His playwriting course was cancelled five days before the semester started on Aug 12.
Cultural Medallion recipient and playwright Haresh Sharma's playwriting course at the National University of Singapore was dropped five days before the semester started on Aug 12.Sharma, 59, responded to NUS’ reason for dropping his playwriting module in an Instagram post dated Aug 16: “They never told me directly and clearly that my class was cancelled because it lacked ‘sizeable numbers’.”
He is one of three artists whose class was cancelled by NUS at the last minute before the start of the Aug 12 semester. The other two are theatre actress Noorlinah Mohamed, creative producer of National Day Parade 2024, and another artist who spoke to ST on condition of anonymity. In his post, he raised these questions: “What are the processes involved in engaging these artists? Are there systems in place to protect these artists/educators so that their livelihoods are not affected?”
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