StoryLab
Perfecting the Art of Performance Storytelling
For Adult Audiences
StoryLab was formed in 2009 by a passionate group of storytellers as a platform for its members to hone their art in performance storytelling. These performances serve to showcase their individual storytelling styles and new additions to their repertoire of stories.
Life as a story
Even such is time, which takes in trust
Our youth, our joys, and all we have,
And pays us but with age and dust,
Who in the dark and silent grave,
When we have wandered all our ways,
Shuts up the story of our days…
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) written on the night before his execution
StoryLab was formed in 2009 by a passionate group of storytellers as a platform for its members to hone their art in performance storytelling. These performances serve to showcase their individual storytelling styles and new additions to their repertoire of stories.
StoryLab currently has 7 members- Kala Sundaram, Ignatius Ng, Louisa GH Ong, Juriah Atan, Dawn Lau, Nandini Nagpal and Shirley Tham
Its founding members were graduates of Verena Tay’s Beyond Storytelling 101 course in 2009 and held their first public performance ‘The Gift’ was in December 2010.
StoryLab members hold ticketed storytelling performances annually for adult audiences with prepared and critiqued stories.
To apply for StoryLab:
– The applicant must be at least 18 years old and a member of the SAS (PM, VAM or AM)
– The applicant must be interested in telling stories to adult audiences and must be ready to participate in ticketed events.
– Applicants will need to audition. They must come prepared with an adult story to share.
– The applicant must be ready to receive constructive feedback and be a team player.
PAST STORYLAB PERFORMANCES
DREAMS AND DESIRES
ONLINE STORYTELLING EVENT FOR ADULT AUDIENCES BY STORYLAB.
Sat, 29 Oct 2022
ZOOM Web Conference
Storytellers: Ignatius Ng, Juriah Atan, Shirley Tham and Nandini Nagpal
STORIES OF COURAGE
7 tellers from Storylab took a brave step forward to present their stories on the virtual screen! They told tales of strong female characters and brave men.
Sat, 19th September 2020
ZOOM Web Conference
Storytellers: Louisa Ong, Kala Sundaram, Dawn Lau, Juriah Atan, Nandini Nagpal, Ignatius Ng and Shirley Tham with Wong Swee Yean as emcee, Mindy Neo and Akila Krishnakumar as technical hosts.
KALEIDOSCOPE
Our lives are a kaleidoscope of stories that transport us to another place, another time, another memory – stories that mirror different seasons of our being.
Sat, 31st Aug 2019
Training Room 1, Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO)
Storytellers: Kala Sundaram, Shirley Tham, Mindy Neo, Nandini Nagpal and Juriah Atan with Ignatius Ng as emcee.
GET MESMERIZED BY THE WONDERS OF STORYTELLING!
These stories will tickle your curiosity and leave you with a lingering flavour of life.
September 22nd 2018
Training Room 2, Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations
Storytellers: Dawn Lau, Ignatius Ng, Juriah Atan, Louisa GH Ong, Shirley Tham and Nandini Nagpal
Stories of Transformation
We may not have the power to turn all frogs into princes (or princesses!), but the choices we make in life have the power to transform and define who we are. When it happens, will we like what we become? Will our personal transformations change our lives and our world for better, or for worse?
1 April 2017
Training Room 2, Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations
Storytellers: Dawn Lau, Ignatius Ng, Juriah Atan, Kala Sundaram, Louisa GH Ong and Nandini Nagpal
The Condiments of Life
(Stories about strong women, in conjunction with World Storytelling Day)
12th March 2016
Classroom 2, The Substation,
Storytellers: Kala Sundaram, Ignatius Ng, Juriah Atan and Nandini Nagpal
The Journey
22 November 2014
Training Room 1, Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations
Storytellers: Tan Joo Hymn, Kala Sundaram, Shirley Tham, Juriah Atan, Nandini Nagpal
Stories of Faith
(collaboration with MoonShadow Stories for World Storytelling Day 2014)
15 March 2014
The Play Den, The Arts House
Principal Storytellers: Kamini Ramachandran, Verena Tay
Guest Storytellers from StoryLab: Tan Joo Hymn, David Bok, Kala Sundaram, Juriah Atan
Other Guest Storyteller: Maya Menon
Tales of the Unexpected
27 July 2013
Classroom 2, The Substation
Storytellers: David Bok, Tan Joo Hymn, Kala Sundaram, Kordial Kor, Juriah Atan, Ignatius Ng
Manna Manna: Food for the Body Food for the Soul
24 November 2012
Classroom 2, The Substation
Storytellers: David Bok, Tan Joo Hymn, Kala Sundaram, Kordial Kor, Juriah Atan, Ignatius Ng
In-house Performance
5 May 2011
Club House, Signature Park Condominium
Storytellers: David Bok, Tan Joo Hymn, Kala Sundaram, Kordial Kor, Juriah Atan, Ignatius Ng
Emcee: Ng Seng Chuan
The Gift: Stories that Unwrap
3 & 4 December 2010
DEW Room, Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations
Storytellers: David Bok, Tan Joo Hymn, Kala Sundaram, Thong Geok Lee, Kordial Kor, Ignatius Ng
Emcee: Ng Seng Chuan
STORYLAB EVENINGS
The StoryLab evenings were held from 2012-2013, and was a platform for StoryLab Members to tell and critique prepared stories, and for other SAS members to observe the process. If there was time, SAS members could also tell stories and receive feedback.
Past StoryLab Evenings were conducted during:
- 2013: 21 March, 29 May, 22 August
- 2012: 8 March, 16 August, 18 October