A 36-year-old doctoral candidate plays a naïve and lazy boy, another man acts as his mother, people sell cows in Singapore, and the quickest way to get up to the clouds is to climb a bean sprout.
Alfian Sa’at, one of Singapore’s most controversial and feted writers, whose 3 plays are on stage this month, tells UrbanWire his secret for being prolific and what he’d say to Lee Kuan Yew.
How do you stage a beloved and familiar play like Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest and still keep things fresh and exciting? W!LD RICE’s answer is to have even the women’s roles played by men.
Those who see the performing arts as a channel of social commentary and feedback can look forward to a month of reflection, debate and participation in August in the MAN Singapore Theatre Festival.
Various accomplished actors have played the role of the nonya matriarch with great aplomb. Veteran actor Ivan Heng is set to revive the role every decade.