PIE by Chong Tze Chien

A group of 9 participants met up this afternoon to talk about Pan-Island Expressway. Joining us was our special guest, playwright Chong Tze Chien.





Next up for Open Roads on Sat 13 Nov, 2pm - 4pm, Substation Classroom 1, is Mergers and Accusations by Eleanor Wong. First staged in 1993, the award-winning play (1996 National Book Development Council of Singapore Award - Drama) about Ellen Toh a married lawyer who falls in love with a woman, eventually spawned the sequels Wills and Secession (1995) and Jointly and Severably (2003). The play is available in the TheatreWorks collection Dirty Laundry, Mergers & Undercover: Plays from Theatreworks` Writers' Lab and Wong's collection of her trilogy, Invitation to Treat. Both collections are available at the national library.

"To label her trilogy as lesbian plays is to be reductive. These plays succeed primarily because they are textured, weaving ruminations on personal identity, love and friendship, family and kinship, religious faith, the inextricable connection between the personal and political, the dialectics of centre and margin." - Dr K. K. Seet on Invitation to Treat

Reviews of the play can be found here:
1. The Flying Inkpot: http://www.inkpot.com/theatre/03reviews/03revinvitreamergaccuwillsece.html
2. The Flying Inkpot: http://www.inkpot.com/theatre/01reviews/01revmergaccuwillsece1.html

To register for the session, email us at admin@inkpotreviews.com. The fee is $5 which you can pay on the day itself.

(Advisory: Please note that due to the adult themes of the play, the session is open only to those 18 and above.)