Five Arts Centre and The Actors Studio are pleased to present The Directors' Workshop 3 to be staged at The Actors Studio Box from March 28th - April 8th this year.

The Directors' Workshop is a training programme for young directors which Five Arts Centre started in 1998. In this programme, young theatre people who are interested in directing, work with Krishen Jit and Joe Hasham to hone their skills in directing.

The directors who have come out of this programme are Charlene Rajendran, Anne James, Wilson Wong, Nam Ron, Amir Muhammad and Chee Sek Thim. All these have continued their work in theatre in different ways. Wilson Wong and Nam Ron have opened their own theatre companies.

This year we have two directors in the workshop - James Lee and Reza Zainal Abidin. Both directors presented workshops of their work in January to enthusiastic houses. Having reworked their plays, they will present them as full productions from March 28th - April 8th.

James is directing Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter, while Reza is directing Good Daughter, written by Mira Mustaffa.

Both are talented young men who will make fine theatre practitioners and we are pleased to be training them as directors.