Ng Yi-Sheng (he/him) is a multi-genre writer, researcher and activist. His books include the short story collection Lion City and the poetry collection last boy (both winners of the Singapore Literature Prize), SQ21: Singapore Queers in the 21st Century, Loud Poems for a Very Obliging Audience and Black Waters, Pink Sands. He recently served as editor of A Mosque in the Jungle: Classic Ghost Stories by Othman Wok and EXHALE: an Anthology of Queer Singapore Voices.
He was the winner of the 24-Hour Playwriting Competition 1998 with his play Hungry, and has since written plays such as The Last Temptation of Stamford Raffles (Wild Rice), 251 (Toy Factory) and Reservoir (TheatreWorks). Additionally, he has crafted lecture performances such as Painted Shadows: a Queer Haunting of the National Gallery (Substation), Ayer Hitam: a Black History of Singapore and Desert Blooms: the Dawn of Queer Singapore Theatre (Centre 42). He has also served as a theatre critic with The Straits Times and The Flying Inkpot, and an official blogger for The Flying Circus Project, SIFA and the Singapore Biennale. He still documents the arts in Singapore on Instagram at @yishkabob.
Last Updated: June 2024