Forty-Four Winning Plays from the TheatreWorks 24-Hour Playwriting Competition, Vol. 1: 2008-2010

Gathered in this book are forty-four breakout plays that capture the diversity of Singapore’s dramatic voices. These are tales of scandalous politicians, glamorous tai tais, repentant gangsters, fussy makciks, furious rubbish collectors, jaded lovers and ordinary families pushed to their limits. Created by the prizewinners of the 24-Hour Playwriting Competition, a joint project of TheatreWorks (Singapore) and the South East Community Development Council, these scripts are alternately passionate, hilarious and smart — and all the more impressive, since each one was completed within a single day. Contents Acknowledgements; Preface by Dr. Mohamad Maliki Osman; Introduction by TheatreWorks (Singapore) 2008: 350-24-21; Enter the (Little Lady) Dragon (of Chiat Joo); Just Trash; The Sanitisation of Life; A Chinese Warrior in a Yellow Taxi Cab ;The Taming of the Shoe 2009: The CheongSam Mafia; Walitha’walitha; Remembering; Synaesthesia; Eulogy; Unknown; I Eat You You Eat Me 2010: Serunding; There Will Now Be a 15-Minute Interval; One Wedding and a Funeral Written By : Ahmad Musta'ain Bin Khamis, Alex Mitchell, Angelica Ho, Bryan Tan, Chew Wei Shan, Christopher Fok, Jacke Chye, Luke Tay, Ngiam Xin Wei, Ong Yi Ling, Priscilla Goh, Steffi Yee, Tasmana Ishat Khorshed Alam, Thomas Lim