Verena Tay

Performances at 7.45-8.30 pm & 9.30-10.15 pm. Join Kamini Ramachandran and Verena Tay of MoonShadow Stories as they give haunting storytelling performances of Asian horror stories at the ACM's Fright Night... * Rating NC16 * Unsuitable for children due to explicit horror content.
Parental discretion is strongly advised.

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Singaporeans love to eat. Whether you are a gourmand or a gourmet, the taste and smells of food excite each one of us. So why not use our chow to nourish our creative writing as well?

Drawing inspiration from our daily diet/favourite grub/disliked dishes, this workshop will help you generate new text that reveals what food means to us and that is infused with unexpected textures to grab the imagination of our readers.

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Let us play with words. Let us wallow in vowels and luxuriate in consonants. Let us conjure the imagination…

Let us seduce our readers. Let us arouse their deepest desires and passion. Let us bring them to the heights of pleasure and make them beg for more…

Come one, come all… Enter into this realm and create new text that excites the senses…

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Playwrights, have you wondered how actors interpret the words you write? Conversely, are you writing such that actors can easily perform your words? Through this physical-based, hands-on workshop, theatre veteran Verena Tay shares two techniques that makes words come alive and that have informed her own writing—physical action (inspired by Laban) and actioning/transitive verb (inspired by Stanislavski).

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Calling up-and-coming playwrights with no/minimal experience in performance or stage production! This unique, hands-on workshop is geared just for you.

New playwrights often write without understanding how their script can be staged. This is because they may lack personal experience in directing and performing plays. In this workshop, participants provide at a short script (10 A4 pages max, 12 hard copies) that they have written. With the help of theatre veteran, Verena Tay, participants direct/act out each script and in the process learn stagecraft, workshop their script and get a better sense of how to craft a stageable play.

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When writing stories or plays, writers are often stuck at how to show their characters interacting and speaking to each other in a way that the plot moves forward and the speech does not sound forced and artificial. In Natural Speech: The Art of Writing Dialogue, you will gain valuable, and practical, tips on how to craft naturalistic sounding dialogue that propels your story forward.

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Calling all children, big and small! Mums, Dads, Grandparents and all! Join MoonShadow Stories as we celebrate World Storytelling Day 2012 with exciting storytelling performances! Come listen to stories from around the world that you can participate in. Travel with us to a time when animals talked and tricksters ruled. Join us for riddle stories that the whole family can solve and stories that show you how to craft a piece of art. There will also be something special for young ones to take home to remind them to keep on sharing stories. The Story Tree will feature stories of animals,...

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Calling all children, big and small! Mums, Dads, Grandparents and all! Join MoonShadow Stories as we celebrate World Storytelling Day 2012 with exciting storytelling performances! Come listen to stories from around the world that you can participate in. Travel with us to a time when animals talked and tricksters ruled. Join us for riddle stories that the whole family can solve and stories that show you how to craft a piece of art. There will also be something special for young ones to take home to remind them to keep on sharing stories. Crafty Tales will feature stories involving movement, paper-cutting...

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Do you have a secret? If yes, join MoonShadow Stories for an evening of storytelling that reveals secrets from the realm of story. Listen closely as we caution you about supernatural forces as old as the jungles, surprise you with scandalizing tales of adultery and seduction, and advise you with ancient wisdom on how to live life in the modern world. Join Kamini and Verena as they celebrate the art of storytelling with tales selected especially for adult audiences. Some secrets to share…. For the first time, MoonShadow Stories will be collaborating with sound artist and poet, Bani Haykal,...

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Singaporeans love to eat. Whether you are a gourmand or a gourmet, the taste and smells of food excite each one of us. So why not use our chow to nourish our creative writing as well?

Drawing inspiration from our daily diet/favourite grub/disliked dishes, this workshop will help you generate new text that reveals what food means to us and that is infused with unexpected textures to grab the imagination of our readers.

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The secret behind any dynamic performer is often his/her ability to command the body’s core muscles to support the performance. So if you wish to become a more vibrant and animated storyteller, let experienced storytelling coach and theatre veteran, Verena Tay, share with you some practical tips on how to activate and utilize your physical centre so that you can speak, move and perform with a power and strength you never knew you had.

