Nabilah Said - EDITOR, PLAYWRIGHT, ARTIST

Writing

A selection of original written content, and other works.

ARTS & CULTURE ARTICLES

  • Singapore Arts Emerging from the “Great Pause”, ArtsEquator, 29 Mar 2022

  • WINDOW by ATTEMPTS: A click away, ArtsEquator, 25 Mar 2022

  • COVID-19 and the arts in Southeast Asia – 2 years on, ArtsEquator, 15 Mar 2022

  • The Substation: An unstoppable force and an immovable object, ArtsEquator, 9 Mar 2021

  • Coronalogues, pandemic spectatorship (and the critic), ArtsEquator, 29 May 2020

  • Is this thing on? Singapore theatre in the midst of a pandemic, ArtsEquator, 29 May 2020

  • COVID-19 and the arts in Southeast Asia, ArtsEquator, 27 Mar 2020

  • A house is not a home: Centre 42 and Arts Resource Hub, ArtsEquator, 3 February 2020

  • 5 Singapore poems not to quote out of context, ArtsEquator, 13 October 2019

  • Translating Homeland: Tanah•Air 水•土: A Play In Two Parts, ArtsEquator, 9 October 2019

  • Seven Views of “Seven Views of Redhill”, ArtsEquator, 23 September 2019

  • Zulfadli Rashid: Abang of Singapore Malay theatre, Esplanade.com, 29 June 2018

  • Merging old and new in Malay music, The Straits Times, 6 September 2017

  • Contemporary ethnic music groups woo young audiences, The Straits Times, 4 July 2017

  • Singapore artists chart new waters at Venice Biennale, The Straits Times, 16 May 2017

  • Role of dance dramaturg more prominent in Singapore, The Straits Times, 31 January 2017

  • Arts producers strike out on their own to put on works, The Straits Times, 23 August 2016

  • Fired up by pottery, The Straits Times, 25 March 2016

  • Zentai walk participants attracts curious onlookers, The Straits Times, 12 April 2015

  • Modern-day explorers in Singapore who scout the old-school way, The Straits Times, 31 October 2014

  • George Town Festival presents a city that is comfortable in its own skin, The Straits Times, 8 August 2014

OTHER NON-FICTION ESSAYS

POETRY/FICTION

  • [Poem] ‘You Have Always Been Boundless’, Commissioned by SCENE SHANG, 2021 [Read]

  • [Poem] ‘NENEK IS LUCID DREAMING’, An Ekphrastic Series: Nabilah Said, National Gallery Singapore, 2021 [Watch]

  • [Poem] ‘Mindmap’, An Ekphrastic Series: Nabilah Said, National Gallery Singapore, 2021 [Watch]

  • [Fiction] ‘Dear You’, And you wander once again // Dan kau merantau lagi, Latiff Mohidin Symposium, National Gallery Singapore, 2020 [Watch]

  • [Poem] ‘Telling’, #NeverBeforeSG, National Museum of Singapore, 2020

  • [Poem] ‘Hair Apparent’, Say What Ah, Our Monster Tongues, Textures Festival, The Arts House, 2020

  • [Flash Fiction] ‘Thirty Minutes, Sir’, SingPoWriMo Issue #2, 2019 [Read]

  • [Poem] ‘Continental Drift’, Call & Response, Math Paper Press, 2018 [Watch]

  • [Flash Fiction] ‘Sweet Dreams’, Bubble Gum Death Metal Zine One: Sharing, 2018

  • [Poem] ‘DEMONS’, Bubble Gum Death Metal Zine One: Sharing, 2018

  • [Poem] ‘BFF’, SingPoWriMo 2017, Math Paper Press, 2017

  • [Poem] ‘Swallow’, SingPoWriMo 2017, Math Paper Press, 2017

  • [Poem] ‘Hair Apparent’, Unfree Verse, Ethos Books, 2017

  • [Poem] ‘Tectonic Shift’, A Luxury We Must Afford & A Luxury: Omnibus Edition, Math Paper Press, 2016

  • [Poem] ‘WTB’, A Luxury We Must Afford & A Luxury: Omnibus Edition, Math Paper Press, 2016

  • [Poem] ‘Logbook’, SingPoWriMo 2015, Math Paper Press, 2015

  • [Poem] ‘Hair Apparent’, SingPoWriMo 2015, Math Paper Press, 2015

  • [Flash Fiction] ‘Comfort Food’, Twenty-Four Flavours: Salted Vegetables and Duck Soup, Math Paper Press, 2014

  • [Flash Fiction] ‘Last Period’, Twenty-Four Flavours: Chicken Rice, Math Paper Press, 2014

  • [Flash Fiction] ‘For His Master’s Birthday on the Night of the Equinox’, Twenty-Four Flavours: Century Egg, Math Paper Press, 2013

  • [Flash Fiction] ‘Love Letter by Way of Bottle Post’, Twenty-Four Flavours: Dolphin Meat, Math Paper Press, 2013

  • [Flash Fiction] ‘Sandstorm’, Twenty-Four Flavours series: Sushi, Math Paper Press, 2013

REVIEWS

  • BIPAM 2021: Delight, despair, dialogue and the despot, ArtsEquator, 17 Sep 2021

  • Bird is the word: Peepbird by The Finger Players, ArtsEquator, 11 Oct 2020

  • À Ố Làng Phố: Less trick, more treat in Vietnamese bamboo circus, ArtsEquator, 2 March 2020

  • Hades Fading: Modern-day Ancients, ArtsEquator, 1 March 2020

  • Are You Ready To Take The Law Into Your Own Hands: Tongue Scrapes Against Cheek, ArtsEquator, 29 February 2020

  • Torch the Place: Shedding the Dead Weight, ArtsEquator, 27 February 2020

  • Everything In Its Right Place: The Body Politic and the Body, ArtsEquator, 22 December 2019

