Desmond Sim: Six Plays

On Autumn Tomyam
Winner of Best Original Script, 2002 DBS Life! Theatre Awards

“An instant hit with the critics…”
–The Straits Times

“Theatre-goers went to see Autumn Tomyam expecting something hot and spicy, and ended up getting a little more—a touching story about love and truth set against a backdrop of social commentary on racial and ethical issues.”
–The Business Times

“Desmond has created situations and characters that will test and challenge our prejudice levels.”
–Ekachai Uekrongtham

On The Swimming Instructor
“An audience favourite.”
–The Business Times

On Wife #11
“… a gem…beautiful in its subtlety.”
–The Straits Times

On Postcards from Rosa
“… heartwarming…For many, Peranakan culture has been reduced to nothing more than the kebaya or sambal belacan. But Sim has lovingly resurrected his heritage from childhood memories.”
–TODAY

Desmond Sim is an award-winning playwright, poet and writer. Almost all of his 30 plays to date have been performed in professional theatres in Singapore, Malaysia and the United States. He was TheatreWorks' first playwright-in-residence and has been the associate artistic director of ACTION Theatre since April 2004, running Singapore Theatre Oasis, an incubator programme for new and existing Singaporean playwrights. He has participated in the Shanghai Literary Festival and was awarded a Fulbright fellowship. Desmond has also co-written two movies: Beautiful Boxer (Thailand) and The Wedding Game (Singapore). He is an acknowledged Peranakan painter who has held more than a dozen exhibitions on Peranakan figurative themes. Desmond also teaches playwriting, branding, marketing and communications at Temasek Polytechnic Design School and Lasalle College of the Arts.