Koh Boon Pin In The Living Room with Russell Heng

In this double-bill edition, veteran journalist and actor Koh Boon Pin invites into the Living Room groundbreaking playwrights Russell Heng and Desmond Sim for two evenings of conversations and revelations behind their works.

On 10 April, activist, controversial playwright and scholar Russell Heng talks about his work in rejuvenating civil society on the stage and beyond.

The Living Room is a programme by Centre 42 that welcomes chat and conversation. Through focused but casual dialogues and face-to-face exchanges, this programme encourages participants to re-examine trends, happenings, people (on & off-stage) and phenomena in Singapore theatre.

A week later, artist and poet Desmond Sim discusses his body of work and offers insights on the confluence of writing, branding and marketing.

This cosy session, hosted by veteran journalist and actor Koh Boon Pin, was a conversation with Singaporean playwright and activist Russell Heng about his play-writing journey. Russell’s careers and transitions influenced the content and context of the three plays he wrote. The 65-minute Living Room Chat has been repackaged into a 3-part video recording.