COLLECTED PLAYS, VOL. 1 by Alfian Sa'at: Book Launch + ReadingSaturday, June 12, 2010
The Annexe Gallery, Central Market Annexe
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
“Collected Plays, Vol.1” (Ethos Books) bring together four plays by Alfian Sa'at and explores the themes that have become a hallmark of the playwright's work: national identity, racial relations, and the resistance of individuals against authoritarian systems. In 'The Optic Trilogy', the surfacing of buried secrets and repressed memories profoundly alter the way a man and woman see each other. In 'Fugitives', the members of a family discover that their self-definition relies on their interactions with the 'outsiders' who exist beyond their comfort zones. In 'Homesick', a diasporic Singaporean family, quarantined during the SARS crisis, evaluate the meanings of home. And in 'sex.violence.blood.gore', the facade of a rigid, orderly society is peeled away to reveal intense and chaotic passions.
Alfian Sa'at is the Resident Playwright of W!LD RICE. His plays have been translated into German and Swedish, and they have been read and performed in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, London, Berlin, Stockholm and Zurich. He has been nominated for the Life! Theatre Awards for Best Original Script six times, and has received the award twice.
Alfian was the winner of the SPH-NAC Golden Point Award for Poetry and the Singapore Young Artist Award for Literature in 2001. His other publications include the poetry collections 'One Fierce Hour' and 'A History of Amnesia', as well as the short story collection 'Corridor'.
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