PUBLISHED April 21st, 2015 09:42 am | UPDATED June 9th, 2020 08:19 pm
Directed by Singapore’s Ivan Heng and Malaysia’s Jo Kukathas, Another Country takes us on a trip through the shared memories and divergent dreams of both countries with the most provocative, humorous and unlikely texts, curated by Singaporean playwright Alfian Sa’at and Malaysian playwright Leow Puay Tin.
From Singapore, we have texts taken from a Catherine Lim short story, a Michael Chiang play, the Singapore Ministry of Culture’s anthem to our glorious but short-lived union in 1963 and more, all to be delivered by a cast of Malaysia’s most acclaimed actors.
Meanwhile, five of Singapore’s finest actors boldly tackle the Malaysian texts, which include excerpts from a Jit Murad play, Mark Teh’s salutation and Tunku Abdul Rahman’s recounting of his dream before the race riots of 13 May 1969.
Will we find more similarities, or more things to squabble over? Will we recognise our homes in each others stories? To whom do these stories belong? And, most important of all… to whom does Hainanese chicken rice really belong?
Another Country will run from Thursday, 25 Jun – Saturday, 11 Jul 2015 at the Drama Centre Theatre.
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