{"product_id":"reading-the-room-a-playwright-s-devising-journey","title":"Reading the Room: A Playwright’s Devising Journey","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Playwright\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Polaris-TextContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Caption\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver the past three decades, award-winning playwright Haresh Sharma has written more than 120 plays, many of them created with the The Necessary Stage’s unique devising methodology.⁣⁣⁣\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e⁣⁣\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘮: 𝘈 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵’𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 offers unprecedented access into the devising process, with keen insights and intimate reflections gleaned from Haresh’s artistic journey.⁣ ⁣This book describes Haresh’s devising process in meticulous detail, illustrated by production case studies and incorporating numerous archival artefacts, including photographs, early drafts of scripts and personal correspondences. It also features in-depth interviews with some of TNS’ most notable artist-collaborators.⁣⁣ ⁣\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e⁣\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe chapters highlight different aspects of devising such as:⁣⁣ ⁣\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDevising with Communities⁣⁣⁣\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDevising and Verbatim Theatre⁣⁣⁣\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDevising and International Collaboration⁣⁣⁣\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDevising and Interdisciplinary Theatre⁣⁣.⁣\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e⁣⁣\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten as an accessible how-to guide, 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘮: 𝘈 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵’𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 promises to be an invaluable resource for playwrights, directors, students, teachers and collaborative artists, as well as anyone curious about Singapore theatre history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Polaris-FormLayout\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Polaris-FormLayout--condensed\" role=\"group\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Polaris-FormLayout__Items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Polaris-FormLayout__Item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Polaris-Labelled--hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Polaris-Labelled__LabelWrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Polaris-Label\"\u003e\u003clabel class=\"Polaris-Label__Text\" for=\"PolarisSelect1\" id=\"PolarisSelect1Label\"\u003e\u003c\/label\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Polaris-Select\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHaresh Sharma\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Resident Playwright of The Necessary Stage and co-Artistic Director of the annual M1 Singapore Fringe Festival. To date, he has written about 100 plays. One of these,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOff Centre\u003c\/em\u003e, was selected by the Ministry of Education as a Literature text for ‘N’ and ‘O’ Levels, and republished by The Necessary Stage in 2006. In 2008,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eInterlogue: Studies in Singapore Literature, Vol. 6\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Ethos Books. Written by Prof David Birch and edited by A\/P Kirpal Singh, it presents an extensive investigation of Haresh’s work over the past 20 years. A collection of Haresh’s plays was also translated into Mandarin and published as \u0026lt;\u0026lt;哈里斯·沙玛剧作选\u0026gt;\u0026gt; by Global Publishing. In 2010, Epigram Books published\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThose Who Can’t, Teach\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaresh was awarded Best Original Script for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFundamentally Happy\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGood People\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGemuk Girls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eduring the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Life! Theatre Awards respectively. In 2010, the abovementioned plays were published by The Necessary Stage in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrilogy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ecollection. Most recently, two collections of short plays by Haresh,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eShorts 1\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eShorts 2\u003c\/em\u003e, were published as well. In 2011, Haresh became the first non-American to be awarded the prestigious Goldberg Master Playwright by New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. In 2014, Haresh was awarded the prestigious S.E.A. 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