", on the life and iconicity of Annabel Chong, Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble, Apr 2007 (in process)

* indicates regular and sustained involvement

(http://www.inkpot.com/theatre/ArchiveNgYiSheng.html)

(http://www.fridae.com/lifestyle/index.php?searchtype=author&textby=Ng+Yi-sheng)

(http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/index.php?searchtype=author&textby=Ng+Yi-Sheng)

Ng Yi-Sheng's CV