Workshop Introduction

Why do we laugh? What makes us laugh? These are questions we seldom reflect on even when we habitually enjoy a good joke. If you wish to be funny (or funnier), this workshop will humour you by disclosing to you the secrets of humour. Gwee Li Sui will guide you to reflect on its logic, to differentiate its styles, and specifically to dissect funny writing. Participants will be involved in writing and editing for humour. If you consider yourself born without a funny bone, then this workshop is not for you. Come prepared to laugh with others, with yourself, and at yourself—and to celebrate life.

Workshop Details

• Cutting Humour - A Workshop with Gwee Li Sui
• Date & Time: 12 Jun 2022, 14:00
• Venue: Esplanade Annexe Studio
• Admission for ages 15 and above.

Ticket Details

• Tickets availale on Esplanade
• Price: SGD 12

About Gwee Li Sui

Gwee Li Sui is a poet, a graphic artist and a literary critic. His works include the graphic novel Myth of the Stone, seven poetry books—with the latest being This Floating World— non-fiction titles such as FEAR NO POETRY! and Spiaking Singlish, as well as Singlish translations of books by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Beatrix Potter and the Brothers Grimm. A familiar name in Singapore’s cultural scene, he has written and lectured on a range of subjects too.

Advisory:

With the simplification of COVID-19 measures, safe distancing is no longer required between masked audiences. As such, there may be other patrons seated next to and around you.

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 or token only. Other modes of SafeEntry check-in will not be accepted.

Information Source: Esplanade