The Swordfish, then The Concubine Video 3

OPENING SHOW OF THE OCBC SINGAPORE THEATRE FESTIVAL 08
Swordfish attack Singapura, terrorising its citizens. A boy saves the kingdom by lining the beach with banana stems. But the Sultan, at his ministers' advice, has the boy executed. A generation later, the Sultan's successor, his son, breaks the covenant between subject and ruler when he has his concubine publicly executed on trumped-up charges, bringing untold shame to her family. Sure enough, an armada of ships from the Majapahit empire soon appears on the horizon, and threatens Singapura's supremacy.

Acclaimed Malaysian playwright Kee Thuan Chye's (1984 Here and Now, We Could **** You Mr Birch) first play in more than a decade is a bitingly comic satire that blends ancient myth with contemporary politics. Directed by Ivan Heng (Animal Farm, Happy Endings: Asian Boys Vol 3), and accompanied with live orchestration by Gamelan Asmaradana, this theatrical epic promises to be a dazzling exploration of the senselessness of war, religious conservatism and hypocrisy, and the ruinous abuse of power.

Written by: Kee Thuan Chye
Directed by: Ivan Heng
Cast: Alecia Kim Chua, Gerald Chew, Sani Hussin, Lim Yu-Beng, Timothy Nga, Judy Ngo, Rodney Oliveiro, Farahliza Ong, Najib Soiman, Darius Tan, Tony Quek, Elena Wang
Live Accompaniment by: Gamelan Asmaradana Block That Schedule: 6 - 10 August 2008, Drama Centre Theatre @ National Library (Level 3) Time: 6 - 8 August: 8pm evening shows 9 - 10 August: 3pm matinees and 8pm evening shows

The Art & Life Sessions: Regardless of Race: Uncomfortable Silences, Unfounded Fears
Date: Sunday, 10 August 2008 Time: 5.30pm -- 7.00pm

Feedback Friday: 8 August, post-show discussion in the theatre

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