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Let us play with words. Let us wallow in vowels and luxuriate in consonants. Let us conjure the imagination…

Let us seduce our readers. Let us arouse their deepest desires and passion. Let us bring them to the heights of pleasure and make them beg for more…

Come one, come all… Enter into this realm and create new text that excites the senses…

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Ancient folk tales, fables, myths and legends, that are still being read or told today, have stood the test of time as their content and story structures still resonate with audiences today. When we do our own creative writing, sometimes it can be useful for us to draw inspiration from these old stories, instead of trying in vain to devise new plotlines and themes to capture what we want to say.

Using various Aesop’s fables as examples, Verena Tay will share with you tips and tricks on how you can rework the structural elements of these stories to develop a fresh piece of writing before you reinterpret a traditional myth/legend/folktale of your choice.

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Love, steadfastness, honesty, courage.
Are you born with these qualities, or do they develop through difficult, and sometimes painful, challenges?
Come experience the journeys with our heroes and heroines as they transform and are transformed by the circumstances they find themselves in. Featured Tellers: Nancy Leppard, Dolly Leow, Kamini Ramachandran, Tan Joo Hymn, Verena Tay, Sheila Wee For more information about the Storytelling Association (Singapore), please visit http://storytellingsingapore.com/.

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Have you been telling stories for some time already and wondered how you can improve your storytelling skills? If yes, then Beyond Storytelling 101 is for you! Beyond Storytelling 101 aims to enhance participants’ ability to adapt stories for telling and to hone their delivery skills over 12 hours of coaching.

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Are you too caught up with your daily routines? Do you regard the world with a jaded eye? Have you wondered where your creativity has disappeared to? Are you bored with your writing style?

Fret no more! Perspectives can help! This workshop will use physical-based techniques that will challenge you to perceive the world differently as well as give new impetus to your writing. Whether you are a new or seasoned writer, you will definitely benefit from gaining fresh Perspectives on life. Be prepared to move and be moved!

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Storytellers often tell from the point of view of the omniscient narrator, and prefer not to enter the realm of telling their chosen story in the first person. If you wish to broaden your storytelling repertoire and techniques, let experienced storytelling coach and playwright Verena Tay share with you practical tips on how to change your storytelling perspective, infuse suspense in your style and bring your story to life.

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The strongest stories are often personal ones because you have lived the experience and recount that experience from the heart. Yet, how can you transform mere biographical/anecdotal accounts and cringing naval-gazing material into thought-provoking and touching tales that will fascinate the audience of your choice? In My Story, you will gain valuable, and practical, tips on how to shape real-life experience into compelling works of fiction.

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Addicted to vampire stories (e.g. Twilight), horror classics (e.g. Frankenstein, The Raven) or even local supernatural folk lore (e.g. the Pontianak) to send chills regularly down your spine? And are you an aspiring Anne Rice or Stephen King who wishes to write tales of the supernatural that will haunt your readers long after they have read your story?

If yes to both, then the prose writing workshop that the National Library Board is organising this September is just for you. Focusing on the horror genre, this workshop will enable participants to create at least one short story that will tingle your spine and induce goose bumps. In four sessions, experienced writer and storyteller Verena Tay will guide you on how to:

• Brainstorm the content and arc of your story;
• Develop character, plot, setting and dialogue; and
• Craft the elements of suspense and terror.

Join this workshop and be prepared for a journey of darkest discovery...

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In September 2012, the National Library Board organised Spinning Your Supernatural Yarn, a writing workshop centred around the theme of 'horror'. Closely mentored by seasoned local writer and storyteller, Verena Tay, participants challenged themselves to craft an original piece that tingled the spine and induced goose bumps. DARK TALES is a compilation of the five best pieces of writing created by the first-time writers (Carena Low, Lynn Dresel, Karen Lim Shor-Wei, Alex Mitchell and Renee He Xiu Qing). Hear from the writers at this session, as well as the creator of the lovely images in the publication.

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Wanting to write, but not sure how to start? Stuck in a rut where your writing is concerned? In short, wondering where your creativity has disappeared to or whether you had any creativity in the first place?

Relax! Catalyst is here to inspire you! Established local theatre practitioner and writer Verena Tay will help you perceive the world around you and the objects that surround you in a new fashion so as to fuel your creativity and give impetus to new writing. Whether you are a new or seasoned writer, Catalyst will stimulate your senses and spur you to write text infused with unexpected textures to grab the imagination of your readers.

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Have you been telling stories for some time already and wondered how you can improve your storytelling skills? If yes, then Beyond Storytelling 101 is for you! Beyond Storytelling 101 aims to enhance participants’ ability to adapt stories for telling and to hone their delivery skills over 12 hours of coaching.

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