Synopsis: 
All Madhavi Shankar has ever wanted to be is to be Chinese. Systemic racism, microaggressions and even biases with her own Indian community have haunted her throughout her life. 

During the Hungry Ghost Festival, Madhavi invokes a spirit to execute her request. Meanwhile, her co-worker, Victoria Tay, gets her privileges checked when forced into an Indian body. How far will this racial pretence take them?

How do various forms of racial discrimination manifest within and across different ethnic groups? Is inclusion possible in a society with deeply entrenched prejudices? What happens when we walk in each other's shoes?

Cast: Pramila Pam, Gloria Tan, Mumtaz Maricar, Jaisilan Sathiasilan, Julius Foo
Mentored by: Haresh Sharma, Directed by: Alvin Tan
Many thanks to the team from The Necessary Stage!

25-year-old Sanjeevan doesn't believe in many things – that men can run home to look after their babies, do household chores and perform Hindu prayer rituals at home. His single mum, Suseela, believes her breast cancer is a punishment from the gods. She tells him to hide her shame. Suddenly, Sanjeevan is left with a caregiver role he didn't sign up for and struggles to grapple with his dilemma. What happened to "manning up"?
 
Part of N.O.W. by T:>Works, Well of Silence explores caregiver challenges of adult-children, mortality and deeply entrenched beliefs on masculinity. Who is enabling these cultural systems to thrive? From when? And why?

Cast: Ruban Maniam, Mumtaz Maricar, Sharda Harrison, Hemang Yadav
Directed by: Grace Kalaiselvi 
Thank you to T:>Works and Noorlinah for this amazing opportunity! 

Written by Aswani Aswath and dramaturged by Alfian Sa’at, Absence Makes the Heart… is an attempt to trace the presence and absence of Indian roles in Singapore English-language theatre, from the early days of its birth to the present moment. Featuring the actors Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai, Sivakumar Palakrishnan and Grace Kalaiselvi, the work will ask: How much do we miss those who have gone missing?

Cast: Sivakumar Palakrishnan, Grace Kalaiselvi, Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai
Dramaturg & Exhibition Curation: Alfian Sa’at
Photography, Research, Exhibition Layout: Daniel Teo
Thank you to the team at Centre 42 for making this possible!