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Singapore's Discomfort Zone.(Society and the Arts; The Arts)(theater)(Discussion)

Newsweek International

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Byline: George Wehrfritz and Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop

Four directors discuss the evolving role of theater in exploring sensitive issues like sex, race and politics.

From their digs in a row house in Singapore's historic Little India, W!ld Rice founding director Ivan Heng and his team are plotting their next provocation. On Aug. 6, the theater troupe will open its second Singapore Theatre Festival, a biannual event launched in 2006 to coincide with the city-state's national-day celebrations, where they plan to "make public a lot of conversations we've been having in private," says Heng. Those conversations touch on race, sexuality and even politics--topics ...

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