A timely play about moral hypocrisy

MORAL hypocrisy is a blight on the intellectual and artistic landscape of the country. Tenuous, often conservative arguments are frequently used to censor other voices and perspectives. Intentional or not, Nine Years Theatre's timely staging of Tartuffe, the 1664 satire by Moliere, hits at these very problems facing Singapore.

Tartuffe tells the story of a religious man Tartuffe (Hang Qian You) who worms his way into the heart of Orgon (Darius Tan), a wealthy b…