Robust or responsible?
Darryl Lim Darryl Lim

Robust or responsible?

Even though there are people (like Lee) who thus advocate robustness as a much-needed trait to be developed in today’s world, I offer that promoting robustness in a general way may invariably encourage victim-blaming or toxic-positivity. From Split’s perspective, a better way to move the conversation forward is to look at personal responsibility instead.

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Should we get a professional to teach us “life”?
Darryl Lim Darryl Lim

Should we get a professional to teach us “life”?

We are complex and contradictory human beings capable of so much more. At times, the exploration of our life’s journey and our relationships with others can be a messy endeavour where, no matter what the “professional” says, there are really no right answers. And it is only through really living our lives that we can gain valuable personal experiences, and with these experiences, we find our own answers.

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What does Split do?
Darryl Lim Darryl Lim

What does Split do?

The short answer is that we are teaching the craft of theatre-making. Through our programme, participants would learn skills and techniques to create theatre at a high level of craft... The key, however, is to focus on learning the craft ... we believe that when the actor-participant takes up the personal responsibility to create at a high level of craft, that is when the participant gets the opportunity to learn, at their own time and in their own way, how to live a life on their own terms, and how to form their own unique place and answers in society.

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I’m not an actor - why do theatre?
Darryl Lim Darryl Lim

I’m not an actor - why do theatre?

Now that Split Theatre has specified how we are focussing on the craft of theatre-making, does that mean that we are leaving “the work on the self” behind? Why should a non-actor care about honing such a craft? Why can’t we just “have fun”?

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