Where Ong is hailed as a standard bearer for innovative theatrical landscapes and high art, Glen Goei has forged ahead in a slightly different direction.
And that helps explain the attention that Heng and fellow theater pioneers Glen Goei and Ong Keng Sen have been getting beyond the shores of the Lion City.
Now, Goei is busy developing five film scripts: two comedies set in Manhattan, a contemporary Singapore melodrama, a futuristic Asian action adventure and a ghost story set in Japan.