THEATRE

THEATRE

GRC (Geng Rebut Cabinet)

ALFIAN Sa'at is one of the best political playwrights of Singapore theatre. His plays such as Cooling-Off Day, Cook A Pot of Curry and Hotel examine the social and political landscape in ways few local plays have done.

His latest play GRC is a Malay comedy that examines the politics of race and "majoritarianism". It dissects what he calls "Chinese privilege" in the most unusual manner - by depicting a fictitious island nation that's not too different from Singapore but which is made up of 74 per cent Malays, 13 per cent Chin…