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Writing A Memorable Short Play
The Actors Studio Academy, The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac)
Date: 03–07/12/2025
Time: 7:00PM
Ticketing
3, 6 and 7 December
7.00pm, 10.00am and 7.30pm
3-Day Workshop
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About
Course Details:
Want to write your own play but don’t know how to start?
Multi-award winning Singaporean playwright Desmond Sim will be in town to run an exclusive 3-day playwriting workshop in December in conjunction with the re-staging of The Swimming Instructor.
Perfect for beginners, this course covers the essentials of short playwriting—concept, structure, characterisation, dialogue, and the writing process—to help you craft powerful, effective plays.
With more than 30 plays under his belt, Sim will be sharing over 20 years of experience in writing to help you kickstart your own journey.
Date & Time:
(3-Day Workshop)
3 Dec (Wed) @ 7.00pm-10.00pm
6 Dec (Sat) @ 10.00am - 1.00pm
7 Dec (Sun) @ 7.30pm - 10.30pm
Age: 16 years old above
Class Size: 6 - 12 pax
Course Fee:
| Category | Early Bird (Ends 16 Nov) | Regular (17 Nov onwards) |
| 3-day Workshop for New TASA Student | RM 600* | RM 650* |
| 3-day Workshop for TASA Returning Student | RM 550 | RM 600 |
| Bundle Package 1 (1 ticket to The Swimming Instructor + 3-day Scriptwriting Workshop) for New TASA Student | RM 640* | RM 690* |
| Bundle Package 2 (1 ticket to The Swimming Instructor + 3-day Scriptwriting Workshop) for TASA Returning Student | RM 590 | RM 640 |
*Inclusive of a RM50 registration fee for new TASA students.
Venue:
Level 3, Studio 5 @ klpac
Enquiry
E-mail: academy@klpac.org
WhatsApp / Call +60 18 266 3383
About Desmond Sim
Desmond is a multi-award winning writer in his past 20 years of writing. He has won prizes in national short story, poetry and playwriting competitions. He was the first playwright-in-Residence (at TheatreWorks in 1990) and helped launched Writers’ Lab there. The Lab is still running today. He also launched Singapore Theatre Oasis’ Writers’ Spa at ACTION Theatre 2005 - 2009. He has written more than 30 plays, almost all of which have been produced – mostly with established theatre companies in Singapore (ACTION Theatre, W!ld Rice, TheatreWorks, SRT), and at Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, USA.
Desmond is the co-screenwriter of Thai movie BEAUTIFUL BOXER, which has won awards in Europe and America. In 2008/2009 he also co-wrote the movie THE WEDDING GAME which was directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham, starring Fann Wong and Christopher Lee. His two recent plays were featured in an ACTION Theatre and National Museum collaboration titled SINGAPORE LOVE LETTERS (2009) directed by Samantha Scott Blackhall, and starring Tan Kheng Hua and Casey Lim. His most recent work, MANHOOD, opened at ACTION Theatre in September 2009 and was largely sold out.
About The Actors Studio Academy @ klpac
BE EXTRAORDINARY
Founded by Dato’ Dr. Faridah Merican and Joe Hasham OAM, The Actors Studio Academy is a pioneer in arts education in Malaysia. Its alumni comprises theatre luminaries and the crème de la crème of the industry today.
With a clear pathway for children through to adults, learn from artiste-educators with hands-on experience in the industry and enjoy direct access to klpac’s full range of facilities.
Price details
Early Bird Fee
Early Bird Fee for 3 sessions
(including registration fee of RM50)
RM600.00
Early Bird for TASA Returning Student
Early Bird Fee for 3 sessions
RM550.00
Standard Fee
Fee for 3 sessions
(including registration fee)
RM650.00
TASA Returning Student
Fee for 3 sessions
RM600.00
