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Dalam siri terakhir Baca Skrip oleh syarikat Teater Ekamatra, mereka akan membawa persembahan bertajuk #Causeway.

Ditulis oleh penulis tidak asing lagi, Alfian Sa’at, #Causeway meneroka perhubungan antara Singapura dan jiran terdekatnya, iaitu Malaysia. Karya ini ditulis apabila umurnya hanya 21 tahun pada 1998, karya ini juga memenangi Anugerah Persuratan oleh Majlis Bahasa Melayu Singapura!

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Alfian Sa’at is the Resident Playwright of Wild Rice. In 2001, he won the National Arts Council Young Artist Award for Literature. He has been nominated 11 times for Best Original Script at the Life! Theatre Awards, winning for Landmarks (2005), Nadirah (2010), Kakak Kau Punya Laki (Your Sister's Husband, 2014) and Hotel (with Marcia Vanderstraaten, 2016). Alfian has also been awarded the Boh-Cameronian Award in Malaysia for Best Book and Lyrics for The Secret Life of Nora (2011) and for Best Original Script for Parah (Wounded, 2013). His plays have been performed in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Melbourne and Berlin.⁣ ⁣ Baca Skrip: #Causeway tickets are available on Peatix at $10 (link in bio or visit bacaskripcauseway.peatix.com) 🛣

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Dengan 8 babak yang dipersembahkan oleh 7 pelakon, persembahan ini mengajak penonton menjelajah sejarah dan budaya pop yang dua negara ini kongsi bersama. Hang Nadim dari Singapura dan Mahsuri dari Langkawi bertemu, kedua-duanya mangsa ketidaksaksamaan. #Causeway cuba membina jembatan yang melampaui rangka kerja perhubungan dua hala.

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Thank you for all the love last night for Baca Skrip: #IkanCantik! ❤️❤️❤️⁣ ⁣ Next up, we’re so excited to announce that we will be featuring Alfian Sa’at’s Causeway to wrap up the final edition of Baca Skrip: #___!⁣ ⁣ Baca Skrip: #Causeway⁣ ⁣ 28 August, 8pm⁣ ⁣ Causeway (1998)⁣ ⁣ Causeway explores the relationship between Singaporeans and their closest neighbour, Malaysia. Consisting of eight chapters performed by an ensemble cast of seven, the play takes the audience on a tour of common histories and shared pop culture. A traffic jam on a Causeway forms the backdrop to various conflicts. Hang Nadim from Singapore meets with Mahsuri from Langkawi, both victims of injustice. The trauma of separation is allegorised as physical severance. Two families at a game show turn mutual stereotyping into a sport. Playful, insightful and theatrical, Causeway attempts to construct a bridge that transcends the limiting frameworks of ‘bilateral relations’.⁣ ⁣ Causeway will be read by @arjunthanaraju @fazleena @iedilputra @gloriatan.sl @darynnwee @asonofapeach and @ums.umi ✨ ⁣ —⁣ ⁣ Tickets to Baca Skrip: #Causeway are available on Peatix at $10 (link in bio or visit bacaskripcauseway.peatix.com)

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#Causeway yang dirarah Fasyali Fadzly berlangsung pada 28 Ogos ini pada 8 malam. Antara pelakon yang akan muncul dalam #Causway adalah Arjun Thanaraju, Darynn Wee, Fazleena Hishamuddin, Iedil Dzuhrie Alaudin, Gloria Tan, Hafidz Rahman dan Umi Kalthum.

Anda boleh dapatkan tiket anda di Peatix pada harga $10. Pada bulan Ogos ni, kan memang sesuai sangat tonton #Causeway sebab bulan Ogos bulan kemerdekaan negara Nusantara!

– Pengkritik Sandiwara