A Second Life - Dec 2

On Sunday, December 2nd, LoNyLa/Velocity Lab Singapore presents a rehearsed reading / online broadcast of "A Second Life," a new play by Tan Suet Lee. Directed by Drayton Alexander Hiers. Time: 8PM - 10PM SGT | NOON - 2PM GMT

Featuring Chio Su-Ping ("Mary"), Ivan Choong ("Adam"), Lisa Louttit ("Louella") and Timothy Nga ("Lawrence").

The actual reading will take place at the NYU Tisch Asia Black Box in Singapore and broadcasted live to an Internet audience. Register to attend event in Singapore: http://secondlife.eventbrite.co.uk/

Co-hosted by LoNyLa and Platform 65, a live video-conference mixer between artists and audiences in London and Singapore pre-broadcast and a feedback session with the playwright post-broadcast will be conducted between East and West. View event online at: https://new.livestream.com/lonyla-live/secondlife

Synopsis: "When Lawrence is paralyzed after a skiing accident, he slowly disconnects from real life and spends time in a virtual world instead.

As he starts to build a new life - with a new woman - in the virtual world, his real wife must take drastic actions in order to get him back.

But when she goes into the game herself, she sets off a chain of events that forces both of them to confront the truth about their marriage."

Tan Suet Lee, a chartered accountant, began writing plays after a playwriting workshop in 2001. Since then she has written eight plays. Her most recent play "Sperm" was performed by Magdalena (Singapore) at the OCBC Singapore Theatre Festival in 2008.

Another of Suet Lee's plays, "Shopping with Ang," was performed by Yellow Earth Theatre as part of their Typhoon Festival, London, in 2004. She is a member of Singapore Repertory Theatre's Writers Week.

Drayton Alexander Hiers, the Artistic Director of LoNyLa Singapore, is a writer, director and dramaturg. His plays, films, and performances have been seen in Singapore at the Arts House, 72-13, and the SPORE Arts Salon; in New York at Eyebeam, the Bushwick Starr, Anthology Film Archives, and The Tank NYC; and in Amsterdam at Het Muiderpoort Theatre. He has worked as a director and dramaturg with Jean Tay ("Between Us"), Chong Tze Chien ("The Book of Living and Dying"), and Su Ching Teh ("Call Me Bea and Ubin"). He lectures at NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia and Singapore Repertory Theatre, and holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU Tisch Asia.

Velocity Lab 2012 links professional creative teams in different regions of the world to develop new material for stage, film and television.

By using broadcasting and telepresence / videoconferencing technology, this cross-border collaborative lab enables artists to interact with other artists of various cultures as well as access remote audiences via the Internet. Participating cities include London, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin and Singapore.

For more information about Velocity Lab's Autumn events, please visit our Broadcast Schedule.

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