  • Monsters’ Ink: A Fiend’s Diary & Heather, ArtsEquator, 2 December 2019

  • Goodbye Lin Bo, we hardly knew ye, ArtsEquator, 17 November 2019

  • Raw Moves’ “Being & Organs” and the unbearable whiteness of Block O, ArtsEquator, 16 October 2019

  • Love me tender: “Eat Duck” by Checkpoint Theatre, ArtsEquator, 5 September 2019

  • Instructions for reheating: “Forked” by The Finger Players, ArtsEquator, 28 August 2019

  • Crashing realities: “Acting Mad” by The Necessary Stage, ArtsEquator, 22 August 2019

  • Looking away for clarity: First Fleet by Nine Years Theatre, ArtsEquator, 9 August 2019

  • Disrupting to stay woke: Awakenings at National Gallery Singapore, ArtsEquator, 29 July 2019

  • Pretty Displaced: Staging Sexual Assault in the Age of #MeToo, ArtsEquator, 7 June 2019

  • Blood Knot at Orange Tree Theatre, Exeunt Magazine, 14 March 2019

  • Inside Bitch at Royal Court Theatre, Exeunt Magazine, 7 March 2019

  • Letters to and from yesterday it rained salt, ArtsEquator, 4 February 2019

  • Exeunt’s Favourite London Shows of 2018, Exeunt Magazine, 18 December 2018

  • Cerita Cinta at Esplanade, ArtsEquator, 8 November 2018

  • Dennis of Penge at Ovalhouse, Exeunt Magazine, 5 October 2018

  • Arabian Nights at Hoxton Hall, Exeunt Magazine, 24 September 2018

  • Mouth Open, Story Jump Out at Unicorn Theatre, Exeunt Magazine, 22 September 2018

  • Misty at Bush Theatre, Exeunt Magazine, 18 September 2018

  • Unexpected Joy at Southwark Playhouse, Exeunt Magazine, 11 September 2018

  • Homos, Or Everyone In America at Finborough Studio, Exeunt Magazine, 13 August 2018

  • Silk Road (How To Buy Drugs Online) at Trafalgar Studios, Exeunt Magazine, 11 August 2018

  • Trojan Women at Southbank Centre, Exeunt Magazine, 6 June 2018

  • Isaac Came Home From The Mountain, Exeunt Magazine, 17 May 2018

  • Latiff Mohidin at Centre Pompidou, ArtsEquator, 16 May 2018

  • Black Men Walking at Royal Court, Exeunt Magazine, 26 March 2018

  • Good Girl at Trafalgar Studios, Exeunt Magazine, 9 March 2018

  • Returning to Haifa at Finborough Theatre, Exeunt Magazine, 7 March 2018

  • The Drill at Battersea Arts Centre, Exeunt Magazine, 10 February 2018

  • Poetics of the disquiet: Modern art at the Estorick Collection, Trebuchet Magazine, 2 February 2018

  • Borderline by T.H.E. Dance Company and Muscle Mouth, The Straits Times, 24 June 2017

  • Bi(cara) is a seductive, changeable animal that seizes the heart, The Straits Times, 22 January 2016

  • Labels by Worklight Theatre: Good and bad labels, The Straits Times, 6 January 2016

  • The Duchamp Syndrome shrinks loneliness into a charming, bitter pill, The Straits Times, 15 January 2015

  • The Way We Go: Sensitive depiction of life lesson's in one's twilight years, The Straits Times, 21 November 2014

PODCASTS

  • Put Your Worth on the Table with Nabilah Said, Common Ground, 3 Aug 2023 [Listen]

  • Critiquing with Kindness, Dark Day Convos, 23 July 2022 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 100: Singapore Theatre Year In Review, 29 Dec 2021 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 100: Singapore Theatre Year In Review, 29 Dec 2021 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 99: The Mother and ________ Can Change, 12 Dec 2021 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 98: Love & Information by Young & Wild, 9 Dec 2020 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 97: Writer Wayne Rée talks about gore and slasher fiction, 31 Oct 2021 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 96: Writer Grace Chia talks about crime and The Arches of Gerrard Street, 31 Oct 2021 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 95: Three Sisters and _T0701_ at SIFA 2021, 19 Aug 2021 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 94: The Singapore Trilogy by The Second Breakfast Company, 19 July 2021 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 93: Girls & Boys by Pangdemonium, 18 July 2021 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 90: Critics Live: The Year of No Return by The Necessary Stage at SIFA 2021, 23 Jun 2021 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 86: M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2021, 1 Apr 2021 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 85: Singapore Theatre, Year in Review, 14 Dec 2020 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 84: Traditional Arts: Dikir Barat, Kavadi Attam and Nanyin, 8 Dec 2020 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 83: Waiting For The Host by Pangdemonium, 30 Nov 2020 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 82: Who’s There & Two Songs and a Story, 21 Oct 2020 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 81: King and The Book of Mothers, 14 Sep 2020 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 80: Murder at Mandai Camp And Fat Kids, 23 Jul 2020 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 79: Asia TOPA (Part 2), 18 Mar 2020 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 78: Asia TOPA (Part 1), 12 Mar 2020 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 77: Fika and Fishy by Patch and Punnet, 27 Feb 2020 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 74: M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020, 29 Jan 2020 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 72: ArtsEquator End-of-Year Theatre Podcast 2019, 27 Dec 2019 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 68: Critics Live! Wild Rice’s Merdeka, 13 Nov 2019 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 67: Urinetown and Lim Boon Keng – The Musical, 30 Oct 2019 [Listen]

  • ArtsEquator Podcast 64: The Orange Production 2019, 1 Sep 2019 [Listen]

EDITING/COPYWRITING