Win a pair of tickets to Kumar: Stripped Bare & Standing Up (Re-run)

On February 23, 2010 · 49 Comments · In People


Update: The con­test is now closed

It was some time in the 90s, when I came back to Sin­ga­pore for uni hol­i­days and my friends told me there was an act I had to catch at this place in Bugis.

It was rude, raunchy and it was like noth­ing I’d ever seen before. I loved it, and watched that act sev­eral times before the hol­i­days were over.

Almost 15 years later, it’s still as easy to be enthralled by Kumar’s per­for­mances, but this time the magic’s even bet­ter because I get to see him inter­pret and trans­form what I’ve put down on paper onto the stage. It really is a priv­i­lege being the writer for the show, and I am really glad some peo­ple (and the press) enjoyed watch­ing it last year.

The only prob­lem was that there were only 4 shows last year, and tick­ets were sold out even before the show opened. So the pro­duc­ers have decided to run it again (4–7 March 2010) for the ben­e­fit of Kumar’s fans who weren’t able to watch last March.

As I write, tick­ets are again sell­ing very fast, and if you don’t get yours fast, you may not get them at all. Except per­haps if you leave a com­ment here say­ing why you think you should win a pair of Cat 1 ($78) tick­ets to Kumar: Stripped Bare & Stand­ing Up. I’ll get Kumar to pick the best answer.

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  • http://twitter.com/niqkelodean yiqin

    Because I would really like to know what a (stripped and) naked drag queen looks like. Are the bits hang­ing in or out?

  • http://claudia.sg/ claudia10

    Tick­ets booked, pur­chased and col­lected! Whole of 24seven will be head­ing down to watch this on 6th!! We’re all look­ing for­ward to it!!

  • http://twitter.com/luoyanjie Luo Yan­jie

    With­out this show, my strip remains bare and can­not stand up! (what is “my strip”, I leave it to your imag­i­na­tion. Noth­ing dirty lah!)

  • startears

    I have never been a fan of Kumar or watch any of his shows, and this could be the start to change it.

  • Gor­don

    I should win these tick­ets cos I love Kumar so much, my term of endear­ment for my girl­friend is marku (I swear it’s true).

  • http://blog.dk.sg/ DK

    Because I don’t want to be left stand­ing alone at the door.

  • Tim

    Why I deserve to win? Because it’s Kumar for god’s sake! No rea­son needed.

  • Tim

    Why I deserve to win? Because it’s Kumar for god’s sake! No rea­son needed.

  • onigiri86

    Because the only chance I got to watch Kumar was via a DnD video posted on Youtube.

  • Fion

    Because 15 yrs ago I was 3.(self-explanatory) And 15 yrs later, I’m finally 18 ( so old enough to watch la!). So why not give me my vir­gin show eh? No witty dirty lines, or die hard fan atti­tude. Just a whole lot of curios­ity and a twisted provoca­tive politi­cian wannabe in the making.

  • http://twitter.com/agentshoots Gent

    Because the govt (whom I don’t find funny at all) didn’t give me a bud­get to work with, there­fore I can’t afford the tick­ets to only the fun­ni­est show in town.

  • Kath­leen

    My hubby and sis-in-law don’t believe in pay­ing so much for local musicals/plays and always chas­tise me for doing so. I wanna win this pair of tick­ets, bring them there and show them it’s worth every sin­gle cent! help me con­vert them! sup­port local acts!

  • YL

    sim­ply because kumar is the queen of sin­ga­pore, drag queen that is :)

  • ari­anantya

    1.I’ve always wanted to watch a Kumar show,
    2.but have never been able to, and
    3.because I think Kumar’s TOTALLY AWESOME —
    4.because I don’t want to die hav­ing only seen Kumar on Rusiyo Rusi reruns over and over again.
    5. yes, that’s HOW much i enjoy watch­ing him. :D

  • glo­ri­ous­ci­t­i­zen

    I want to see Kumar naked…

  • http://www.miyagi.sg Mr Miyagi

    What’s Rusiyo Rusi?

