| Written by The Loudspeaker,
on Monday, 15 September 2008
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Published in : Culture, Arts |
Come October, The Necessary Stage (TNS) introduces Gemuk Girls, yet another provocative new piece from the award-winning director-playwright pairing of Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma at The Necessary Stage Black Box Theatre.
THE GEMUK GIRLS. AND ONE BLOKE.
Gemuk Girls is the third play from TNS following 2006's Fundamentally Happy and last year's Good People that explores the fundamentals of text and of realism by scrutinising pressing issues that affect society today.
Gemuk Girls follows the seemingly normal lives of a mother, Kartini, and her daughter Juliana who, together make a very unlikely mother-daughter pair, one loud and overbearing, the other strait-laced and on the threshold of entering politics. Together, they are the Gemuk Girls and proud of it. Their whole world is taken for a spin when they receive shocking news about Kartini’s father who had been arrested and detained during the 1960s. From then on, the floodgates of the family’s emotional past are thrown open.
The play creates more questions than answers, causing us to probe into our own lives and create a connection between ourselves and the characters. Can a family truly survive as they struggle to reconcile the past with the present? Can the ghosts of the past affect the future?
As with other plays by The Necessary Stage, Gemuk Girls seeks to challenge audiences to re-examine the status quo and their preconceptions, and in doing so, presents possibilities for new interpretations and understanding.
What: Gemuk Girls
When: Oct 29- Nov 9
Where: The Necessary Stage Black Box Theatre
Tickets: $27 & $22 (concession) from Sistic
THIS ARTICLE IS PART OF SEPT 15-21 :: The Medals Issue
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