Come celebrate the power of meaningful words at Literati!!! A showcase of poetry, prose and music delivered by talented local writers, storytellers and musicians. Featuring Jocelyn Chua, Dew Chaiyanara, Marc Nair, Azmi Danuri, Lee Yue Heng, and Jacklyn Soo of The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. Also with special guest, Sharanya Manivannan (KL).

Organized by Platform (The Label). For more info, please visit our website: http://www.platformthelabel.blogspot.com

Date: 7^th April, Saturday
Time: 2pm
Venue: Singapore Arts Museum
71 Bras Basah Road
Singapore 189555
Admission: Entry by donation
Contact: plasticblackspecs@hotmail.com
91813142 / 63323222

The next Literati will be held in July at The Arts House.
Do check www.platformthelabel.blogspot.com for updates

Performer’s Info:

Dew
A Drama graduate of Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, Kasamawati Masmintra Chaiyanara (Dew) has written and directed several dramatic performances and received a Merit Award for scriptwriting from the Singapore Broadcasting Authority in 2001. Currently, Dew is a freelance Drama Trainer, Theatre practitioner, Vocalist of local Rock band - “FWB”, Journalist/ Resident VJ for online music portal - “Pure Rock” and Production Assistant for LAMC Productions.

Jocelyn Chua
Long-listed for the National Arts Council Golden Point Award 2005 for her short story "A Brief Affair with Infinity", playwright-performer Jocelyn Chua was last seen at the Arts House Play Den in March 2007 performing her debut solo show – a dramatisation based on her aforementioned short story. An avid local theatre practitioner who also dabbled in short film making, Jocelyn was commissioned by TheatreWorks in 2004 to complete the one-act play "Restless" before proceeding to publish her debut collection of stage scripts in December 2006 entitled "Restless and Other Plays". She is currently trying to write more with her fingers crossed for paid artistic projects – It. Is. Hard. To. Write. With. Fingers. Crossed.

Marc Nair
Marc D. Nair - Teacher, Poet, Musician, Songwriter.

Mohammad Azmi Danuri
A digital film student at S.A.E. Institute Singapore, avid Star Wars fan and a photography enthusiast, Azmi has been writing poems for the past 4 years and continues to do so under the name Mrazmi. Asmi also does swordplay choreography/performance with SEJA and is part of a drama group that is in the National Drama Competition finals.

Jacklyn Soo of The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party is Jacklyn Soo and Ho Wai Kit. Formed early this year, the duo has been writing and producing songs of love, loss, memories, childhood, nature and peace.

Lee Yue Heng
Yueheng, a History/English Literature teacher has been writing songs since he was 17. His influences include The Beatles, Oasis, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan and 70s Chinese oldies.

Guest

Sharanya Manivannan
Sharanya Manivannan was born in India in 1985 and grew up in Sri Lanka and Malaysia. She writes, dances, paints and photographs, among other polyamourous devotions. She is working on a novel, Constellation of Scars, and a book of poems, and has published a handmade chapbook, Iyari. This year, some of the things she's looking forward to include a solo spoken word show in Kuala Lumpur in June, being a panel speaker at Chicago's Kriti Literary Festival in April, and editing an anthology for Women Unlimited, an imprint of India's first feminist press, Kali For Women. She can be reached at http://sharanyamanivannan.blogspot.com.