Potong: Live Reading

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Join us for a dramatic reading of selected scenes in Potong, featuring Farah Ong, Mohd Fared Jainal, Munah Bagharib and Salif Hardie.

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Potong: Live ReadingSunday, 11 June, 4.00PM – 5.30PMHappening at Black Box @ 42 Waterloo Street. Please note that this venue is accessible via stairs only. For those who are unable to join us physically, we will upload the transcript of the post-reading conversation to our website in good time.--Join the original cast of Potong (2018) in a dramatic reading of selected scenes, directed by Irfan Kasban. Featuring: Farah Ong as Siti/NenekMohd Fared Jainal as SalehaMunah Bagharib as Dini Salif Hardie as Adam--This is a 30-minute reading, followed by an hour long post show dialogue (inclusive of Q&amp;A) with the cast, director Irfan Kasban and playwright Johnny Jon Jon, moderated by playwright and editor Nabilah Said.Exclusive perk: Attendees will be treated to bonus unpublished material from Hawa, another critically-acclaimed play by Jon Jon, emailed to them after 11 JunePotong: To Care/Cut will be available for sale during this event. Thank you to Centre 42 and Teater Ekamatra for partnering with us. Head over to Centre 42&#x27;s page to find out more about their work in theatre-making and archival: https://www.centre42.sg/This event is supported by Sing Lit Station.--Safety Measures1. All audience members, crew, and staff must be masked at all times.2. Questions for Q&amp;A will be taken online, through the Slido platform. A link will be provided to audience members.--About PotongIn Johnny Jon Jon’s plays, seemingly ordinary events are turned into hauntingly profound exchanges when the individual’s sense of self comes under scrutiny. In Potong, a son is sent away by a mother to return to Singapore to undergo the coming-of-age rites of passage that await him: circumcision and conscription.Deftly alternating between beats of humour and tension, Jon Jon reveals how these characters contend with the paradigms, manifest or otherwise, that shape their existence.--From now till 13 June, purchase Ethos Books &#x27;book + play&#x27; bundle to get a copy of Potong: To Care/Cut and watch Teater Ekamatra&#x27;s 2018 production of Potong on demand here: bit.ly/potonghawa --About the PlaywrightSince his first full-length play in 2006, Johnny Jon Jon’s works have evolved from being thought pieces on socio-political constructs to ruminative explorations of the human condition set within the characteristics of a minor literature. Besides the critically acclaimed Hawa (2015) and Potong (2018), his works include National Memory Project (2012), Family Dinner (2017) and Punggah (2020). When not writing plays, Jon Jon writes short stories and facilitates design thinking workshops. He currently lives with his better half as they try to get their startups (children) to become unicorns.About the DirectorIrfan Kasban is a freelance theatre maker, based in Singapore, who writes, directs, designs, and at times, performs. The former Associate Artistic Director of Teater Ekamatra is responsible for mentoring MEREKA incubation programme, works like CLASSIFIED: Projek Congkak (White Box Festival 2006), Keep Clear (Open Studio, Singapore Arts Festival 2010), Hantaran Buat Mangsa Lupa (M1 Fringe Festival 2012), 94:05 (Kakiseni Festival 2013) and main season shows; This Placement (2012), Tahan (2013), A Beautiful Chance Encounter of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella on an Operating Table (2014) and ANA (Projek Suitcase 2015). This year he directed several works including, Balance and Duets by Spell#7 (Esplanade’s Fifty) and Three Inches of Alive (TheatreWorks’ Writing &amp; Community 2015). He is currently working on a short film version of his first play Genap 40.About the ModeratorNabilah Said is a playwright, editor and poet. Her play ANGKAT (2019) won Best Original Script at the 2020 Life Theatre Awards. She is the founder of playwright collective Main Tulis Group, and is the editor of Southeast Asian arts publication ArtsEquator.

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