Gritty Drama

Nessa Anwar is one of best emerging playwrights in Singapore. Though she's staged only one full-length production (Riders Know When It's Gonna Rain, 2016), she's done a number of short plays that attest to her genuine ability to write compelling plots and great dialogue. Her second full-length play, Rumah Dayak (The Safehouse), centres on a group of delinquents and runaways who spend a night in a safehouse run by a pair of ex-offenders. Expect a gritty drama filled with pathos and humour as the characters bluster and bicker - and ultimately find redemption - in the course of a night.

Rumah Dayak (The Safehouse) is in English and Malay, with English surtitles, and runs from Nov 21 to 24 at the Malay Heritage Centre. Tickets from docket.sg.