DRIP
10 to 13 August 2017, The Necessary Stage Black Box
CAST: Deonn Yang, Faizal Abdullah, Nurijah Sahat and Siti ShafiqHah Efandi
Director: Haresh Sharma
DuRation: 60 mins
LANguage: english, with some Malay and English surtitles
Married couple Azam and Xiaoyan have to confront their differences when family members make a surprise visit. Drip looks at the sacrifices we make to find peace with each other.
Drip was presented as part of a double-bill of The Orange Production 2017 by The Necessary Stage. The script was first conceived in 2016 as part of a playwriting masterclass led by Huzir Sulaiman, Joint Artistic Director of Checkpoint Theatre.
PRESS/RESPONSES
“the dialogue crackles with its bold and crisp satire of overly pedantic, traditional Muslim mindsets. Its comedy succeeds because of the richness and resonance of the characters.”
Akanksha Raja, ArtsEquator
“an accessible, relatable, and light-hearted work that will make you laugh, but is also not afraid to ask difficult questions about how religious and cultural differences shape a family.”
Alicia Chong, ArtsRepublic
“solid and realistic, though abyssal depths lurk beneath its comic drama.”
Akshita Nanda, The Straits Times
“Nabilah Said has a firm grasp of humour and dramatic tension, and cleverly uses language as a tool to both identity and to be wielded as a weapon of exclusion...a highly accessible, approachable work”
Bakchormeeboy
“Budding playwright Nabilah has a fantastic ear for dialogue (both Malay and English) and her characters jump off the page.”
Naeem Kapadia, Crystalwords
“a nuanced, moving portrait of family dynamics in Singapore”
Huzir Sulaiman, JOINT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, CHECKPOINT THEATRE
“a highly charged play that uses dark humour to perfection.”