  • http://www.miyagi.sg Mr Miyagi

    Yay 24Seven!

  • Daphne

    Because Kumar was delight­ful at 3Monkeys the last time I went there. Would really like to see Kumar stripped bare and hear her opin­ions. Xoxo.

  • Screa­max

    Because I’m broke and win­ning this would make an awe­some date option. Stripped and Bare, what else sat­isfy the ful­fil­ment of a great date?

  • blue.pink.bubble

    I heard about Kumar’s great tal­ent a long time ago. Wit­nessed it on tele­vi­sion. Totally loved it.
    If I win this pair of ticket, I’ll be Kumar’s spokeper­son for the rest of my life, in Sin­ga­pore and my home coun­try, so that his wit­ted sense of humor would brighten up everybody’s days and add flavours to their lives. Plus the show would really be a high­light of my stay in Sin­ga­pore. Some­thing to remem­ber Sin­ga­pore by.

  • Sid­ney

    I’ve heard a lot about how funny Kumar and his shows are bril­liant but never did get the chance to catch it for real cause tick­ets get sold out so fast, its unfair ! *pouts*

    thus, i think to ful­fill that con­stant curi­ousity… i should win the tick­ets ? tee­hee…
    –Sid­ney

  • Pei Yee

    A line from an inter­view with Kumar I read ages ago has always been stuck with me and I para­phrase: “I fall flat on the floor and pre­tend to look for some­thing I’ve dropped.”

    Since then, I’ve really wanted to see Kumar live, or talk to Kumar or just get to know more about Kumar because of that line and because she is one of those defin­ing per­sons in Sin­ga­pore arts and cul­ture on top of mak­ing you feel like she is one of your clos­est and under­stand­ing friends.

    Why should I win the tick­ets? Last year when Kumar was per­form­ing at Hol­land V, call­ing on the third day to secure seats was too late because they were com­pletely booked and sold out. I was going to buy tick­ets to this show but yes­ter­day, some­thing real shitty hap­pened. If I could get the tick­ets free, it would make my day, truly it would. It would be like falling and unex­pect­edly find­ing some­thing lovely on the floor. Bad anal­ogy but I’m here typ­ing and trying.

    Dear Kumar, I would love love love to see you live.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Trina-Tan/710827118 Trina Tan

    I think I should win a pair of Cat 1 tick­ets to Kumar: Stripped Bare & Stand­ing Up because I really want to know the per­son behind the gor­geous make up and glit­ter­ing dresses, the per­son stripped bare and, erm, stand­ing up.

  • http://twitter.com/hASHbrownLEY Ash­ley Yong

    i’ll get my hair down there Stripped Bare and hands UP if i won the tickets!

  • ari­anantya

    :o it’s a really funny show about food and he’s done one sea­son in india, one in msia and he’s always say­ing all these funny things about the food/person cooking/the places around him. i <3 it. i think he’s very much him­self in it, not “per­form­ing” per se. :)

  • ine

    Because I’d rather watch him in real life than act in Crime Watch. He’ll know what it means ;)

  • Denise

    Because 4th March is the last day of my exams and it’ll be a well-deserved treat for myself!

  • melchloelialim

    Because Kumar is an icon (and im sure she knows that for her­self)
    Because I gen­uinely wanted to buy the sat­ur­day evening tick­ets but they were totally sold out by the time i got to sis­tic :(
    Because my poor boyfriend is in the army serv­ing ns and I bet he’d be thrilled to spend his pre­cious book­out time see­ing Kumar the queen do what she does best and give us some army jokes
    Because I’m in a rut and I want some of Kumar’s glit­ter to rub off me.
    Because I’ve never both­ered to par­tic­i­pate in give­away con­tests. Until today. (so that speaks vol­umes for how much i want the tick­ets doesnt it? )

    P.s. in the event that i dont win the tick­ets (choi!) Would the win­ner be kind enough to sell a pair to me? (yes i really really wanna watch kumar per­form this act because i dont know if there will be any­more reruns :( )

  • Jane

    Kumar never fails to amaze and daz­zle with every bril­liant per­for­mance, again and again and again…

  • glo­ri­ous­ci­t­i­zen

    no need liao. I bought the tick­ets! Woohoooo!

