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The Centre for Women's Studies in Education (CWSE) Presents:

Vent, Venture, Adventure: Women, Censorship, & the Theatre as Release

Popular Feminism Lecture with Loretta Chen, PhD

This presentation gives crucial insights into the seedy underbelly of women's theatre in Singapore and examines the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of censorship in the Confucianist island-state, enabling an intimate understanding of the theatre as release.

Loretta encourages all participants to delight in their own cathartic self-expression through her engaging and entertaining session that sees all women taking to the stage. Don't hesitate. Come on board to Vent, Venture, and Adventure!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011
6:30-8:30pm
Free
Centre for Women's Studies in Education (CWSE)

Room 5-280, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto

cwse@utoronto.ca for information

Dr Loretta Chen, PhD, is an adjunct professor, creative consultant, entrepreneur, host, actor, erstwhile elected political candidate, almost-all-the-time director, and full-time woman. She is the first female recipient of full scholarships from the National University of Singapore, and has received numerous other scholarships from the University of London and the School of Theatre at UCLA. She has joined Naomi Campbell and Robert Pattinson in The Body Shop's Stop Sex Trafficking project and has been featured in major publications all over the world. Dr. Chen is best known as the award-winning director of The Vagina Monologues, What the Butler Saw, and the controversial and critically-acclaimed 251, which explores the life of Singaporean porn star Annabel Chong.

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Come March 8, 2011, Singaporean director Dr Loretta Chen of 251, What the Butler Saw and Victor/Victoria fame will give her interpretation of the iconic Eve Ensler play The Vagina Monologues in Toronto, Canada.