2017 Singapore Monologue Slam 

The Judges


​Oon Shu An

Oon Shu An is an actor whose career spans across theatre, TV, film and the internet.
She has two Life! Theatre Awards nominations; Best Original Script for her play with Checkpoint Theatre, cross-media production #UnicornMoment, and for Best Actress for her role in Pangdemonium's Chinglish. On TV, she played Jing Fei in Netflix
Original, Marco Polo, and also the leads in Code of Law 3 and Mata Mata: A New Generation. 


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He Shuming

He Shuming is a writer-director from Singapore with short films that has traveled in the film festival circuit, such as National Day, Labour Day and And The Wind Falls. 

​Shuming continues to split his time between California and Singapore and is currently working on his debut feature, Ajooma. He directed Homecoming in 2016, a documentary about various inhabitants and former residents of Pulau Ubin as they return to the island. 


​Wee Li Lin

Li Lin is one of the pioneer female filmmakers in Singapore, her prolific filmography
boasts 10 short films and two feature films as well as several tele movies and commercials. She has won several awards locally and internationally such as Best Director at the Singapore International Film Festival and a Star Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival. Her films have travelled to prestigious festivals such as the Tribeca Film festival in New York, the Cairo International Film festival and many others. In 2011, the Substation's Singapore short film awards presented Li Lin with an honorary award for her commitment to the local film-making scene.
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Wesley Aroozoo

​Wesley is a lecturer from LASALLE College of the Arts and an artist from 13 Little Pictures. His films have been screened in festivals such as the International Film Festival of Rotterdam and the Sapporo International Film Festival. He writes for various platforms such as scripts for local television, stage plays for theatre, online articles and is a published literary writer with his book Bedok Reservoir (Math Paper Press, 2012). 


Tom Schulz

Tom Schulz directed his first play in 1977, as an undergraduate at Pomona College. He went on to work in theatre and direct in Switzerland, Germany, New York City and Santa Cruz.

Tom served for 7 years as Artistic Director for Elbows Akimbo, a collaborative performance ensemble in San Francisco. In 1993, Tom started teaching at Jakarta International School, where he was employed for 17 years. For the past 6 years, Tom has been running the High School Theatre program at Singapore American School.

Brian Seward

Originally trained in science, with a BSc (honours) in Botany, Brian changed direction a decade later by gaining a post-graduate degree in Education, teaching Drama and English.

Since 1995, he has worked in Singapore teaching drama. Since 1999, he has directed, written and produced more than four professional productions a year as Artistic Director and founder of I Theatre. His productions have been presented in the Edinburgh Festival (UK), India, Australia, Malaysia, USA, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea. His first children’s book - The Magic Paintbrush - was re-published by Marshall Cavendish International in October 2016.


​Terence Chia

Terence is co-founder of Ministry of Funny, one of Singapore’s top comedy YouTube channels. He is also a Director of Luff Media, a production company specialising in digital content. Terence previously worked on Wall Street at Evercore Partners as an investment banker after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Finance from the Wharton School of Business, and a second degree in Psychology.

​Clare Schapiro

Clare has been involved in the performing arts for most of her life. She has worked as a producer, artistic director, actor, director, teacher, and radio host. She has founded and directed two very distinct, ground-breaking Montreal-based theatre companies: Créations etc..., (1978) and Theatre 1774 (1989).

​In 2014, Clare co-founded Singapore Creations Etc., a free and open platform for young people to express their hopes, fears, challenges and dreams through the creative arts. Since its inception, over 400 young people, between 6-21 years, have written, performed, designed and promoted several artistic projects in theatre, film, and music.

Matt Grey

Matt began acting in British television over thirty years ago. He trained at the Guilford
School of Acting and Dance and afterwards continued performing in film, television and theatre. In 2000, he acquired a teaching licentiate with Guildhall School of Music and Drama and began to teach voice and speech for actors at across Singapore. Since then Matt has had extensive experience with training Asian and Western actors and acting students. Matt is also a professional actor and received the Straits Times 13th Life Theatre Best Actor Award for his portrayal of Sigmund Freud in Freud’s Last Session at the Esplanade 2013. Matt currently trains students at LASALLE College of the Arts, where he is the Programme Leader for the Diploma in Performance. 

Marc Nair

Marc Nair is a poet and photographer from Singapore. He is a recipient of the 2016 Young Artist Award. He has published seven volumes of poetry and has performed spoken word internationally for over ten years. 

His latest collection is Intersection, a poetic and visual architecture of space and memory created together with artist Nicola Anthony. Marc was the 2016-17 NTU-NAC National Writer in Residence and is also the co-founder of Mackerel, a culture magazine.​

More judges to be revealed soon...


​CATCH OUR 2017 JUDGES AT:

*SCAPE Gallery Theatre, Level 5​
21st - 24th September
8PM - 10.30PM