  • CW

    because I want to go see Kumar tekan the Indi­ans, Malays and Chi­nese in one night!

  • hip­py­fun

    Because…

    My salary has not been increas­ing even though offi­cial stats from the Gov­ern­ment seemed to state oth­er­wise… At last count, I am actu­ally worse off after con­sid­er­ing inflation…

    My job will soon be taken over by new immi­grants, tem­po­rary immi­grants (on the way to the US etc.) or what­ever you call them…

    My roof over my head will be gone soon as I don’t seem to be able to afford any­thing any­more… even pub­lic hous­ing (which is not so pub­lic anymore)…

    My stom­ach will go hun­gry because there seemed to be fewer authen­tic Sin­ga­porean food anymore…

    So, before my enter­tain­ment becomes for­eign too, pls let me enjoy a ses­sion with a truly local act!

  • Alex

    K umar is the best
    U nique among equals
    M istress of drag-queens
    A chiev­ing the impos­si­ble
    R eal­iz­ing my deep­est dream

  • wumin­shi

    Hi there! I’d like to win a pair of tick­ets to watch Kumar in action coz my mom’s a huge fan of his. Ever since dad passed away in 2008, she has been work­ing so hard to keep the fam­ily going & sure deserves the good break to just let it all hang loose & have a good time laugh­ing her head off!
    Won’t solve the prob­lems but at least it releases stress! Thanks! :)

  • Joel N. Toh

    Because Kumar would want me to win and be there to watch the great­est show of all time!

  • lim14feb

    i wanna kiss kumar!

  • BlueAn­gel

    Who’s Kumar !?

  • Ernest

    It has been some time since we last saw kumar act­ing on stage for us. With this per­for­mance, we will get to see a dif­fer­ent side of kumar that not only humor us but also to be “amazed” and “inspired”.

  • Dorothy

    Kumar is the one of the best sexy come­dian i should deserve to win the tick­ets to watch his show, can­not miss it :D

  • zora

    coz I am all excited about watch­ing Kumar for the first time ever in my wasted life..

  • http://ivantypes.blogspot.com/ Ivan Tan

    I’ve seen him stripped. I’ve see her bare. But I wanna see it stand­ing up! ;P

  • jus­tine

    Because i’m giv­ing him my first time. *wink*

  • Nizam

    I wanna see him bare it all.. hmmmmm

  • derek

    The per­fect trib­ute to the tal­ents of Kumar is pre­sented here… oh sheesh, she… I meant he… is still alive!

  • vinczeng

    Those were the days where I seen my class­mate, Kumar per­form­ing his dance moves on our school stage dur­ing var­i­ous occa­sions. He was the hot per­former and never fail to dis­ap­point us with his moves and jokes.

  • http://www.miyagi.sg Mr Miyagi

    Hi Alex, Kumar has selected you to win the pair of tick­ets. You’ll be con­tacted shortly.

  • Har­tini

    Cos i never have the chance to watch Kumar’s show live! And when i’m about to buy, now only left sin­gle seats on sat­ur­day night. That is so sad :(

  • Mint

    Imma very stressed Sin­ga­porean stu­dent who needs a life espe­cially in a place like Sin­ga­pore(& I NEED TO HEAR SOMEONE CRITICIZING ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT RATHER THAN PRAISING IT).

  • Dash

    cos more peo­ple need to see and watch kumar to make sin­ga­pore a bet­ter place.

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