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"Tepuk amai-amai, belalang kupu-kupu, tepuk biar pandai, nanti upah susu. Susu lemak manis, santan kelapa muda, kakak jangan nangis, abang kita banyak kerja."
Kita dengar, kita baca, kita diajar untuk menerima keadaannya. Poligami itu normal, sama ada kita setuju ataupun tidak; tapi seringkali kita hanya mendengar pendapat lelaki. Apakah hakikatnya bagi seorang madu dalam dunia moden ini di mana hak wanita, walau hanya dari segi... prinsip, adalah sama rata dengan lelaki?
Bagaimanakah hidup seorang madu yang perlu redha apabila suami yang dia cinta sepenuh hati, tidak mengotakan janji sehidup semati? Dan bagaimana kedua-dua madu mampu tinggal sebumbung, walau mereka jauh berbeza tetapi berkongsi kasih lelaki yang sama? Adakah mereka rasa berkuasa? Atau dihina? Atau mungkin mereka ini unik, dan kita tidak mampu memahaminya, seperti mereka sendiri yang juga tidak pasti?
Madu II karya Alfian Sa'at lebih daripada sebuah naskah teater, atau ulasan tentang masyarakat, atau pendapatnya tentang hal ini, dan watak-wataknya bukanlah kajian semata-mata. Madu II menceritakan tentang harapan yang rahsia, impian yang terkecai, kebahagiaan yang terkubur- dan kemanusiaan yang jujur- oleh ramai wanita yang bermadu. Ia menakjubkan dan juga menyayat hati, lantang dengan jenaka, kesedihan dan kemarahannya.
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"Tepuk amai-amai, belalang kupu-kupu, tepuk biar pandai, nanti upah susu. Susu lemak manis, santan kelapa muda, kakak jangan nangis, abang kita banyak kerja."
We hear about it, we read about it, and often we're told what to think about it. Polygamy is a norm, whether we like it or not; but too often we hear only the stories of men. What is it like to be a madu (co-wife) in a modern world where the rights of women are, at least in principle, the same as men?
How does a madu live her life knowing that the man she loves exclusively does not love her in the same way? And what of two wives who live under the same roof, sharing only the love for the same man and little else? Are they empowered? Are they condemned? Or are they entirely something different, beyond the understanding of most of us because they too are unsure?
Alfian Sa'at's play Madu II is more than just a play, or incisive social commentary, or a statement on what is or ought to be, and its characters are more than mere studies. Madu II contains the same quiet hopes, shattered dreams, compromised joys -- and the honest humanity -- of many women who live in polygamous households. It is at once breathtaking as it is heartbreaking, uproarious in its humour, pathos, and outrage.
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Madu II was first staged in 1998 and later toured to Kuala Lumpur in 2001. It was presented as part of the double-bill Bulan Madu with Anak Bulan di Kampung Wa' Hassan and was supported by National Arts Council, Singapore, and Dewan Bahasa Pustaka.
At the age of twenty-one, Alfian published his first collection of poetry, One Fierce Hour, which was hailed "truly a landmark for poetry [in Singapore]" by The Straits Times. A year later, Alfian published his first collection of short stories, Corridor, which won the Singapore Literature Prize Commendation Award. Seven of the short stories from the collection have since been adapted for television. In 2001, he published his second collection of poetry, A History of Amnesia, which was hailed by The Straits Times as "one of the most powerful collections by a Singaporean" in addition to being shortlisted for a Kiriyama Asia-Pacific Book Prize. Alfian won both the inaugural National Arts Council-Singapore Press Holdings Golden Point Award for Poetry in the same year, as well as the National Arts Council's Young Artist Award for Literature.
Alfian's plays have been performed extensively in Singapore as well as in Malaysia.
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SHOW DETAILS:
Date: 6 April @ 8.30pm (preview); 7 -- 9 April @ 8.30pm, 10 April @ 3pm
Venue: The Actors Studio @ Lot 10
Tickets: RM33 (centre seats), RM23 (side seats, students & the disabled)
Promotion: RM23 (preview) or 10% off for Short Eyes + Madu II
(for adult-priced tickets purchased in a single transaction only)
Penerbit Eksekutif / Executive Producer: Dato' Faridah Merican
Pengarah Artistik / Artistic Director: Joe Hasham OAM
Karya / Written by: Alfian Sa'at
Arahan / Directed by: U-En Ng
Dilakonkan oleh / Featuring: Elza Irdalynna & Inessa Irdayanty
*Sesi soal jawab akan berlangsung selepas setiap persembahan.
*There will be a Q&A session at the end of each show.
KAUNTER TIKET / BOX OFFICE:
Call 03 2142 2009 / 2143 2009 (or)
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