Show Introduction

Join Melizarani T. Selva and Cheyenne Alexandria Phillips for a night of spoken word poetry inspired by their repertoire on nature, science and intricacies of the world that unite and divide us.

Show Details

• Melizarani T. Selva and Cheyenne Alexandria Phillips
• Date & Time: 30 Mar 2022, 20:00
• Venue: Esplanade Concourse

About Artist

Melizarani T. Selva is a Malaysian writer and spoken word poet. To date, she has performed in six countries with notable performances at StoryFest Singapore, ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival and TEDxGateway. Her first book Taboo’, is a poetic exploration of her Masters’ thesis on the constructs and representations of the Malaysian Indian identity. Her poems have been translated in French and Bahasa Malaysia.

Cheyenne Alexandria Phillips is a writer, performer, educator and associate artist with Checkpoint Theatre. Her writing and performance credits include Vulnerable (2021), A Grand Design – an audio experience (2020), In The Twine (Singapore Writer’s Festival commission, 2018) and For the Record (Centre 42 Basement Workshop Residency, 2017).

Advisory:

This is a pilot trial performance with limited seating capacity which may vary depending on the venue. No tickets will be issued. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.  

From 1 Jan 2022, there will no longer be a concession for unvaccinated individuals to perform Pre-Event Testing in lieu of being fully vaccinated. All patrons (except for children aged 12 and below) need to be fully vaccinated#against COVID-19.

#Full vaccination refers to:

• having received the appropriate regimen of World Health Organisation Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL) vaccines including their respective duration post-vaccination for the vaccine to be fully effective, and had their vaccination records ingested in MOH’s national IT systems
• recovery from a COVID-19 infection within the last 180 days

All patrons are required to do SafeEntry check-in at the venue via the TraceTogether app (version 2.11 and above) or token only. Other modes of SafeEntry check-in will not be accepted.

Information Source: Esplanade