Readings and performances presented by MA Creative Writing students and alumni

Updated 20 January 2025

Here is a list of readings and performances our students have taken part in.

Merlion the Musical written by Stella Kon and Desmond Moey. Performed at the Republic Polytechnic Cultural Centre by Musical Theatre Ltd (20–21 Dec).
Emily of Emerald Hill, written by Stella Kon. Performed in Melaka, directed by Chin San (23 Nov).
Emily of Emerald Hill, written by Stella Kon. Performed in Johor Bahru, directed by Chin San (27–28 Sep).
Emily of Emerald Hill, written by Stella Kon. Performed in Kuala Lumpur, directed by Chin San (8–11 Aug).
Pioneer Poets Showcase at the Pod. Presented by Stella Kon as part of the Pioneer Poets Showcase at the National Poetry Festival 2024 (26 Jul).
Screening of the video recording of Lim Boon Keng the Musical (original production at Victoria Theatre Singapore in 2019) written by Stella Kon with Desmond Moey. Presented by Stella Kon as part of the Conference of the Commonwealth of World Chinatowns (13–15 Jul).
Launch for Heartbeat of the Universe. Presented by Ian Goh (5 Apr).

LaSaturday: Art School Stories. Presented by Chen Cuifen and Seema Punwani as part of #BuySinglit (16 May).

Shophouse: Readings from the Master’s Writing Workshops of LASALLE College of the Arts. Presented by Aswani Aswath, Ian Goh, Imran Saeed Khanat, Sara Kelly, Kenneth Kwok, Jocelyn Low, and Sri Purani Odiayar at the George Town Literary Festival (23 Nov).
Book Launch: In This Desert, There Were Seeds | To Gather Your Leaving. Reading presented by Chen Cuifen at the Singapore Writers Festival (2 Nov).
You Can Learn That in School: Postgraduate Student Readings. Presented by Ian Goh, Joanne Lim, Matthew Lyon, and Eugene Ong at the Singapore Writers Festival (2 Nov).

Finding home from outside in. Presented by Cuifen Chen, Nicole Kwan, Peter John Morgan, Prachi Vinay Agarwal, and Seema Punwani at the Peripheral Visions: Australasian Association of Writing Programs Annual Conference (28 Nov).
Readings: The second coming. Presented by Nicole Kwan, Peter John Morgan, Samuel Chacko, Seema Punwani, Serene Goh, and Valerie Ang at the George Town Literary Festival (25 Nov).
You can learn that in school: Readings from Singapore’s university creative writing programmes. Presented by Cuifen Chen, Kenneth Kwok, Seema Punwani, and Valerie Ang at the Singapore Writers Festival (10 Nov).
Readings presented by Jayashree Balagopalan Panicker, Mohamed Saleem Abdul Hadi, and Samuel Chacko at the ASEAN India Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Festival (7 Jan).

Readings presented by Charmaine Toh, Dawn Lo, Jayashree Balagopalan Panicker, Mia Aureus, Saleem Abdul Hadi, and Vicky Chong at the George Town Literary Festival (25 Nov).
Reading presented by Matthew Lyon and Olivier Castaignede at the European Union Writers Festival (25 May).