Mari Kita Main Wayang: An Interview with director Alvin Tan and playwright Zulfadli Rashid on the then, now and future of Peranakan theatre
Amongst the many forms of cultural theatre that exist in Singapore, one of the rarer genres would be Peranakan theatre. Often presented in Baba Melayu language, the art form was prevalent from the 1920s to the early 1960s but went dormant for over 20 years. In 1984, it was revived in a landmark play, Pileh Menantu, by the late Peranakan playwright Felix Chia, commissioned for … Continue reading Mari Kita Main Wayang: An Interview with director Alvin Tan and playwright Zulfadli Rashid on the then, now and future of Peranakan theatre
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